Problem 423

composed by Andrew Prothero, 1998
One of the best problems ever composed.
Nobody solved this when I set it in my competition in December 1998.

DR8+	♠ J543 ♥ QJ82 ♦ none ♣ QJ852
♠ 109 ♥ 765 ♦ 109754 ♣ 763		♠ AK762 ♥ K9 ♦ AQ ♣ AK104
	♠ Q8 ♥ A1043 ♦ KJ8632 ♣ 9

South to make three hearts.  West leads the ♥7.

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Successful solvers to date:  Vincent Labbé, on 11 July 2007, became the first person to solve this problem.

        © Hugh Darwen, 2004

Date last modified: 15 July, 2007