You're today's West, playing for the U.S. in a Bermuda Bowl. Cover the East and South cards.

Your opening bid of one diamond was required by your system; a bid of one club would have been conventional. North and East pass, but when South balances with one spade, North roars into game.

You lead the king of clubs and shift to a trump. South draws trumps, as East discards two clubs, and leads a heart to the ace and another heart. East follows with the jack and ten, and you take your queen and king. East discards another club.

What next?

DIAMOND LOSER

Assume that South has the ace of diamonds and East the queen. South started with five spades and four hearts, and your play matters only if his distribution was 5-4-3-1, giving him a diamond loser.

If West leads a low diamond, dummy can play low. East must put up the queen, and South wins and returns a diamond to the ten. But many-time world champion Bobby Wolff found the card to beat the contract: the jack of diamonds.

DAILY QUESTION

You hold: S K Q 7 3 H A 6 5 2 D K 10 7 3 C 3. Your partner opens one spade, and the next player passes. What do you say?

ANSWER: A response of 2NT (as a conventional forcing spade raise) is possible, but most experts treat that bid as showing a balanced hand. Your best action is a "splinter" response of four clubs to show a big spade fit and a singleton club. If partner has a hand such as A J 9 6 2, K Q 4, A 4, 7 6 2, he'll be encouraged to bid slam.