You’re South, playing party bridge or IMPs. North opens one heart, and you jump to two spades. When North raises to four spades, you trot out Blackwood, find North with two aces and bid seven spades. North is almost sure to hold the king of hearts.

West leads the queen of diamonds, and you win, draw trumps and claim 13 easy tricks. You don’t even need the hearts to break 3-2.

Now suppose the game is matchpoint duplicate. At matchpoints, the object is to outscore the other pairs who hold your cards, even by just ten points. Since you will usually have 13 tricks at notrump, you bid 7NT.

West leads the queen of diamonds, and you win and take the ace, queen and king of hearts. East discards diamonds, but you still have a chance. Take your six spade tricks, discarding dummy’s last heart on the last spade, and the king of clubs. At the 12th trick, lead your last club. When West plays the ten, you know his last card is the jack of hearts, so you can put up dummy’s ace, dropping East’s queen.

A “show-up squeeze” has come to your rescue.

Daily question >> You hold: ? Q 9 7 6 ? K 9 7 5 3 ? A ? A J 7. Neither side vulnerable. The dealer, at your right, opens one diamond. What do you say?

Answer >> The problem might divide an expert panel. Though to double might let you locate a spade fit immediately, overcall one heart, getting the five-card suit into the game. Otherwise, you might miss a 5-3 heart fit. If your left-hand opponent raises to two diamonds and two passes follow, you can double for takeout and still find a fit in spades (or hearts or clubs).

North dealer

N-S vulnerable

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