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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.


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An asterisk indicates the record of number of masterpoints won was broken.


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