US Champions
- 2019 GM Hikaru Nakamura
- 2018 GM Sam Shankland
- 2017 Wesley So
- 2016 Fabiano Caruana
- 2015 Hikaru Nakamura
- 2014: Gata Kamsky
- 2013: Gata Kamsky
- 2012: Hikaru Nakamura
- 2011: Gata Kamsky
- 2010: Gata Kamsky
- 2009: Hikaru Nakamura
- 2008: Yury Shulman
- 2007: Alexander Shabalov
- 2006: Alexander Onischuk
- 2005: Hikaru Nakamura
- 2003/4: Alexander Shabalov
- 2002: Larry Christiansen
- 2000: Joel Benjamin / Alexander Shabalov / Yasser Seirawan
- 1999: Boris Gulko
- 1998: Nick de Firmian
- 1997: Joel Benjamin
- 1996: Alex Yermolinsky
- 1995: Nick de Firmian / Patrick Wolff / Alexander Ivanov
- 1994: Boris Gulko
- 1993: Alexander Shabalov / Alex Yermolinsky
- 1992: Patrick Wolff
- 1991: Gata Kamsky
- 1990: Lev Alburt
- 1989: Roman Dzindzichashvili / Yasser Seirawan / Stuart Rachels
- 1988: Michael Wilder
- 1987: Nick de Firmian / Joel Benjamin
- 1986: Yasser Seirawan
- 1985: Lev Alburt
- 1984: Lev Alburt
- 1983: Walter Browne
- 1981: Walter Browne / Yasser Seirawan
- 1980: Walter Browne / Larry Evans / Larry Christiansen
- 1978: Lubomir Kavalek
- 1977: Walter Browne
- 1975: Walter Browne
- 1974: Walter Browne
- 1973: John Grefe / Lubomir Kavalek
- 1972: Robert Byrne
- 1970: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1969: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1968: Larry Evans
- 1966: Bobby Fischer
- 1965: Bobby Fischer
- 1963: Bobby Fischer
- 1962: Bobby Fischer
- 1961: Larry Evans
- 1960: Bobby Fischer
- 1959: Bobby Fischer
- 1958: Bobby Fischer
- 1954: Arthur Bisguier
- 1951: Larry Evans
- 1948: Herman Steiner
- 1946: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1944: Arnold Denker
- 1942: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1940: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1938: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1936: Samuel Reshevsky
- 1909-1935: Frank Marshall
- 1906 – 1909: Jackson Showalter
- 1897 – 1906: Harry Nelson Pillsbury
- 1895 – 1897: Jackson Showalter
- 1894 – 1895: Albert Hodges
- 1894: Jackson Showalter
- 1891 – 1894: Solomon Lipschutz
- 1890 – 1891: Jackson Showalter
- 1871 – 1890: George H. Mackenzie
- 1857 – 1871: Paul Morphy
- 1845 – 1857: Charles Stanley
U.S. Women Champions
- 2019 WIM Jennifer Yu
- 2018 Nazi Paikidze
- 2017 Sabina-Francesca Foisor
- 2016 Nazi Paikidze
- 2015 Irina Krush
- 2014: Irina Krush
- 2013: Irina Krush
- 2012: Irina Krush
- 2011: Anna Zatonskih
- 2010: Irina Krush
- 2009: Anna Zatonskih
- 2008: Anna Zatonskih
- 2007: Irina Krush
- 2006: Anna Zatonskih
- 2005: Rusa Goletiani
- 2004: Jennifer Shahade
- 2003: Anna Hahn
- 2001/02: Jennifer Shahade
- 2000: Elina Groberman – Camilla Baginskaite
- 1999: Anjelina Belakovskaia
- 1998: Irina Krush
- 1997: Esther Epstein
- 1996: Anjelina Belakovskaia
- 1995: Anjelina Belakovskaia – Sharon Burtman
- 1994: Elena Donaldson
- 1993: Elena Donaldson – Irina Levitina
- 1992: Irina Levitina
- 1991: Esther Epstein – Irina Levitina
- 1990: Elena Donaldson
- 1989: Alexey Root
- 1987: Anna Akhsharumova
- 1986: Inna Izrailov
- 1984: Diane Savereide
- 1981: Diane Savereide
- 1979: Rachel Crotto
- 1978: Diane Savereide – Rachel Crotto
- 1976: Diane Savereide
- 1975: Diane Savereide
- 1974: Mona May Karff
- 1972: Eva Aronson – Marilyn Koput
- 1969: Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1967: Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1966: Gisela Kahn Gresser – Lisa Lane
- 1965: Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1964: Sonja Graf
- 1962: Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1959: Lisa Lane
- 1957: Gisela Kahn Gresser – Sonja Graf
- 1955: Gisela Kahn Gresser – Nancy Roos
- 1953: Mona May Karff
- 1951: Mary Bain
- 1948: Gisela Kahn Gresser – Mona May Karff
- 1946: Mona May Karff
- 1944: Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1942: Mona May Karff
- 1941: Mona May Karff
- 1940: Adele Rivero
- 1938: Mona May Karff
- 1937: Adele Rivero
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The 2020 Scholar Chessplayer Awards go to:
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Akira Wood Nakada, NY (Grade 11)
Kimberly Liu, CA (Grade 12)
Annie Wang, CA (Grade 12)
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2020 Scholar Chess Player Award Qualification – Deadline March 1st, 2020 – The U.S. Chess Trust
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