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Try this problem:

Dealer East : Both vulnerable

West	North	East	South
---	---	Pass	1 (1)
Pass	1	Pass	1NT (2)
Pass	2 (3)	Pass	2
Pass	3NT (4)	All pass

(1) 5-card majors
(2) 11-14
(3) Transfer to spades
(4) Choice of contracts

West leads the 8. Plan the defence for East.

Make up your mind before continuing.

Kieran Dyke of Sydney found a very pretty defence on Board 4, Round 3 of Stage 3 of the Butler Open Trials:

After the auction above, Bloom led the 8: queen – two from Dyke, low encouraging. Declarer ran the J, losing to the queen. Back came the 9, king from dummy and Dyke ducked again! A spade to the king and ace was followed by the J and now Dyke took the A and two more diamonds for one down, +100 and +11 Imps against the datum of N-S 480.