| Year | NSW Chess Champion |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Gregory Canfell |
| 2023 | Mihajlo Radovanovic |
| 2022 | Sterling Bayaca |
| 2020-2021 | Not Held |
| 2019 | Jack Rodgers |
| 2018 | Yi Liu |
| 2017 | Max Illingworth |
| 2016 | Max Illingworth |
| 2015 | Max Illingworth |
| 2014 | Gregory Canfell |
| 2013 | Max Illingworth |
| 2012 | Max Illingworth |
| 2011 | Max Illingworth |
| 2010 | Brett Tindall |
| 2009 | Vincent Suttor |
| 2008 | Gregory Canfell |
| 2007 | Gregory Canfell |
| 2006 | Gregory Canfell |
| 2005 | Andrew Bird |
| 2004 | George Xie |
| 2003 | Ralph Seberry |
| 2002 | George Xie |
| 2001 | Gregory Canfell |
| 2000 | John-Paul Wallace |
| 1999 | Kuan-Kuan Tian |
| 1998 | Gregory Canfell |
| 1997 | Gregory Canfell |
| 1996 | Gregory Canfell |
| 1995 | Vladimir Feldman |
| 1994 | Dimitri Gedevanishvili |
| 1993 | Igor Belin |
| 1992 | Dimitri Gedevanishvili |
| 1991 | Alexander Kanikevich |
| 1990 | Alexander Kanikevich |
| 1989 | Dimitri Gedevanishvili |
| 1988 | Maxwell L. Fuller and Dimitri Gedevanishvili |
| 1987 | Hayden J. Barber |
| 1986 | Maxwell L. Fuller |
| 1985 | Javier Gil |
| 1984 | Micheal B. Ginat |
| 1983 | Abraham. Sztern |
| 1982 | Terrey. I. Shaw |
| 1981 | Naum Levin |
| 1980 | Terrey I. Shaw |
| 1979 | Kevin J. Harrison |
| 1978 | Phillip J. Viner |
| 1977 | Pal Dozsa |
| 1976 | Abraham Sztern |
| 1975 | Roy Travers |
| 1974 | David Parr |
| 1973 | Normand MacLaurin |
| 1972 | Phillip J. Viner |
| 1971 | Terrey I. Shaw |
| 1970 | A (Fred) Flatow |
| 1969 | Trevor Hay |
| 1968 | Peter Parr |
| 1967 | Terrey I. Shaw |
| 1966 | Yaroslav Shewchyk |
| 1965 | Maxwell L. Fuller |
| 1964 | A(Fred). Flatow |
| 1963 | Lloyd. S. Fell |
| 1962 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1961 | Bela Berger |
| 1960 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1959 | Yaroslav Shewchyk |
| 1958 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1957 | Bela Berger |
| 1956 | Harry Klass |
| 1955 | John V. Kellner |
| 1954 | John V. Kellner |
| 1953 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1952 | Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1951 | Stefan Kruger |
| 1950 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1949 | Stefan Kruger |
| 1948 | Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1947 | Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1946 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1945 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1944 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1943 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1942 | Not played |
| 1941 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1940 | Lajos Steiner |
| 1939 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1938 | Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1937 | Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1936 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1935 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1934 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1933 | Spencer Crakanthorp |
| 1932 | Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1931 | Maurice E. Goldstein |
| 1930 | Maurice E. Goldstein and Garry Koshnitsky |
| 1929 | Cecil J. S. Purdy |
| 1928 | John A. Kinman |
| 1927 | Spencer Crakanthorp |
| 1925 | Albert E. N. Wallace |
| 1924 | Albert E. N. Wallace |
| 1923 | Spencer Crakanthorp |
| 1921 | Albert E. N. Wallace |
| 1920 | Spencer Crakanthorp |
| 1919 | Alan E. Nield |
| 1914 | Donald McArthur M.C. |
| 1908 | Spencer Crakanthorp |
| 1905 | Spencer Crakanthorp |
| 1901 | Julius L. Jacobsen |
