East won with the king and gave her partner a diamond ruff to reach this ending: The defense was now helpless.

Now South was able to win with the ace and play three more trumps to reach this ending:

West took three of his four spade winners and reached this ending:

She drew trumps, and reached this ending: Wild showed her mastery by leading the club 8 to the 10.

South won and took three more diamond winners to reach this ending:

South won with the king and reached this ending:

South would then have run his clubs to reach this ending:

Now the defense took the queen, king and ace of clubs to reach this ending:

He would then have cashed the club ace and given East the lead with the king to reach this ending:

West put up the ace, however, and reached this tricky ending: