1935 Hyman Gordon (playoff after tie with Calvin Marvin)
1936 Robert S. Scrivener
1937 Robert S. Scrivener
1938 J. Edwin Woody
1939 Erich W. Marchand
1940 Robert S. Scrivener
1941 Erich W. Marchand
1942 Erich W. Marchand
1943 Julius Zinner
1944 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1945 Robert H. Steinmeyer (playoff after tie with Paul Rosen)
1946 Julius Zinner
1947 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1948 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1949 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1950 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1951 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1952 Eugene J. Roesch, William H.C. Newberry, Charles M.
Burton
1953 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1954 John V. Ragan
1955 Frederic S. Anderson
1956 John V. Ragan
1957 Harold F. Branch
1958 Harold F. Branch
1959 Harold F. Branch
1960 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1961 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1962 John V. Ragan
1963 Harold F. Branch
1964 John V. Ragan
1965 John Freeman, Carl Spies
1966 Leroy Muhammad
1967 Leroy Muhammad
1968 Leroy Muhammad, Robert Enders
1969 Leroy Muhammad
1970 Michael Ellis, James McLaughlin
1971 John V. Ragan, Douglas McClintock
1972 John V. Ragan
1973 James A. Davies
1974 Robert H. Steinmeyer
1975 Evan Michaelides
1976 Evan Michaelides, Robert M. Jacobs
1980 Elliott Winslow
1981 Terence Niehoff
1982 Robert M. Jacobs and Charles A. Lawton, Jr.
1983 Charles A. Lawton, Jr., John L. Readey
1984 James McLaughlin
1985 Dennis Younglove, Terence W. Niehoff
1986 Douglas D. Eckert
1987 Douglas D. Eckert*
1988 Robert F. Sutter, Jr.
1989 James McLaughlin
*This event was called the Missouri Invitational, with the highest
finishing St. Louis area player awarded the St. Louis District title.
Mike Brooks of Kansas City won the event. Doug Eckert finished second.
Source: Winter 1989 Missouri Chess Bulletin, edited by Bill
Merrell, which states that 1926-1966 was compiled by Charles M. Burton.
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