The event began in 1982 and was then named the North American Men's Swiss Teams.
The senior Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, (1902–1984) won his first major title --- the National Team Championship of the American Whist League --- in 1929 and his last major title --- the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams --- in 1983.
Jacoby won seven Spingolds, seven Vanderbilts, two Reisingers and more than a dozen other major titles.
He is one of only three players to win the masterpoint title and a world championship in the same year --- Charles Goren won the Bermuda Bowl and the McKenney in 1950 while Barry Crane won the World Mixed Pairs and the McKenney in 1978.
List of previous winners, Page 11 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol.