[nige1]

6♠ by South on ♠7 lead
Tony Forrester made his contract, at the table,
on a deal similar to this,
in the England-USA Bermuda Bowl match.

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[sfi]

Nicely done! The defence can prevail if the club 6 and 7 are swapped, can't it?

[nige1]

sfi, on 2019-September-30, 22:52, said:

The defence can prevail if the club 6 and 7 are swapped, can't it?

Gib confirms your conclusion
The ♣8 is what I call a pivot

In the actual hand, dummy's clubs were a bit stronger. Nevertheless, to make the contract, Tony Forrester still had to play for the entry-fork-strip double-squeeze

[Cyberyeti]

nige1, on 2019-October-01, 01:15, said:

Gib confirms your conclusion
The ♣8 is what I call a pivot

In the actual hand, dummy's clubs were a bit stronger. Nevertheless, to make the contract, Tony Forrester still had to play for the entry-fork-strip double-squeeze

Is this really a double squeeze ? E is not squeezed at all, merely forked, and W is squeezed in 2 ways, there's a stepping stone in there which is what prevents him discarding all his clubs

Also it's a good piece of card reading, how do you tell the difference between:

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and the same ending with the 10♣ and Q♦ swapped ? The first you play ace and another club for the fork, the second you cash the ace of clubs and then play 2 top hearts to make the diamond ace by stepping stone