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After reading a recent Bridge Today Digest-Online
article about an 8-4 hand, I recalled this hand from
20 years ago, played in a duplicate in Sweden. I was
South. After a trump or heart lead, I would have been
dead, but West led a spade, and I had the chance of
a lifetime.

I took it with the ace in dummy and dumped the club
ace from my hand. What a trick that was! Then I
passed the jack of clubs, and in due time I was able
to ruff out the queen of clubs. It wouldn't help for
East to cover the jack, because I could ruff, go to
the ace of diamonds and lead another club,
discarding a heart. Two more hearts went on the
9 and 8 of clubs, so I had my 12 tricks (eight
diamonds, only two side aces and two clubs).