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Geoffrey Mott-Smith
The Mott-Smith Trophy, named for writer and cryptographer Geoffrey Mott-Smith, is awarded to the player with the best overall individual performance in the Spring Nationals, the spring event of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Mott-Smith Trophy was donated in 1961 by friends of Geoffrey Mott-Smith and was made retroactive to include all the winners from 1958.''Official Encyclopedia of Bridge'' (1988), p. 288. Namesake Geoffrey Arthur Mott-Smith (1902–1960) was the second son of Harold Mead Mott-Smith (1872-1978) and Jennie Ormsby Yates (1874-1941) and a grandson of John Mott-Smith. He became 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 wrote or co-wrote more than 29 books on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members."'' Its major activities are: * sanctioning games at local bridge clubs and regional events * certifying bridge teachers and club directors * conducting the North American Bridge Championships (NABC) * providing education materials and services * administering the ACBL masterpoints system for tracking player performance * providing oversight for ethical behavior and play *Besides representing the interests of its members with the World Bridge Federation, , it had more than 165,000 members. History The ACBL was created in 1937 by the merger of the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937. At that time, its bridge tournaments were open only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Meckstroth
Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master. For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club. One of Meckstroth's iconic achievements was winning three of the four available major events contested at the ACBL's 2008 fall championships, the Open Board-A-Match Teams, Blue Ribbon Pairs, and Reisinger Teams. He became ACBL's all-time leading masterpoint holder when he went past Paul Soloway's long held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Bramley
Bart Bramley (born 1948) is an American bridge player. Bramley is from Chicago, Illinois. Bramley has lived in Dallas, Texas since 2003. Bramley's wife Judy Bramley was also a Bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL Player of the Year (1) 1997 * Herman Trophy (1) 1997 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1997 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (15) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2006 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1984 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 2002, 2009 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1987, 1995 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 1984, 1990, 1997 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1989 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2013 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1980 ** Reisinger (1) 1997 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (13) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1981 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1997 ** Grand National Teams (2) 1988, 2004 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 1994 ** Vande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Martel
Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) is an American computer scientist and bridge player. Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame. Academic life Martel received a B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1980. He helped establish the computer science department at UC Davis, received tenure there in 1985–86, and retired in 2013. At UC Davis he is Charles U. Martel, Professor Emeritus. His academic interests involved designing and analyzing algorithms. Bridge accomplishments Awards and honors * Herman Trophy (1) 1981 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1994 * Fishbein Trophy (1) 2000 * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2014"Induction by Year" . ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10. Wins |
Michael Seamon
Michael Seamon (January 15, 1960 – 2017) was an American professional bridge player from Miami Beach, Florida. Born to bridge players Rita and William Seamon, Michael was the youngest of three children. His sister, Janice Seamon-Molson, is also a nationally ranked bridge player. On September 3, 1992, his son Kevin William Seamon was born. Seamon died suddenly in 2017 of natural causes. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1993 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (16) ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1999 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2003 ** Grand National Teams (6) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2014 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 1992, 1993, 2005 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2011 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1994 ** Reisinger (3) 2007, 2010, 2011 ** Spingold (1) 2015 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1989 ** Grand National Teams (2) 2003, 2005 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1997, 1998 ** Reisinger (1) 1996 ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zia Mahmood
Mir Zia Mahmood (born 7 January 1946) is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master. Biography Zia was born in Karachi, British India, now Pakistan. Zia was educated in England from the age of six to twenty-one. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of England and Wales and spent three years running a family business in Pakistan. He also spent eighteen months in Abu Dhabi developing business interests. Mahmood is married to Lady Emma, his wife since February 2001. She is the daughter of Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery. They have two sons: Zain and Rafi. Bridge Mahmood achieved international bridge fame, almost overnight, during one fortnight in 1981 when he led Pakistan to a second-place finish in the Bermuda Bowl tournament. The Bermuda Bowl is the most important open world championship, and that was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutherlin
John C. Sutherlin (born November 7, 1936, died May 12, 2018 ) was an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas. He won the North American Bridge Championships 12 times and received both the Fishbein Trophy and the Mott-Smith Trophy. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1993 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1990 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1993 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1995 ** Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1990 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1990, 1993 ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 1994, 2003 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1983 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1976 ** Spingold (1) 1981 Runners-up * World Mixed Pairs (1) 1982 * North American Bridge Championships ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1962, 1994 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1999 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1998 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1991 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Wold
Edward M. "Eddie" Wold (born 1951) is an American professional bridge player from Houston, Texas. Wold is a graduate of Rice University. Wold is an accomplished teacher and plays regularly at Houston's Westside Bridge Academy, particularly in that club's Saturday afternoon "common game," where over a thousand pairs from all over the country play identical boards (the same cards). Bridge accomplishments Awards * Herman Trophy (1) 1990 * Mott-Smith Trophy (3) 1989, 1998, 2005 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (15) ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2005 ** Grand National Teams (2) 1977, 1981 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1991 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1979, 1982 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2010 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1984, 1987 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1990 ** Reisinger (2) 1985, 2003 ** Spingold (2) 1977, 1984 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Boyd
Peter Boyd (born 1950) is a world champion American bridge player. He has won one world championship, finished second in another, and won 17 North American bridge championships. Boyd was born in Washington, DC and still lives there. He graduated from Harvard. He is a retired computer programmer. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1987 Wins * Rosenblum Cup (1) 1986 * North American Bridge Championships (17) ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 2001 ** North American Pairs (3) 1985, 2016, 2017 ** Grand National Teams (3) 1984, 1988, 1992 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1986, 2012 ** Vanderbilt (3) 1987, 1991, 1997 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2012 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1989, 1994 ** Reisinger (1) 1986 Runners-up * d'Orsi Senior Bowl (1) 2011 * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1987 ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 2004 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1982 ** Nail Life Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Robinson (bridge)
Steve W. Robinson (born January 4, 1941) is an American bridge player from Arlington, Virginia. Robinson has won three world championships and 24 North American Bridge Championships. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003. Robinson is the author of a book, ''Washington Standard''. Robinson is a graduate of University of Maryland and lives in Washington, D.C.. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16. Awards * Herman Trophy (1) 1972 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1987Wins * Senior Bowl (bridge), d'Orsi Senior Bowl (1) 2003[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Stansby
Lew Stansby (born 1940) is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 national championships and seven world championships, accumulating a win in every decade since 1965. Stansby was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2001"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-17. Awards * (1) 2000 * Herman ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Lilie
Harold J. Lilie was an American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1982 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1995 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1982 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1982 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1986, 1995 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ... (1) 1995 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1984 References American contract bridge players People from the Las Vegas Valley Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
