by John D. Rockefeller V
The MD Open Champion is the highest-finishing MD resident in the Championship section.
The MD Amateur Champion is the highest-finishing MD resident in the highest section with a ceiling below 2000: Under 2000, Under 1900, Under 1800, etc.
To update this list or correct an error, contact MD Chess at tournaments@mdchess.com.
Year | MD Open Champion | MD Amateur Champion |
2023 | Jesse Kraii | Steven Pettit |
2022 | Kevin Wang | Konstantin Molodtsov |
2021 | Bijan Tahmassebi | Emerson Holcomb |
2020 | None—COVID | None—COVID |
2019 | Tegshsuren Enkhbaht | Edgar Gracia |
2018 | Ralph Zimmer | William Gallagher |
2017 | Levan Bregadze | Matthew Orye |
2016 | Larry Kaufman | Andre Gomes |
2015 | Shelby Getz | Douglas Malcolm |
2014 | Tegshsuren Enkhbat | Terence Coffee |
2013 | Aaron Khan | Michael Spencer |
2012 | Larry Kaufman | Bruce Till |
2011 | Shelby Getz | Sambarta Rakshit |
2010 | Larry Kaufman | Benjamin Krause |
2009 | Tegshsuren Enkhbat | Ronnie Colman |
2008 | Larry Kaufman | Benjamin Yastrov |
2007 | Zhi-Ya Hu | Adithya Sundar |
2006 | Alex Wojtkiewicz | Sathish Nath |
2005 | Alex Wojtkiewicz | Sathish Nath |
2004 | William Morrison | Harry Cohen |
2003 | Alex Wojtkiewicz | Bruce Till |
2002 | Alex Wojtkiewicz | Bruce Till |
2001 | Paul Yavari | Dan Elliott |
2000 | Dmitriy Barash | Chris Sevilla |
1999 | Larry Kaufman | Scott Webster |
1998 | Larry Kaufman | Daniel Elliott |
1997 | Larry Kaufman | Steve Mallis |
1996 | Boris Zisman | Art Buchanan |
1995 | William Morrison | David McDuffie |
1994 | Boris Reichstein | Roger Smith |
1993 | David Sherman | Robert Addison |
1992 | Alex Sherzer | Bruce Till |
1991 | Richard Delaune | Mark Saunders |
1990 | Allan Savage | Roy Collins |
1989 | Alex Sherzer | Bruce Till |
1988 | Allan Savage | Roy Collins |
1987 | Boris Gulko | Mark Saunders |
1986 | Alex Sherzer | Tommy Heintschel |
1985 | Stank Fink | John Holmes |
1984 | Michael Bury | Fritz Gougy |
1983 | Denis Strenzwilk | Mark Wellman |
1982 | Mark Ginsburg | Toney Simuel |
1981 | Floyd Boudreaux | Glen Smoot |
1980 | Roberty Joynt jr. | Movi Mardirossian |
1979 | Herbert Avram | Robert Holcomb *6 |
1978 | Steve Odendahl | Paul Zeigler *4 |
1977 | Steve Odendahl | David B. Cross |
1976 | Russell Chauvenet | Georges Rosenmann |
1975 | Larry Kaufman | Paul Zeigler |
1974 | Berry Bayus | James McCollough |
1973 | Duncan Thompson | George Bayles |
1972 | Robert Raven | Mark Allen |
1971 | Larry Kaufman | Larry Adler |
1970 | Ross Oliver *8 | |
1969 | Russell Chauvenet | Allen Sheldon |
1968 | Jack Kempler *7 | |
1967 | Phil Geffee | |
1966 | N. Darrell Legore *3 | |
1965 | Peter Graves | |
1964 | Norman MacLeod *2 | |
1963 | Russell Chauvenet | |
1962 | Richrd McComas *1 | |
1961 | Robert Raven *5 | |
1960 | Richard McComas | |
1959 | ||
1958 | ||
1957 | ||
1956 | ||
1955 | Herbert Avram *9 |
MD Chess is grateful to Denis Strenzwilk for researching the history of the Maryland Open & for compiling a list of known MD Open & Amateur Chess Champions, to Allan Savage for forwarding Denis's list to MD Chess in 2016, & to Mike Regan for transcribing & updating the list.