MOTT-SMITH TROPHY

The 'Mott-Smith Trophy' is awarded to the player who wins the most number of masterpoints at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

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History

Winners

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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

An asterisk 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 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 ★
2003	Geoff Hampson	317
2004	Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes	364 ★
2005	Eddie Wold	282
2006	Fred Chang	347.50
2007	Roy Welland	380

Sources

2BD

External links

★ ACBL official website