Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991)[1][2] was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game.
It featured numerous appearances by top players and segments with celebrity guests such as Chico Marx, Alfred Drake, and Forest Evashevski, among others.
[7] Goren's longest partnership was with Helen Sobel, but he also famously partnered actor Omar Sharif.
Goren, with assistance, formulated a method of combining the Work count, which was based entirely on high cards, and various distributional features.
[1] While few players "play Goren" exactly today, the point-count approach he popularized remains the foundation for most bidding systems.
"The Goren syndicated column now has an international flavor: It carries the bylines of the movie star Omar Sharif, an Egyptian who lives in Paris, and an entrepreneur, Tannah Hirsch, a South African who came to the United States via Israel.
"[9] Goren appeared on the Groucho Marx radio and television game show You Bet Your Life in March 1958.
Charles Goren Dies at 90 He was Mr. Bridge to millions of players and readers who adopted his simplified bidding system.
Although the practice of assigning points to high cards was already in use, Charles H. Goren expanded and popularized the method, which has remained the standard point-counting system."