| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1951. | karn anant | 2265 | 486 | Talent | |
| 1952. | hitanshsurana | 2265 | 334 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1953. | shreyansxx | 2265 | 275 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1954. | bogotexan | 2265 | 254 | - | |
| 1955. | ajedrez2024 | 2265 | 146 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1956. | amay agrawal | 2264 | 10387 | Master Candidate | |
| 1957. | ajitha_30 | 2264 | 3942 | FIDE Master | |
| 1958. | brueckmann | 2264 | 1653 | - | |
| 1959. | mcelikkol | 2264 | 609 | Player | |
| 1960. | vino1joseph | 2264 | 431 | Talent | |
| 1961. | olpsgyi1x | 2264 | 313 | Apprentice | |
| 1962. | huynhdanh | 2264 | 284 | Apprentice | |
| 1963. | jediknight2022 | 2264 | 151 | Amateur | |
| 1964. | antonio aficionado | 2263 | 6046 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1965. | yidish | 2263 | 406 | - | |
| 1966. | fudlo2 | 2263 | 361 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1967. | christian_cuadros | 2263 | 155 | Amateur | |
| 1968. | aissani mohamed tahar | 2262 | 24276 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1969. | milton leon | 2262 | 7806 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1970. | uwag | 2262 | 4019 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1971. | prasenjit jambhale | 2262 | 1274 | Shooting Star | |
| 1972. | kvazmani | 2262 | 1135 |
|
Shooting Star |
| 1973. | dmaatchess | 2262 | 527 | Talent | |
| 1974. | traxxer | 2262 | 514 |
|
Talent |
| 1975. | sebastianhz | 2262 | 142 |
|
Strong Amateur |
| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1976. | jmtchess | 2261 | 62695 | FIDE Master | |
| 1977. | nathanrrogers | 2261 | 28223 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1978. | auw | 2261 | 23280 | FIDE Master | |
| 1979. | brätze | 2261 | 9162 | FIDE Master | |
| 1980. | senegon2 | 2261 | 1172 | Shooting Star | |
| 1981. | prateekbhattacharya1985 | 2261 | 363 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1982. | gm_adhritt | 2261 | 274 |
|
Apprentice |
| 1983. | jibraat | 2261 | 181 | Amateur | |
| 1984. | pdevendra777 | 2260 | 11639 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1985. | zeder | 2260 | 1406 |
|
Shooting Star |
| 1986. | zangrr | 2260 | 476 | Talent | |
| 1987. | vahid737 | 2260 | 388 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1988. | pannolino | 2260 | 204 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1989. | chess_learned | 2259 | 38848 | FIDE Master | |
| 1990. | level3looper | 2259 | 14079 | Master Candidate | |
| 1991. | laklom53 | 2259 | 9635 | Master Candidate | |
| 1992. | munish katyal | 2259 | 986 | Shooting Star | |
| 1993. | kentderking | 2259 | 391 |
|
Strong Apprentice |
| 1994. | tacticalegend7 | 2259 | 357 | Apprentice | |
| 1995. | advancer | 2259 | 281 | - | |
| 1996. | mjuettner | 2258 | 1362 | Shooting Star | |
| 1997. | aadi saxena | 2258 | 1083 | Shooting Star | |
| 1998. | manu12 | 2258 | 226 | - | |
| 1999. | real2life | 2258 | 214 | Strong Amateur | |
| 2000. | chessprofessed | 2258 | 214 | Strong Amateur |