<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chaos at the Sky]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://chaosatthesky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[chaotic_iak]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://chaosatthesky.wordpress.com/author/chaoticiak/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Crossruffing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>N AQJ76S AJT985H JD QC<br />
E T93S Q643H Q87D AKJC<br />
S K852S AKT32D 8752C<br />
W 4S K72H 9654D T6543C<br />
Enb S1D Wnb N1H Enb S2D Wnb N2S Enb Snb Wnb<br />
Contract 2S, North is declarer.</p>
<p>East leads Ace of Clubs and takes the first trick.<br />
It&#8217;s good that East doesn&#8217;t lead with King of Clubs as North has given up Queen of Clubs and shows he doesn&#8217;t have any more clubs. But any way, my partnership holds the remaining Aces, so we certainly score some.<br />
East leads Eight of Diamonds, South takes the trick. South leads King of Diamonds, then small club to be ruffed by North.<br />
North leads Ace of Hearts, and South discards a club. Crossruff begins.</p>
<p>Because of the luck that both diamonds and hearts split 4-3, West holds a small trump, and North holds three trump honors, it&#8217;s easy to score all the tricks by crossruffing. When West runs out of hearts (trick 10), South already has a larger spade, so West is out. On trick 11 where East has nothing but trumps, all the remaining trumps by N-S are already the highest. Hence 12 tricks scored, for 2S+4. Insert another rage moment here.</p>
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