| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1951. | stefan12 | 2264 | 828 | Shooting Star | |
| 1952. | olpsgyi1x | 2264 | 313 | Apprentice | |
| 1953. | huynhdanh | 2264 | 284 | Apprentice | |
| 1954. | jediknight2022 | 2264 | 151 | Amateur | |
| 1955. | bolan | 2263 | 47151 |
|
Internat. Master |
| 1956. | marzisch1970 | 2263 | 28181 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1957. | yidish | 2263 | 406 | - | |
| 1958. | fudlo2 | 2263 | 361 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1959. | darrenlau328 | 2263 | 318 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1960. | dolezal petr | 2262 | 26968 | Master Candidate | |
| 1961. | johnfgalles | 2262 | 17210 | Master Candidate | |
| 1962. | prasenjit jambhale | 2262 | 1274 | Shooting Star | |
| 1963. | kvazmani | 2262 | 1135 |
|
Shooting Star |
| 1964. | dmaatchess | 2262 | 527 | Talent | |
| 1965. | traxxer | 2262 | 514 |
|
Talent |
| 1966. | auw | 2261 | 23280 | FIDE Master | |
| 1967. | alben | 2261 | 8318 | Master Candidate | |
| 1968. | lodirk2 | 2261 | 7768 | FIDE Master | |
| 1969. | hawkfan | 2261 | 6103 | FIDE Master | |
| 1970. | hazadri | 2261 | 4158 | Master Candidate | |
| 1971. | prateekbhattacharya1985 | 2261 | 363 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1972. | gm_adhritt | 2261 | 274 |
|
Apprentice |
| 1973. | matijo | 2261 | 184 | - | |
| 1974. | jibraat | 2261 | 181 | Amateur | |
| 1975. | lengsham | 2260 | 186463 | FIDE Master |
| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1976. | pdevendra777 | 2260 | 11639 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1977. | milton leon | 2260 | 7817 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1978. | zeder | 2260 | 1406 |
|
Shooting Star |
| 1979. | dhawal159 | 2260 | 915 | Shooting Star | |
| 1980. | zangrr | 2260 | 476 | Talent | |
| 1981. | pannolino | 2260 | 204 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1982. | ramoslucas | 2260 | 152 | - | |
| 1983. | chess_learned | 2259 | 38848 | FIDE Master | |
| 1984. | alan23552 | 2259 | 17853 | Master Candidate | |
| 1985. | level3looper | 2259 | 14079 | Master Candidate | |
| 1986. | kentderking | 2259 | 391 |
|
Strong Apprentice |
| 1987. | effatah | 2259 | 385 | - | |
| 1988. | advancer | 2259 | 281 | - | |
| 1989. | ronald hoppe | 2258 | 2759 | Master Candidate | |
| 1990. | pjakshaya | 2258 | 961 |
|
Shooting Star |
| 1991. | vahid737 | 2258 | 388 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1992. | manu12 | 2258 | 226 | - | |
| 1993. | chessprofessed | 2258 | 214 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1994. | damaican124 | 2257 | 13041 | FIDE Master | |
| 1995. | excalibur1954 | 2257 | 10034 | Master Candidate | |
| 1996. | saksham pathal | 2257 | 5996 |
|
Top Player |
| 1997. | hansvanbremen | 2257 | 2677 | Master Candidate | |
| 1998. | jos hendriks | 2257 | 1282 | Shooting Star | |
| 1999. | sillymove | 2257 | 569 |
|
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| 2000. | mokha | 2257 | 565 | Talent |