He therefore won the opening spade lead with dummy's queen and played a heart to his king.

West took his ace and played a club to his partner's king.

When he played a spade to his king, West won with the ace and returned the ten.

Without much hope, declarer played a spade to dummy's king.

So declarer played a diamond to his king and ran the spade ten.

West would win with his club jack and play a spade to his partner's king.

Declarer, Bernstein, won with her ace and began badly, playing a club to dummy's king.

South played a heart to his king and led his remaining spade.

Now South could only play a heart to dummy's king for his contract.

Declarer ruffed and played a diamond to the dummy's king.