| year | place | winner | 2nd place | 3rd place | 
| 1575 | Madrid | Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri ( Kingdom of Naples ) | Paolo Boi ( Sicily ) | Ruy López de Segura ( Spain ) | 
| 1821 | Saint-Cloud | Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais ( France ) | Alexandre Deschapelles ( France ) | John Cochrane ( Scotland ) | 
| 1851 | London (KO system) | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) | Marmaduke Wyvill ( Scotland ) | Elijah Williams ( England ) | 
| 1853 | Berlin (KO system) | Jean Dufresne ( Prussia ) | Max Lange ( Prussia ) | Carl Mayet ( Prussia ) | 
| 1857 | Manchester (KO system) | Johann Jacob Löwenthal ( Austria-Hungary ) | Samuel Boden ( England ) | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ), Edward Pindar ( England ) | 
| 1857 | New York (KO system) | Paul Morphy ( USA ) | Louis Paulsen ( Prussia ) | Theodor Lichtenhein ( Prussia / USA ) | 
| 1858 | Birmingham (KO system) | Johann Jacob Löwenthal ( Austria-Hungary ) | Ernst Falkbeer ( Austria-Hungary ) | John Owen ( England ), Robert Barnett Brien ( England ) | 
| 1862 | London | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) | Louis Paulsen ( Prussia ) | John Owen ( England ), George Alcock MacDonnell ( Ireland ) | 
| 1867 | Dundee | Gustav Neumann ( Prussia ) | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) | George Alcock MacDonnell ( Ireland ), Cecil De Vere ( England ) | 
| 1867 | Paris | Ignaz von Kolisch ( Austria-Hungary ) | Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) | 
| 1868 | Aachen | Max Lange ( Prussia ) | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) | Wilfried Paulsen ( Prussia ), Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) | 
| 1869 | Hamburg | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) | Louis Paulsen ( Prussia ) | Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ), Johannes Minckwitz ( Prussia ), Emil Schallopp ( Prussia ) | 
| 1869 | Barmen | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) | Johannes Minckwitz ( Prussia ), Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ), Emil Schallopp ( Prussia ) |  | 
| 1870 | Baden-Baden | Adolf Anderssen ( Prussia ) | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Gustav Neumann ( Prussia ) | 
| 1871 | Krefeld | Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) | Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) | Johannes Minckwitz ( Germany ) | 
| 1872 | Altona | Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) | Gustav Neumann ( Germany ) | Carl Göring ( Germany ) | 
| 1872 | London | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ), Cecil De Vere ( England ), George Alcock MacDonnell ( Ireland ) | 
| 1873 | Vienna | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) | 
| 1877 | Leipzig | Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) | Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) | Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) | 
| 1878 | Paris | Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) | Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | 
| 1878 | Frankfurt am Main | Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) | Adolf Schwarz ( Austria-Hungary ) | Adolf Anderssen ( Germany ) | 
| 1879 | St. Petersburg | Michail Chigorin ( Russia ), Simon Alapin ( Lithuania ) |  | Emanuel Schiffers ( Russia ) | 
| 1879 | Leipzig | Berthold English ( Austria-Hungary ) | Louis Paulsen ( Germany ) | Adolf Schwarz ( Austria-Hungary ) | 
| 1880 | Wiesbaden | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Berthold Englisch ( Austria-Hungary ), Adolf Schwarz ( Austria-Hungary ) |  |  | 
| 1881 | Berlin | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) | Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ), Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) | 
| 1882 | Vienna | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ), Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) |  | James Mason ( Ireland ) | 
| 1883 | London | Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) | Wilhelm Steinitz ( Austria-Hungary ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | 
| 1883 | Nuremberg | Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | James Mason ( Ireland ) | 
| 1885 | Hamburg | Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Berthold Englisch ( Austria-Hungary ), James Mason ( Ireland ), Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ), Miksa Weiß ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | 
| 1885 | Hereford | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | Emil Schallopp ( Germany ), Henry Edward Bird ( England ) |  | 
| 1886 | London | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | Amos Burn ( England ) | Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ), Jean Taubenhaus ( Poland ) | 
| 1886 | Nottingham | Amos Burn ( England ) | Emil Schallopp ( Germany ) | Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ), Johannes Hermann Zukertort ( Poland ) | 
| 1887 | London | Amos Burn ( England ), Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | 
| 1887 | Frankfurt am Main | George Henry Mackenzie ( USA ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), Miksa Weiß ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | 
| 1888 | Bradford | Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) | George Henry Mackenzie ( USA ) | Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ), James Mason ( Ireland ) | 
| 1888 | Leipzig | Fritz Riemann ( Germany ), Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ) |  | Jacques Mieses ( Germany ) | 
| 1889 | new York | Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ), Miksa Weiß ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) | 
| 1889 | Wroclaw | Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) | Amos Burn ( England ) | Jacques Mieses ( Germany ) | 
| 1889 | Amsterdam | Amos Burn ( England ) | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | James Mason ( Ireland ) | 
| 1890 | Manchester | Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | Henry Edward Bird ( England ), George Henry Mackenzie ( USA ) | 
| 1890 | Graz | Gyula Makovetz ( Austria-Hungary ) | Johann Hermann Bauer ( Austria-Hungary ) | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | 
| 1892 | Dresden | Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) | Gyula Makovetz ( Austria-Hungary ), Moritz Porges ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | 
| 1892 | Belfast | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ), James Mason ( Ireland ) |  | Henry Edward Bird ( England ) | 
| 1892 | London | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | James Mason ( Ireland ) | 
| 1893 | new York | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | Adolf Albin ( Romania ) | Jackson Whipps Showalter ( USA ) | 
| 1893 | Kiel | Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ), Carl August Walbrodt ( Germany ) |  | Paul Lipke ( Germany ) | 
| 1894 | new York | Wilhelm Steinitz ( USA ) | Adolf Albin ( Romania ) | Edward Hymes , Jackson Whipps Showalter ( USA ) | 
| 1894 | Leipzig | Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) | Paul Lipke ( Germany ) | Richard Teichmann ( Germany ) | 
| 1895 | Hastings | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) | Mikhail Chigorin ( Russia ) | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | 
| 1895 / 1896 | St. Petersburg | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | Wilhelm Steinitz ( USA ) | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) | 
| 1896 | Nuremberg | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ) | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ), Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) | 
| 1896 | Budapest | Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ), Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) | 
| 1896 | Vienna | Dawid Janowski ( France ) | Carl Schlechter ( Austria-Hungary ) | Jacques Mieses ( Germany ), Szymon Winawer ( Poland ) | 
| 1897 | Berlin | Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ) | Carl August Walbrodt ( Germany ) | Joseph Henry Blackburne ( England ) | 
| 1897 | Berlin | Curt von Bardeleben ( Germany ) | Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ) | Wilhelm Cohn ( Germany ), Jacques Mieses ( Germany ) | 
| 1897 | London (1st International Ladies Tournament) | Mary Rudge ( England ) | Louisa Matilda Fagan ( Italy ) | Eliza Mary Thorold ( England ) | 
| 1898 | Vienna | Siegbert Tarrasch ( Germany ) | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) | Dawid Janowski ( France ) | 
| 1898 | Cologne | Amos Burn ( England ) | Wilhelm Cohn ( Germany ), Rudolf Charousek ( Austria-Hungary ), Michail Tschigorin ( Russia ) |  | 
| 1899 | London | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | David Janowski ( France ), Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ), Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | 
| 1899 | Moscow | Mikhail Chigorin ( Russia ) | Emanuel Schiffers ( Russia ) | Stepan Levitsky ( Russia ) | 
| 1899 / 1900 | Vienna | Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ) | Miklos Brody ( Austria-Hungary ), Carl Schlechter ( Austria-Hungary ) |  | 
| 1900 | Paris | Emanuel Lasker ( Germany ) | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ) | Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ), Frank James Marshall ( USA ) | 
| 1900 | Munich | Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( USA ), Carl Schlechter ( Austria-Hungary ), Géza Maróczy ( Austria-Hungary ) |  |  | 
| 1900 | London | Richard Teichmann ( Germany ) | James Mason ( Ireland ), Isidor Gunsberg ( Austria-Hungary ) |  |