| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1951. | divs3000 | 2264 | 568 |
|
Talent |
| 1952. | osmantiric | 2264 | 309 | - | |
| 1953. | realpatzer | 2264 | 207 | - | |
| 1954. | pranavg14 | 2264 | 202 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1955. | großer arber | 2263 | 15268 | FIDE Master | |
| 1956. | pesalz | 2263 | 6565 | Master Candidate | |
| 1957. | psch | 2263 | 1358 | Shooting Star | |
| 1958. | kengo3141 | 2263 | 106 | Amateur | |
| 1959. | hansdietrich | 2262 | 23004 | Master Candidate | |
| 1960. | johnfgalles | 2262 | 17003 | Master Candidate | |
| 1961. | schachtier | 2262 | 10228 | Master Candidate | |
| 1962. | uwag | 2262 | 4019 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1963. | niotzky | 2262 | 2067 | Top Player | |
| 1964. | ragu2014 | 2262 | 1661 | Shooting Star | |
| 1965. | toblo | 2262 | 561 | Talent | |
| 1966. | chessandmath | 2262 | 263 | - | |
| 1967. | kum_kum | 2261 | 52047 | FIDE Master | |
| 1968. | steini1404 | 2261 | 44917 | Master Candidate | |
| 1969. | juliokidmate | 2261 | 306 | Apprentice | |
| 1970. | matijo | 2261 | 184 | - | |
| 1971. | tícioadv | 2260 | 19196 | Internat. Master | |
| 1972. | level3looper | 2260 | 14034 | Master Candidate | |
| 1973. | laurent857 | 2260 | 2729 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1974. | saadeka | 2260 | 280 | Apprentice | |
| 1975. | luxuswasser 1 | 2259 | 7397 | FIDE Master |
| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1976. | torrancemwgaming | 2259 | 5906 | Master Candidate | |
| 1977. | akenos | 2259 | 4582 | Master Candidate | |
| 1978. | vigneshwaran86 | 2259 | 3599 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1979. | choppa nutta | 2259 | 3537 | FIDE Master | |
| 1980. | chessrube | 2259 | 2798 | Master Candidate | |
| 1981. | koaladefence | 2259 | 696 | - | |
| 1982. | advancer | 2259 | 281 | - | |
| 1983. | vihaan07 | 2259 | 169 |
|
Strong Amateur |
| 1984. | sevenfigure | 2258 | 8841 | FIDE Master | |
| 1985. | sgtghost | 2258 | 2474 |
|
Top Player |
| 1986. | reinhold60 | 2258 | 953 | - | |
| 1987. | ztul36 | 2258 | 204 | - | |
| 1988. | glitzmrt | 2258 | 123 | Amateur | |
| 1989. | chess_learned | 2257 | 38817 | FIDE Master | |
| 1990. | abhiprayd | 2257 | 8492 | FIDE Master | |
| 1991. | caballo 57 | 2257 | 2841 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1992. | josemasan | 2257 | 2726 | Master Candidate | |
| 1993. | hansvanbremen | 2257 | 2677 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1994. | sillymove | 2257 | 569 |
|
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| 1995. | remco evenepoel | 2257 | 224 | Amateur | |
| 1996. | rehaan2016 | 2257 | 191 |
|
Beginner |
| 1997. | diptansh kumar | 2256 | 23384 | FIDE Master | |
| 1998. | nishika | 2256 | 1446 | Shooting Star | |
| 1999. | enever450 | 2256 | 444 | Talent | |
| 2000. | littleville | 2256 | 205 |
|
Amateur |