| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1951. | gurucharan123 | 2178 | 156 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1952. | flav0ured | 2177 | 1753 | Shooting Star | |
| 1953. | jerolo | 2176 | 18505 | Master Candidate | |
| 1954. | lucabernard | 2176 | 391 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1955. | juergenschwichtenberg | 2175 | 3688 | Master Candidate | |
| 1956. | bishop93 | 2175 | 647 | Player | |
| 1957. | hemangdhiman | 2175 | 568 | Talent | |
| 1958. | johnfgalles | 2174 | 16609 | Master Candidate | |
| 1959. | a_chicco | 2174 | 479 | Talent | |
| 1960. | palometaman100 | 2174 | 130 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1961. | chessify123 | 2173 | 170 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1962. | donklug | 2172 | 28137 | FIDE Master | |
| 1963. | motherhen | 2172 | 12633 | Top Player | |
| 1964. | andre michael | 2172 | 9668 |
|
FIDE Master |
| 1965. | peterblumer | 2172 | 4594 | Master Candidate | |
| 1966. | gwildor | 2172 | 1175 | - | |
| 1967. | esfiro21 | 2172 | 104 | Amateur | |
| 1968. | gesand55 | 2171 | 16468 | Master Candidate | |
| 1969. | francodm | 2171 | 10173 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1970. | arjitp155 | 2171 | 2495 | Top Player | |
| 1971. | randomhuman | 2171 | 397 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1972. | chessjoe873 | 2171 | 299 | Apprentice | |
| 1973. | k_u_r_t_ | 2171 | 94 | Amateur | |
| 1974. | peter2519 | 2170 | 21394 | - | |
| 1975. | papapatrick | 2170 | 4839 | Top Player |
| # | Name | Elo | Total | Country | Rank |
| 1976. | chessperson07 | 2170 | 4313 | Apprentice | |
| 1977. | chessmastet091040 | 2170 | 433 | Talent | |
| 1978. | pablo_diablo75 | 2170 | 251 | Apprentice | |
| 1979. | dmitry_naumov | 2170 | 241 | Apprentice | |
| 1980. | kerex | 2169 | 6906 | FIDE Master | |
| 1981. | yashsri_sivakumar | 2169 | 554 |
|
Talent |
| 1982. | maggikochstudio | 2169 | 530 | - | |
| 1983. | judan11 | 2169 | 254 | Apprentice | |
| 1984. | teb1977 | 2168 | 32510 | Master Candidate | |
| 1985. | springfelder | 2168 | 22713 |
|
Master Candidate |
| 1986. | savitha | 2168 | 4455 | FIDE Master | |
| 1987. | u7200miciotti | 2168 | 131 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1988. | xavante | 2167 | 47108 | Experienced Player | |
| 1989. | xboy1 | 2167 | 371 | Strong Apprentice | |
| 1990. | ostarhild | 2166 | 5578 | Master Candidate | |
| 1991. | delphinis | 2166 | 290 | Apprentice | |
| 1992. | trident777 | 2166 | 247 |
|
Apprentice |
| 1993. | jouster | 2166 | 132 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1994. | sameplayer | 2165 | 2138 |
|
Top Player |
| 1995. | jeanlou | 2165 | 1422 | Shooting Star | |
| 1996. | ceteri | 2165 | 954 | Shooting Star | |
| 1997. | leechaveriat | 2165 | 427 |
|
Talent |
| 1998. | jodigge | 2165 | 178 | Strong Amateur | |
| 1999. | pastema | 2164 | 1387 | Shooting Star | |
| 2000. | kasenge1991 | 2164 | 1129 |
|
Shooting Star |