Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Table of contents
| Years | |
|---|---|
| 1857-71 | Paul Morphy |
| 1871-76 | George Mackenzie |
| 1876-80 | James Mason |
| 1880-89 | George Mackenzie |
| 1889-90 | Samuel Lipschutz |
| 1890 | Jackson Showalter |
| 1890-91 | Max Judd |
| 1891-92 | Jackson Showalter |
| 1892-94 | Samuel Lipschutz |
| 1894 | Jackson Showalter |
| 1894-95 | Albert Hodges |
| 1895-97 | Jackson Showalter |
| 1897-1906 | Harry Pillsbury |
| 1906-09 | Vacant |
| 1909-36 | Frank Marshall |
| 1936-44 | Samuel Reshevsky |
| 1944-46 | Arnold Denker |
| 1946-48 | Samuel Reshevsky |
| 1948-51 | Herman Steiner |
| 1951-54 | Larry Evans |
| 1954-57 | Arthur Bisguier |
| 1957-61 | Bobby Fischer |
| 1961-62 | Larry Evans |
| 1962-68 | Bobby Fischer |
| 1968-69 | Larry Evans |
| 1969-72 | Samuel Reshevsky |
| 1972-73 | Robert Byrne |
| 1973-74 | Lubomir Kavalek |
| & John Grefe | |
| 1974-77 | Walter Browne |
| 1978-80 | Lubomir Kabalek |
| 1980-81 | Larry Evans, |
| Larry Christiansen | |
| & Walter Browne | |
| 1981-83 | Walter Browne |
| & Yasser Seirawan | |
| 1983 | Roman Dzindzichashvili, |
| Larry Christiansen | |
| & Walter Browne | |
| 1984-85 | Lev Alburt |
| 1986 | Yasser Seirawan |
| 1987 | Joel Benjamin |
| & Nick DeFirmian | |
| 1988 | Michael Wilder |
| 1989 | Roman Dzindzichashvili, |
| Stuart Rachels | |
| & Yasser Seirawan | |
| 1990 | Lev Alburt |
| 1991 | Gata Kamsky |
| 1992 | Patrick Wolff |
| 1993 | Alexander Shabalov |
| & Alex Yermolinsky | |
| 1994 | Boris Gulko |
| 1995 | Alexander Ivanov |
| 1996 | Alexander Yermolinsky |
| 1997 | Joel Benjamin |
| 1998 | Nick de Firmian |
| 1999 | Boris Gulko |
| 2000 | Joel Benjamin, Yasser Seirawan & Alex Shabalov |
| 2001 | Not held |
| 2002 | Larry Christiansen |
| 2003 | Alexander Shabalov |
| 2005 | Hikaru Nakamura |
| 2006 | Alexander Onischuk |
| 2007 | Alexander Shabalov |
| 2008 | Yury Shulman |
| World Champions | Chess |
