- 1941 E. Marchand
- 1942 Robert Steinmeyer*, F. Anderson
(Steinmeyer won playoff)
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947 Robert Steinmeyer
- 1948 John Ragan (called MO State Championship; held in Kansas City)
- 1949 +not held+
- 1950 Robert Steinmeyer, G. Tiers
- 1951 H. Law
- 1952 W. Newberry
- 1953 John Ragan
- 1954 Robert Steinmeyer
- 1955
- 1956 John Ragan, R. Gross
- 1957 John Ragan
- 1958 John Ragan, Robert Steinmeyer
- 1959 John Ragan
- 1960 J. Wright
- 1961 John Ragan
- 1962 H. Myers, I. Thedoravich
- 1963 H. Branch*, J. Penquite,
E. Rodernich
- 1964 D. Moran
- 1965 +not held+
- 1966 Leroy Muhammad
- 1967 Leroy Muhammad
- 1968 Leroy Muhammad
- 1969 Elliott Winslow
- 1970 W. Martz (WI), John Ragan*
79 entries - St. Louis
- 1971 Doug McClintock
73 entries - St. Louis
- 1972 Elliott Winslow*, John Ragan, J. Frankle (IA), Jerry Mays
64 entries - St. Louis
- 1973 J. Frankle (IA); Second: E. Winslow*, M. Appleberry (TN),
Doug Breckenridge
132 entries - Kansas City
- 1974 Robert Jacobs*, John Ragan, Elliott Winslow
56 entries - St. Louis
- 1975 Elliott Winslow*, John Ragan, James Davies
43 entries - Rolla
- 1976 Kenneth Jones*, George Payne (KS)
63 entries - Kansas City
- 1977 Evan Michaelides*, Mark Hopfinger, John Ragan
81 entries - St. Louis
- 1978 Charles Lawton
64
entries - Springfield
- 1979 Ken Jones, Charles Lawton
63 entries -
Kansas City
- 1980 Steven Ahlstrom
113 entries - St. Louis
- 1981 Michael Brooks*, James McLaughlin, Aaron Dubin
74 entries - Columbia
- 1982 Terence Niehoff
88 entries - Kansas City
- 1983 John Readey*, Doug Eckert, Craig Campbell (NE), Sheldon Williams, Aaron Dubin
120 entries - St. Louis
- 1984 John Readey*, William Coe, Ken Jones
56 entries - Rolla
- 1985 Dennis Younglove*, Michael Brooks, Doug Eckert, Ken Jones
90 entries - Kansas City
- 1986 Terence Niehoff*, Ken Jones, Doug Eckert, Jim McLaughlin, Gary White
109 entries - St. Louis
- 1987 IM Michael Brooks
72 entries - Columbia
- 1988 IM Michael Brooks
111 entries - Kansas City
- 1989 Ken Jones
100 entries - St. Louis
- 1990 IM Michael
Brooks, Doug Eckert
114 entries - Springfield
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1991 IM Michael Brooks, GM Sergey Kudrin
128 entries -
Kansas City
- 1992 IM Michael Brooks
81 entries - St. Louis
- 1993 Open Section:
GM Gregory Kaidanov (KY) 2nd: Ken Jones*, Robert
Jacobs, IM Michael Brooks, David Timberlake (AR),
Ron Luther
28 entries - Springfield
Reserve Section
Joshua Frank 66 entries
- 1994 Open Section:Dale Sharp (WI)
2nd: Stephen Wharry (OK), Jim Voelker*, IM Michael Brooks
36 entries - Kansas City
Reserve Section:
Warren Long 38 entries
- 1995 GM Semion Palatnik (TN), IM Michael Brooks, Robert Jacobs,
Ryan Porter, Aaron Dubin
90 entries - St. Louis
- 1996 Robert Jacobs
Columbia
- 1997 Ron Luther*, Dale Rigby
54 entries -
Kansas City
- 1998 Jim Voelker*, Ron Luther, Bob Holliman
57 entries - Columbia
- 1999 George Essig*, Ron Luther
56 entries - Rolla
- 2000 Friedemann Brock
Rolla
- 2001 Pavel Bereza*, Jim Ellis
49 entries - Columbia
- 2002 Ron Luther
73 entries - Rolla
- 2003 GM Pavel Blatny (NY), 2nd place: Ken Jones*, IM Michael Brooks, Pavel Bereza,
Doug Eckert, Loal Davis, Ron Luther, Jim Ellis, Bob Holliman, Waldo
Odak, Thomas Gossell, Tony Cao
74 entries - Rolla
- 2004 IM Stanislav Kriventsov (LA), 2nd place: Jim Voelker*, Jim Ellis, Loal Davis, Bob Jacobs, Bob Holliman, Waldo Odak
60 entries - Rolla
- 2005 Bob Holliman*, Jim McLaughlin, Thomas Gossell, Zeb Fortman III, Panagiotis Massouros, Kevin Guo, Jim Voelker
64 entries - St. Louis
- 2006 Invitational Champion: Ron Luther*
Mo. Open winner: Francis Crow
162 entries - Kansas City
- 2007 Invitational Champion: Ron Luther
Mo. Open winners: Erik Patchell (KY) and Tim Steiner (KS), 3rd place: Jim Davies*, Zebedee Fortman, and Kevin Johnson
49 entries - Columbia
- 2008 Invitational Champion: Ron Luther*, Jim Davies
Mo. Open winners: Jim Ellis (IA) and Jason Kasick (KS), 3rd place: Bob Holliman and Nick Karlow
The Reserve Champion is Jialin Ding
56 entries - Columbia
- 2008 Invitational Champion: IM Michael Brooks
Mo. Open winner: Selden Trimble.
61 entries - Columbia
*Winner on tiebreak
Most Times Winning the Missouri State Title:
| Michael Brooks | 12 |
| John Ragan | 12 |
| Ron Luther | 9 |
| Ken Jones | 8 |
| Robert Steinmeyer | 5 |
| Elliot Winslow | 5 |
| Doug Eckert | 5 |
| Robert Jacobs | 5 |
| Bob Holliman | 4 |
| Jim Voelker | 4 |
| Aaron Dubin | 3 |
| Jim Ellis | 3 |
| Jim McLaughlin | 3 |
| Leroy Muhammed | 3 |
Thanks to Charles Burton and Bill
Merrell for compiling this list, except for the last few years.
The state championship title usually goes to the highest scoring
Missouri resident, sometimes on tiebreak if the scores are not perfect. In some
years tiebreak was not used, so there might be a number of co-champions.
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