Francis Vernon
our years ago, Charles Goren died. He is still
considered as one of
the most famous personalities in the Bridge world, and his authority in this field
was so great that his name is and will be synonymous of the word Bridge. His
achievements
were so many that a book would be needed to include all of them. In this page we will
reproduce one of his most brilliant hands played in a tournament during 1937.
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and the Jack of next, which appeared
to be an unnecessary finesse. He ruffed a , and played the
Queen
to the Ace, ruffed another and played
the
King towards the Ace in dummy. Then he ruffed another
; played a to the Jack, ruffed the last
, leaving this final position:
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winning the las two tricks making his
doubled slam
