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Xinrui Bridge: 3-3, Simple squeeze or Double squeeze?

This deal happened when I just open my eyes this morning. I hadn't imagined meeting such interesting deal in Xinrui ever before. K86   K53   83   KJ643 AQ54   A64   AK62   A2 Contract: 6NT Declarer: South Lead: ♢Q I won with the ♢A. And then cashing ♣A, trying to finesse ♣Q in West normally. Unfortunately, East won with the ♣Q and returned ♠J. And now how to play? 3♠, 2♡,  2♢, 4♣, totally 11 tricks where you must suppose ♣ was under a normal distribution. Where was the 12 tricks? Except ♠3-3, was there any chance? If you have read "Bridge Squeeze Complete", the format of type C1 might impress you. Assuming that West hold 5♢, then North had common threaten ♡3 and free suit honor ♣ while South hold both right(♢X) and left(♠X) threaten. The key to the success of type C1 double squeeze was that the honor of left threaten should be cashed before cashing frees suit honors. To satisfy this condition, you must win with the ♠Q and cash the ♢K and ♠A. And the cross to th