In a long cover story on Charles Goren as “King of the Aces,” the September 1958 Time magazine said,
Despite sneers that he is a slave to his own system, few players can break the rules faster and more effectively than Charles Goren. He once found himself in this tournament plight:
| Sobel | ||
| ♠ 6 4 | ||
| ♥ 10 7 6 5 | ||
| ♦ 10 6 | ||
| ♣ Q 8 7 4 3 | ||
| ♠ Q 5 | ♠ A J 10 8 7 3 2 | |
| ♥ Q 3 | ♥ J 2 | |
| ♦ Q J 8 7 5 4 | ♦ A 2 | |
| ♣ A J 9 | ♣ K 5 | |
| Goren | ||
| ♠ K 9 | ||
| ♥ A K 9 8 4 | ||
| ♦ K 9 3 | ||
| ♣ 10 6 2 |
On lead against the opponents’ 4♠ contract, Goren took the ♥A-K. The bidding had revealed that East surely held the two missing aces and probably the ♣K. A diamond lead would sacrifice Goren’s king, a club lead would establish a third club trick on which declarer could discard his diamond loser and a heart lead would give up a ruff and a discard. Goren unblinkingly led the ♠9. After taking the trick with dummy’s queen, East led the ♠5 and put down his own jack on the assumption that South would never have led the nine away from the K-9 of trumps. Goren scooped up the trick with his lurking king and later brought home his ♦K to defeat the contract.
