| Saint Louis Chess Timeline |
| Year | Event | Winner | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | |||
| 1885 | |||
| 1886 | 1st World Chess Championship | Wilhelm Steinitz | World Championship |
| 1887 | |||
| 1888 | |||
| 1889 | |||
| 1890 | U.S. Championship Match | Max Judd | Match |
| 1891-2 | U.S. Championship Match | Jackson Showalter | Rematch | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | U.S. Championship | Frank Marshall | U.S. Championship | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | Capablanca Simul | chessgames.com | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | Jacob and Natalie Wender, Bobby Fischer's grandparents, move to St. Louis with infant daughter Regina | Bobby Fischer Goes To War p. 313 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Alekhine Blindfold Simul | chessgames.com | 1925 |
| 1926 | St. Louis District Championship | Eugene J. Roesch | District Champions |
| 1927 | St. Louis District Championship | Lewis W. Haller | District Champions |
| 1928 | St. Louis District Championship | J.A. Anderson | District Champions |
| 1929 | St. Louis District Championship | J.A. Anderson | District Champions |
| Alekhine Simul | chesscafe.com | ||
| 1930 | St. Louis District Championship | Lewis W. Haller | District Champions |
| 1931 | St. Louis District Championship | J.A. Anderson | District Champions | 1932 | St. Louis District Championship | Hyman Gordon | District Champions | 1933 | 1934 | St. Louis District Championship | Hyman Gordon | District Champions | 1935 | St. Louis District Championship | Hyman Gordon | District Champions | 1936 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert S. Scrivener | District Champions | 1937 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert S. Scrivener | District Champions | 1938 | St. Louis District Championship | J. Edwin Woody | District Champions | 1939 | St. Louis District Championship | Erich W. Marchand | District Champions | 1940 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert S. Scrivener | District Champions | 1941 | St. Louis District Championship | Erich W. Marchand | District Champions | 1942 | St. Louis District Championship | Erich W. Marchand | District Champions | 1943 | St. Louis District Championship | Julius Zinner | District Champions | 1944 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1945 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1946 | St. Louis District Championship | Julius Zinner | District Champions | 1947 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1948 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1949 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1950 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1951 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1952 | St. Louis District Championship | Eugene J. Roesch Willima H.C. Newberry Charles M. Burton | District Champions | 1953 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions | 1954 | St. Louis District Championship | John V. Ragan | District Champions | 1955 | St. Louis District Championship | Frederic S. Anderson | District Champions | 1956 | St. Louis District Championship | John V. Ragan | District Champions | 1957 | St. Louis District Championship | Harold F. Branch | District Champions | 1958 | St. Louis District Championship | Harold F. Branch | District Champions |
| 1959 | St. Louis District Championship | Harold F. Branch | District Champions |
| 1960 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions |
| 1961 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions |
| 1962 | St. Louis District Championship | John V. Ragan | District Champions |
| 1963 | St. Louis District Championship | Harold F. Branch | District Champions |
| 1964 | St. Louis District Championship | John V. Ragan | District Champions |
| 1965 | St. Louis District Championship | John Freeman Carl Spies | District Champions |
| 1966 | St. Louis District Championship | Leroy Muhammad | District Champions |
| 1967 | St. Louis District Championship | Leroy Muhammad | District Champions |
| 1968 | St. Louis District Championship | Leroy Muhammad Robert Enders | District Champions |
| 1969 | St. Louis District Championship | Leroy Muhammad | District Champions |
| 1970 | St. Louis District Championship | Michael Ellis James McLaughlin | District Champions |
| 1971 | St. Louis District Championship | John V. Ragan Douglas McClintock | District Champions |
| 1972 | St. Louis District Championship | John V. Ragan | District Champions |
| 1973 | St. Louis District Championship | James A. Davies | District Champions |
| 1974 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert H. Steinmeyer | District Champions |
| 1975 | St. Louis District Championship | Evan Michaelides | District Champions |
| 1976 | St. Louis District Championship | Evan Michaelides Robert M. Jacobs | District Champions |
| 1st USCF Correspondence Absolute Championship | Robert M. Jacobs | ||
| 1977 | |||
| 1978 | |||
| 1979 | |||
| 1980 | St. Louis District Championship | Elliott Winslow | District Champions |
| 1981 | St. Louis District Championship | Terence Niehoff | District Champions |
| 1982 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert M. Jacobs Charles A. Lawton, Jr. | District Champions |
| Yasser Seirawan simul | |||
| 1983 | St. Louis District Championship | Charles A. Lawton John L. Readey | District Champions |
| 1984 | U.S. Junior Open | Doug Eckert Dennis Younglove | Chess Life article |
| St. Louis District Championship | James McLaughlin | District Champions | |
| 1985 | St. Louis District Championship | Dennis Younglove Terence W. Niehoff | District Champions |
| 1986 | St. Louis District Championship | Douglas D. Eckert | District Champions |
| 1987 | St. Louis District Championship | Douglas D. Eckert | District Champions |
| 1988 | St. Louis District Championship | Robert F. Sutter, Jr. | District Champions |
| George Koltanowski Exhibition | |||
| 1989 | St. Louis District Championship | James McLaughlin | District Champions |
| 1990 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1992 | Mid-America Open | Gregory Kaidanov, Maxim Dlugy, Angelo Young, Curt Jones | |
| 1993 | Mid-America Open | FM Andrew Karklins | |
| 1994 | Mid-America Open | GM Semon Palatnik, IM Michael Brooks | |
| 1995 | Mid-America Open | GM Semon Palatnik, IM Michael Brooks | |
| Region VII Championship | GM Semon Palatnik, Jim Voelker | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 1998 | U.S. Class Championships | IM Michael Brooks | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis founded | CCSCSL | |
| 12th Mid-America Open | GM Alejandro Ramirez | ||
| 2009 | 13th Mid-America Open | GM Alejandro Ramirez | |
| Invitational U.S. Championship | GM Hikaru Nakamura | ||
| Invitational U.S. Women's Championship | IM Anna Zatonskih | ||
| 2010 | 14th Mid-America Open | GM Alejandro Ramirez, Conrad Holt, Jake Kleiman | |
| Bill Wright Saint Louis Open | GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Robert Hess, Alejandro Ramirez, and Josh Friedel | ||
| Invitational U.S. Championship | ? | ||
| Invitational U.S. Women's Championship | ? | ||
| Invitational U.S. Junior Championship | ? | ||