U.S. Chess Championship - Tournament Champions 1936-

Tournament Champions 1936-

#	Year	Winner	Notes
1	1936	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky
2	1938	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky
3	1940	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky
-	1941	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky	Match victory over I.A. Horowitz
4	1942	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky	An erroneous ruling by the director allowed Reshevsky to tie for first with Isaac Kashdan. Reshevsky won a playoff match against Kashdan 6 months later.
5	1944	Denker, ArnoldArnold Denker
-	1946	Denker, ArnoldArnold Denker	Match victory over Herman Steiner
6	1946	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky
7	1948	Steiner, HermanHerman Steiner
8	1951	Evans, LarryLarry Evans
-	1952	Evans, LarryLarry Evans	Match victory over Herman Steiner
9	1954	Bisguier, ArthurArthur Bisguier
-	1957	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky	Match victory over Arthur Bisguier
10	1957/8	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer	At 14, the youngest champion ever
11	1958/9	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer
12	1959/0	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer
13	1960/1	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer
14	1961/2	Evans, LarryLarry Evans
15	1962/3	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer
16	1963/4	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer	Fischer went 11-0 in the tournament, the only perfect score in its history
17	1965/6	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer
18	1966/7	Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer	A record eighth win (out of eight attempts)
19	1968	Evans, LarryLarry Evans
20	1969	Reshevsky, SamuelSamuel Reshevsky
21	1972	Byrne, RobertRobert Byrne	After playoff 9 months later against Samuel Reshevsky and Lubomir Kavalek
22	1973	Kavalek, LubomirLubomir Kavalek Grefe, JohnJohn Grefe
23	1974	Browne, WalterWalter Browne
24	1975	Browne, WalterWalter Browne
25	1977	Browne, WalterWalter Browne
26	1978	Kavalek, LubomirLubomir Kavalek
27	1980	Browne, WalterWalter Browne Christiansen, LarryLarry Christiansen Evans, LarryLarry Evans
28	1981	Browne, WalterWalter Browne Seirawan, YasserYasser Seirawan
29	1983	Browne, WalterWalter Browne Christiansen, LarryLarry Christiansen Dzindzichashvili, RomanRoman Dzindzichashvili
30	1984	Alburt, LevLev Alburt
31	1985	Alburt, LevLev Alburt
32	1986	Seirawan, YasserYasser Seirawan
33	1987	Benjamin, JoelJoel Benjamin de Firmian, NickNick de Firmian
34	1988	Wilder, MichaelMichael Wilder
35	1989	Dzindzichashvili, RomanRoman Dzindzichashvili Rachels, StuartStuart Rachels Seirawan, YasserYasser Seirawan
36	1990	Alburt, LevLev Alburt	Knockout tournament
37	1991	Kamsky, GataGata Kamsky	Knockout tournament
38	1992	Wolff, PatrickPatrick Wolff
39	1993	Shabalov, AlexanderAlexander Shabalov Yermolinsky, AlexAlex Yermolinsky
40	1994	Gulko, BorisBoris Gulko	The only person to have held both the US and Soviet championships
41	1995	de Firmian, NickNick de Firmian Wolff, PatrickPatrick Wolff Ivanov, AlexanderAlexander Ivanov
42	1996	Yermolinsky, AlexAlex Yermolinsky
43	1997	Benjamin, JoelJoel Benjamin
44	1998	de Firmian, NickNick de Firmian
45	1999	Gulko, BorisBoris Gulko
46	2000	Benjamin, JoelJoel Benjamin Shabalov, AlexanderAlexander Shabalov Seirawan, YasserYasser Seirawan
47	2002	Christiansen, LarryLarry Christiansen
48	2003	Shabalov, AlexanderAlexander Shabalov
49	2005	Nakamura, HikaruHikaru Nakamura	Tournament was played in 2004, but called the 2005 Championship, for legal reasons
50	2006	Onischuk, AlexanderAlexander Onischuk
51	2007	Shabalov, AlexanderAlexander Shabalov
52	2008	Shulman, YuryYury Shulman
53	2009	Nakamura, HikaruHikaru Nakamura
54	2010	Kamsky, GataGata Kamsky	Kamsky won an Armageddon tie-break playoff against Yury Shulman
55	2011	Kamsky, GataGata Kamsky
56	2012	Nakamura, HikaruHikaru Nakamura