Tic..tac..change ur tack

Lets look at the hand from my (declarer’s) point of view

 Yes, I erred and erred badly in the bidding. I should have just bid 4♣  over partner’s double. 5♣ is easy to make, and 6 comes home if ♦ finesse works. I plead guilty to having liked my ♥ AQ a little too much.

Needless to say, I didn’t like of the dummy much. The only realistic chance seemed to be to play for 4 ♣  tricks. That would give me 4 ♣ , 2♥  and since I won’t have time to develop diamonds, I needed my RHO to hold ♠ Kx.

The duck of first ♣ didn’t change anything much, but 2nd ♣  duck suddenly opened up a new lease of life – much better than depending on precisely Kx♠  onside.

Accordingly, I changed my tack for the first time, shifting my attention to diamonds. A 3-3 break or T doubleton would give me 4 ♦ 2♥ 2♣  and 1♠ 

But ofcourse they ducked the ♦ K.

Second change of tack, I played a small ♠ from hand. This would give me 2♥ 2♣ 1♦  and 4♠ 

But ofcourse they ducked again. I was now able to go back to my original play – clubs.

2♥ 1♦ 2♠  and 4♣  added to the magic nine 🙂

Hope you enjoyed the zigzag journey as much as I did .. but for the discomfort of first 2 tricks .

The full hand: