The winner of the 2008 tournament: Hong Seul-Ki
(photo Frits Agterdenbos / ChessVista – see his report about the tournament)
2009 Oh Chi-Min (GER)
2008 Hong Seul-Ki (GER)
2007 Robert Rehm (NLD)
2006 Cho Seok-Bin (KOR)
2005 Vladimir Danek (CZE)
2004 Catalin Taranu (ROU)
2003 Du Jingyu (PRC)
2002 Fan Hui (PRC)
2001 Guo Juan (NLD)
2000 Du Jingyu (PRC)
1999 Franz Josef Dickhut (GER)
1998 Guo Juan (NLD)
1997 Guo Juan (NLD)
1996 Miyakawa Wataru (JPN)
1995 Guo Juan (NLD)
1994 Shutai Zhang (PRC)
1993 Shen Guangji (PRC)
1992 Shen Guangji (PRC)
1991 Guo Juan (PRC)
1990 Ronald Schlemper (NLD)
1989 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1988 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1987 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1986 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1985 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1984 André Moussa (FRA)
1983 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1982 Yoo Jong-Su (KOR)
1981 Jürgen Mattern (GER)
1980 Jürgen Mattern (GER)
1979 Rob van Zeijst (NLD)
1978 Matthew Macfadyen (GBR)
1977 Hamajima T. (JPN)
1976 Michio Nashiwa (JPN)
1975 Max Rebattu (NLD)
1974 Iwama Karateka (JPN)
1973 Max Rebattu (NLD)
1972 No tournament (European Congress in the Netherlands)
1971 Jürgen Mattern (GER)