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

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(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 games and served as games consultant for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers.Mott-Smith, Morehead and Morehead (2001), cover.

Winners

Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.

References

Sources

* List of previous winners, Page 6. * 2006 winner, Page 1. * 2007 winner, Page 1. * 2008 winners, Page 1. * 2009 winner, Page 3. * 2010 winner, Page 2. * 2011 winner
Spring 2011 NABC Final Results
* 2012 winner, Page 4. * 2013 winner, Page 1. * 2014 winner, Page 4. * 2015 winner, Page 1. * 2016 winner, Page 1. * 2017 winner, Page 1. * Mott-Smith, Geoffrey, Philip D. Morehead and Albert H. Morehead (2001). ''Hoyle's Rules of Games''. Penguin.

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