| # | Year | City | Winner |
| 1 | 1879 | Leipzig | Berthold Englisch (Austria-Hungary) / Czech Silesia |
| 2 | 1881 | Berlin | Joseph Henry Blackburne (United Kingdom) / England |
| 3 | 1883 | Nuremberg | Szymon Winawer (Russian Empire) / Poland |
| 4 | 1885 | Hamburg | Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom) / Hungary |
| 5 | 1887 | Frankfurt | George Henry Mackenzie (United States) / Scotland |
| 6 | 1889 | Breslau | Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) / Prussian Silesia |
| 7 | 1892 | Dresden | Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) / Prussian Silesia |
| 8 | 1893 | Kiel | Carl August Walbrodt (German Empire) / Netherlands Curt von Bardeleben (German Empire) / Brandenburg |
| 9 | 1894 | Leipzig | Siegbert Tarrasch (German Empire) / Prussian Silesia |
| 10 | 1896 | Eisenach | Robert Henry Barnes (New Zealand) / England |
| 11 | 1898 | Cologne | Amos Burn (United Kingdom) / England |
| 12 | 1900 | Munich | Géza Maróczy (Austria-Hungary) / Hungary Harry Nelson Pillsbury (USA) / Massachusetts Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) / Austria |
| 13 | 1902 | Hannover | Dawid Janowski (France) / Poland |
| 14 | 1904 | Coburg | Curt von Bardeleben (German Empire) / Brandenburg Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) / Austria Rudolf Swiderski (German Empire) / Saxony |
| 15 | 1906 | Nuremberg | Frank James Marshall (USA) / New York |
| 16 | 1908 | Düsseldorf | Frank James Marshall (USA) / New York |
| 17 | 1910 | Hamburg | Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) / Austria |
| 18 | 1912 | Breslau | Akiba Rubinstein (Russian Empire) / Poland Oldřich Duras (Austria-Hungary) / Bohemia |
| 19 | 1914 | Mannheim | Alexander Alekhine (Russian Empire) / Russia |
| 20 | 1920 | Berlin | Friedrich Sämisch (Germany) / Brandenburg |
| 21 | 1921 | Hamburg | Ehrhardt Post (Germany) / Brandenburg |
| 22 | 1922 | Oeynhausen | Ehrhardt Post (Germany) / Brandenburg |
| 23 | 1923 | Frankfurt | Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) / Lower Austria |
| 24 | 1925 | Breslau | Efim Bogoljubow (Soviet Union) / Ukraine |
| 25 | 1926 | Dresden | Aron Nimzowitsch (Denmark) / Denmark |
| 26 | 1927 | Magdeburg | Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) / Lower Austria |
| 27 | 1929 | Duisburg | Carl Ahues (Germany) / Lower Saxony |
| 28 | 1931 | Swinemünde | Efim Bogoljubow (Germany) / Ukraine Ludwig Rödl (Germany) / Bavaria |
| 29 | 1932 | Bad Ems | Georg Kieninger (Germany) / Bavaria |