Previous Winners.

	1983	Kenneth Shovel (England) - now a FIDE MASTER 2270
	1984	Chris Ward (England) - now a Grandmaster-2500
	1985	Kevin Denny (Bdos) - now an International Master-2319
	1986	Ron Buckmire (Bdos) - now a FIDE MASTER- 2320
	1987	Andrew Walker (Guyana)
	1988	Delisle Warner (Bdos) - now a FIDE Master-2232
	1989	Delisle Warner (Bdos)- now a FIDE Master-2232
	1990	Delisle Warner (Bdos)- now a FIDE Master-2232
	1993	Matthew Hinds (Bdos)
	1994	Jomo Pitterson (Jamaica) - 2240
	1995	Dwayne Goodridge (Bdos)
	1996	Ryan Harper (Trinidad) - 2221
	1997	Robin Clark (England)
	1998	Junior Taitt (Barbados) - 2204
	1999	Sean Perryman (Trinidad)
	2000	Askari Elson (Barbados) - 2147
	2001	Wilson Palencia (Venezuela) - now an International Master

Since winning the Mutual Open Junior Chris Ward (1984) went on to become a Grandmaster, an author of a number of chess books and British Champion in 1996.

Kevin Denny (1985) went on to win the Central American & Caribbean Under 20 and become the first player from the English speaking Caribbean to become an International Master. Kevin has been a member of the Barbados Olympic team since 1988 and was Barbados s Sports Personality of the Year in 2001.

Ron Buckmire not only became a FIDE Master but is still the only player from the English speaking who has a FIDE rating over 2300. He is also a former Barbados National Champion.

Delisle Warner went on to become a Barbados National Champion and is member of the Barbados Olympic team. To date he is the only person to have held the Open Junior title twice.

Since its introduction in 1983, the Open Junior has played a strategic role
in the development of junior chess within the English speaking Caribbean .