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U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS

1900 Excelsior, MN -- Louis Uedemann

1901 Excelsior, MN -- N.M. MacLeod

1902 Excelsior, MN -- Louis Uedemann

1903 Chicago, IL -- Max Judd

1904 St. Louis, MN -- Stasch Mlotkowski

1905 Excelsior, MN -- E.F. Schrader

1906 Chicago, IL -- George Wolbrecht

1907 Excelsior, MN -- Einar Michelsen

1908 Excelsior, MN -- E.P. Elliott

1909 Excelsior, MN -- Oscar Chajes

1910 Chicago, IL -- George Wolbrecht

1911 Excelsior, MN -- Charles Blake

1912 Excelsior, MN -- E.P. Elliott

1913 Chicago, IL -- Bradford Jefferson Sr.

1914 Lexington, KY -- Bradford Jefferson Sr.

1915 Excelsior, MN -- Jackson Showalter

1916 Chicago, IL -- Edward Lasker

1917 Lexington, KY -- Edward Lasker

1918 Chicago, IL -- Boris Kostic

1919 Cincinnati, OH -- Edward Lasker

1920 Memphis, TN -- Edward Lasker

1921 Cleveland, OH -- Edward Lasker

1922 Louisville, KY -- Samuel Factor

1923 San Francisco, CA -- Stasch Mlotkowski, Norman Whitaker

1924 Detroit, MI -- Carlos Torre

1925 Cedar Point, OH -- Abraham Kupchik

1926 Chicago, IL -- Leon Stolzenberg

1927 Kalamazoo, MI -- Albert Margolis

1928 South Bend, IN -- Leon Stolzenberg

1929 St. Louis, MO -- Herman Hahlbohm

1930 Chicago, IL -- Samuel Factor, Norman Whitaker

1931 Tulsa, OK -- Samuel Reshevsky

1932 Minneapolis, MN -- Reuben Fine

1933 Detroit, MI -- Reuben Fine

1934 Chicago, IL -- Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky

1935 Milwaukee, WI -- Reuben Fine

1936 Philadelphia, PA -- I.A. Horowitz

1937 Chicago, IL -- D.S. Polland

1938 Boston, MA -- I.A. Horowitz, Isaac Kashdan

1939 New York, NY -- Reuben Fine

1940 Dallas, TX -- Reuben Fine

1941 St. Louis, MO -- Reuben Fine

1942 Dallas, TX -- Herman Steiner, Dan Yanofsky

1943 Syracuse, NY -- I.A. Horowitz

1944 Boston, MA -- Samuel Reshevsky

1945 Peoria, IL -- Anthony Santasiere

1946 Pittsburgh, PA -- Herman Steiner

1947 Corpus Christi, TX -- Isaac Kashdan

1948 Baltimore, MD -- Weaver W. Adams

1949 Omaha, NE -- Albert Sandrin Jr.

1950 Detroit, MI -- Arthur Bisguier

1951 Fort Worth, TX -- Larry Evans

1952 Tampa, FL -- Larry Evans

1953 Milwaukee, WI -- Donald Byrne

1954 New Orleans, LA -- Larry Evans, Arturo Pomar

1955 Long Beach, CA -- Nicolas Rossolimo

1956 Oklahoma City, OK -- Arthur Bisguier

1957 Cleveland, OH -- Robert Fischer, Arthur Bisguier

1958 Rochester, MN -- E. Cobo-Arteaga

1959 Omaha, NE -- Arthur Bisguier

1960 St. Louis, MO -- Robert Byrne

1961 San Francisco, CA -- Pal Benko

1962 San Antonio, TX -- Antonio Medina

1963 Chicago, IL -- William Lombardy, Robert Byrne

1964 Boaton, MA -- Pal Benko

1965 Rio Piedras, PR -- Pal Benko, William Lombardy

1966 Seattle, WA -- Pal Benko, Robert Byrne

1967 Atlanta, GA -- Pal Benko

1968 Aspen, CO -- Bent Larsen

1969 Lincoln, NE -- Pal Benko, Arthur Bisguier, Milan Vukcevich

1970 Boston, MA -- Bent Larsen

1971 Ventura, CA -- Walter Browne, Larry Evans

1972 Atlantic City, NJ -- Walter Browne

1973 Chicago, IL -- Norman Weinstein

1974 New York NY -- Pal Benko, Vlastimil Hort

1975 Lincoln, NE -- Pal Benko, William Lombardy

1976 Fairfax, VA -- Anatoly Lein, Leonid Shamkovich

1977 Columbus, OH -- Leonid Shamkovich, Andy Soltis, Timothy Taylor

1978 Phoenix, AZ -- Joseph Bradford

1979 Chicago, IL -- Florin Gheorghiu

1980 Atlanta, GA -- John Fedorowicz, Florin Gheorghiu

1981 Palo Alto, CA -- Florin Gheorghiu, Larry Christiansen, Jeremy Silman, Nick de Firmian, John Meyer

1982 St. Paul, MN -- Andrew Soltis, William Martz

1983 Pasadena, CA -- Larry Christiansen, Viktor Korchnoi

1984 Fort Worth, TX -- Roman Dzindzichashvili, Sergey Kudrin

1985 Hollywood, FL -- Yasser Seirawan, Boris Spassky, Joel Benjamin

1986 Somerset, NJ -- Larry Christiansen

1987 Portland, OR -- Lev Alburt

1988 Boston, MA -- Dmitry Gurevich

1989 Chicago, IL -- Lev Alburt

1990 Jacksonville, FL -- Yasser Seirawan

1991 Los Angeles, CA -- Michael Rohde, V. Akopyan

1992 Dearborn, MI -- Gregory Kaidanov

1993 Philadelphia, PA -- Alexander Shabalov

1994 Chicago, IL -- Georgi Orlov, Dmitry Gurevich, Ben Finegold, Smbat Lputian, Leo Kaushansky, Albert Chow

1995 Concord, CA -- Alex Yermolinsky

1996 Alexandria, VA -- Gabriel Schwartzman

1997 Kissimmee, FL -- Alex Yermolinsky

1998 Kona, HI -- Judit Polgar, Boris Gulko

2000 St. Paul, MN -- Alex Yermolinsky

2001 Framingham, MA -- Joel Benjamin, Fabian Doettling, Alexander Stripunsky, Alex Wojtkiewicz

2002 Cherry Hill, NJ -- Gennadi Zaitshik, Evgeniy Najer

2003 Los Angeles, CA -- Alexander Shabalov

2005 Phoenix, AZ -- Joel Benjamin, Vadim Milov

2006 Oak Brook, IL -- Yuri Shulman

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