Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game.
Work hired Goren to help with his bridge articles and columns, and eventually Goren began ghostwriting Work's material. Work was one of numerous strong bridge players based in Philadelphia around the 1920s.
His chief assistant Olive Peterson and young Goren established a partnership as players. Work was the greatest authority on auction bridge, which was generally replaced by contract bridge during the late 1920s.
(The young hostess laughed in 1922.
He earned a law degree at McGill University in Montreal in 1923.
From 1928, he had popularized the 4–3–2–1 point count system for evaluating balanced hands (now sometimes called the Work count, Work point count, or Work points).
Bridge" – as Ely Culbertson had been in the 1930s.
In this, he was following the practice established by Ely Culbertson in the early 1930s.
==Bridge contributions== After Milton Work died in 1934, Goren began his own bridge writing career and published the first of his many books on playing bridge, Winning Bridge Made Easy, in 1936.
==Bridge contributions== After Milton Work died in 1934, Goren began his own bridge writing career and published the first of his many books on playing bridge, Winning Bridge Made Easy, in 1936.
in 1936 and now out of print." First London edition published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1951.
Work's technical assistant at the end of the decade". As a player Goren's "breakthrough" was the 1937 Board-a-Match Teams championship (now Reisinger) won with three other Philadelphia players: John Crawford, Charles Solomon, and Sally Young. His breakthrough as a writer may have been when Culbertson moved a newspaper bridge column from one syndicate to another.
He was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s – or 1940s and 1950s, as "Mr.
Kaufman (Doubleday, Doran, 1942), 538 pp.
Kauffman (London: Walter Edwards, 1947), The Standard Book of Bidding (Doubleday, 1944), 299 pp.
Contract Bridge in a Nutshell (Doubleday, 1946), 128 pp.
Kauffman (London: Walter Edwards, 1947), The Standard Book of Bidding (Doubleday, 1944), 299 pp.
; (Doubleday, 1947), 310 pp.
; at least seven editions to 1986 under the titles Contract Bridge in a Nutshell [CBN], New CBN, Goren's New CBN, or Charles Goren's New CBN Contract Bridge Made Easy, a self-teacher (Doubleday, 1948), 95 pp.
He was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s – or 1940s and 1950s, as "Mr.
His subsequent lifetime of contributions to the game have made him one of the most important figures in the history of bridge. Goren became world champion at the Bermuda Bowl in 1950.
in 1936 and now out of print." First London edition published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1951.
Goren's books have sold millions of copies (especially Winning Bridge Made Easy and Contract Bridge Complete); by 1958 his daily bridge column was appearing in 194 American newspapers.
He also had a monthly column in McCall's and a weekly column in Sports Illustrated. His television program, Championship Bridge with Charles Goren, was broadcast from 1959 to 1964 on the ABC network.
First London edition published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1959.
He was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s – or 1940s and 1950s, as "Mr.
Culbertson, Goren, and Harold Vanderbilt were the three people named when The Bridge World inaugurated a bridge "hall of fame" in 1964 and they were made founding members of the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1995. According to New York Times bridge columnist Alan Truscott, more than 10 million copies of Goren's books were sold.
He also had a monthly column in McCall's and a weekly column in Sports Illustrated. His television program, Championship Bridge with Charles Goren, was broadcast from 1959 to 1964 on the ABC network.
Paperback editions published by Cornerstone Library, NY in 1967 and 1970, pp. 190. 100 Challenging Bridge Hands An Entirely New Bridge Summary The A.B.C.'s of Contract Bridge Championship Bridge with Charles Goren Charles H.
Paperback editions published by Cornerstone Library, NY in 1967 and 1970, pp. 190. 100 Challenging Bridge Hands An Entirely New Bridge Summary The A.B.C.'s of Contract Bridge Championship Bridge with Charles Goren Charles H.
Title has been reprinted numerous times to 1972. with Jack Olsen: .
Title has been revised and reprinted numerous times to 1984. .
; at least seven editions to 1986 under the titles Contract Bridge in a Nutshell [CBN], New CBN, Goren's New CBN, or Charles Goren's New CBN Contract Bridge Made Easy, a self-teacher (Doubleday, 1948), 95 pp.
Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game.
Culbertson, Goren, and Harold Vanderbilt were the three people named when The Bridge World inaugurated a bridge "hall of fame" in 1964 and they were made founding members of the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1995. According to New York Times bridge columnist Alan Truscott, more than 10 million copies of Goren's books were sold.
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