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Flicker of Triumph. The day Winning Bridge Made Easy was published, Charles Goren gave up the practice of law. Soon after that, Ely Culbertson issued a public challenge to all comers, apparently never dreaming that Goren would risk his growing reputation against the master. But Charlie grabbed at the opportunity. Goren still treasures Culbertson's letter explaining that a sudden business trip to Europe made it necessary to call off the match. "Ely was using good judgment," says Goren, a faint but unmistakable flicker of triumph on his face...
Closing in on Culbertson, Goren replaced him as the Chicago Tribune syndicate's bridge columnist when Ely moved over to the Sun in 1944. A year later, sprightly Columnist Goren was appearing in more papers than Culbertson. Then, in 1951 Goren published his point-count bidding system in Contract Bridge Complete, and overwhelmed Culbertson with the decisiveness of a trump...
...Precision Bidders. In its terrific sales, Contract Bridge Complete brought the Goren system to expert and beginner alike, placed Charles Goren on the same shaky pedestal from which he had toppled Culbertson. Writer Goren had to maintain his position at the card table, and he did it with the help of Helen Sobel, his partner for 19 years. Goren calls Sobel, fourth-ranking player in total master points (4,198), "the greatest woman bridge player in history" - and few male experts would dispute that opinion...
...used to wear dark glasses at tournaments to help create a disarming dumb-blonde impression. Deceptively casual at the bridge table, she hums, giggles, makes unfathomable grimaces. Famed for her wariness of peeking opponents, she holds her cards close to her chest, occasionally reaches across the table to push Goren's cards back...
...bidding system that Goren and Sobel use in tournaments is the Goren system of his books, adjusted to the actual deal by hard thinking. A perfect example of Goren-Sobel precision bidding, at a U.S.-Ireland team match in Dublin last year...