WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONS

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Organized for the first time in 1924, the championship came back in 1996 after a break of 68 years for the players without FIDE Title or published FIDE Rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament nor have such a rating for at least two years prior to the start of the event.

1924 (Paris) 1. Mattison, Herman (LAT)

1928 (The Hague) 1. Euwe, Max (NED)

1996 (Hastings) 1. Johnson, Brian (ENG) – women- 1. Yannik, Emine (TUR)

1997 (Hastings) 1. Schults, Oleg (EST) – women- 1. Dewitte, Catherine (FRA)

1998 (Hastings) 1. Avari, Viraf (IND) – women- 1. Kieran Rosalind (ENG)

1999 (Hastings) 1. Oganessian, Gaguik (ARM) – women- 1. Gilbert, Jessie (ENG)

2000 (Hastings) 1. Muehlenhaus, Sven (GER) – women- 1. Rutherford, Elaine (SCO)

2001 (Bento Goncalves) 1. Olivência, Flávio (BRA) – women- 1. Benggawan, A (CAN)

2003 (Pretoria) 1. Dr Shabier Bhawoodien (SAF)

2004 (Cape Town) 1. Mandizha (SAF)

2006 (Tripoli) 1. Hifad, Rachid (MAR)

2007 (Predeal) 1. Duca, Alexandru Gabriel (ROM)

2009 (Thessaloniki) 1. Stefan Parlog (ROM)

2010 (Skokie) 1. Andrew Hubbard (USA)

2011  (Antalya) 1. Sumilya Bilquun (MGL)

2012 (Chalkidiki) 1. Haralambos Tsakiris (GRE)

2013 (Iași) 1. Lehel Vrencian (ROU)

2014 (Singapore) 1. Gijir Munkhbayar (MGL)

2015 (Chalkidiki) 1. Mire Deniz Doğan (TUR)

2016 (Chalkidiki) 1.Zhuban Bigabylov (KAZ) (U2300), 2. Khulan Enkhsaikhan (MGL) (U2000), 3. Jatin S.N. (IND) (U1700)

2017 (Spoleto) 1. Win Tun (MYA) (U2300), 2. Maciej Koziej (POL) (U2000), 3. Hope Mkhumba (ENG) (U1700)

2018 (Cagliari) 1. Arvinder Preet Singh (IND) (U2300), 2. Kanan Hajiyev (AZE) (U2000), 3. Batuhan Sutbas (TUR) (U1700)

2019 (Colima) 1. Gutierrez Medina Elias Renzo (PER) (U2300), 2. Amezcua Luria Jesus (MEX) (U2000), 3. Amarsaikhan Dashtogtokh (MGL) (U1700)