In our May event, all four forehands won the bidding for 18 or 20, picked up the Skat, and then held
J: C S H
C: A 7
S: T 9 8
H: K Q 9 7
D: —
Myself, I would make hearts trumps, discard ST and C7, draw trumps, and expect to lose two spade tricks, making Schneider
if spades split 2-2.
In fact spades did split 2-2, and hearts also split 2-2. All four declarers made hearts trumps, but only three of them made Schneider. I have been trying to think of any plausible line of play which fails to make Schneider on this hand. Any ideas?