- Mott-Smith Trophy
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The Mott-Smith Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the most masterpoints at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
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History
The Mott-Smith Trophy was donated by friends in memory of Geoffrey Mott-Smith in 1961 and made retroactive to 1958 to include all the winners.
Mott-Smith (1902–1960) was co-chairman of the ACBL Laws Commission, editor of the ACBL Bridge Bulletin 1935-36, a contributor to The Bridge World, a writer and cryptographer. During World War II, Mott-Smith served as chief instructor for the OSS in the training of cryptographers and cryptanalysts. He authored or co-authored more than 29 books on games and served as games consultant for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers.
Winners
Bold indicates the record of number of masterpoints won was broken.
Winners of Mott-Smith Trophy Year Winners Number of masterpoints 1958 Ivar Stakgold n/a 1959 Lew Mathe n/a 1960 Norman Kay n/a 1961 Robert Jordan n/a 1962 Robert Jordan n/a 1963 Sidney Silodor, Norman Kay n/a 1964 Lew Mathe n/a 1965 Phil Feldesman n/a 1966 Phil Feldesman n/a 1967 Lew Mathe n/a 1968 Norman Kay n/a 1969 Sue Sachs 168 1970 Barry Crane 155 1971 Barry Crane 135 1972 Paul Swanson, Jack Blair 159 1973 Bobby Wolff 233 1974 Ron Andersen 250 1975 Roger Bates 203 1976 Larry T. Cohen 225 1977 Mark Blumenthal 200 1978 Mike Passell 250 1979 Jeff Meckstroth 215 1980 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 173 1981 Allan Stauber 166 1982 David Berkowitz, Harold Lilie 198 1983 Mike Passell 214 1984 Lew Stansby 172 1985 Jeff Meckstroth 196 1986 Lew Stansby 207 1987 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd 200 1988 Roger Bates 193 1989 Eddie Wold 167 1990 John Sutherlin 300 1991 Zia Mahmood 183 1992 Roger Bates 186 1993 Michael Seamon 196 1994 Chip Martel 250 1995 Michael Polowan 242 1996 Zia Mahmood 252 1997 Bart Bramley 292 1998 Eddie Wold 243 1999 Petra Hamman 265 2000 Jeff Meckstroth 313 2001 Jill Meyers 234 2002 Paul Soloway 357.41 2003 Geoff Hampson 317.42 2004 Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes 363.82 2005 Eddie Wold 282.05 2006 Fred Chang 347.50 2007 Roy Welland 380.00 2008 Krzysztof Jassem, Krzysztof Martens 257.50 2009 Jeff Meckstroth 304.92 See also
Sources
List of previous winners, Page 6 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 49-6, April 5, 2006, http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2006spring/db6.pdf
2006 winner, Page 1 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 49-11, April 10, 2006, http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2006spring/db11.pdf
2007 winner, Page 1 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 50-11, March 19, 2007, http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2007spring/db11.pdf
2008 winners, Page 1 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 51-11, March 17, 2008, http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db11.pdf
2009 winner, Page 3 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 52-11, March 23, 2009, http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db11.pdf
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