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Any chess player ranked below master level or who does not live by chess. For FIDE or ECU it is a untitled player with a rating below 2000 ELO.
The first World Amateur Championship was organized in 1924 but the competition was discontinued in 1928 only to be revived after 68 years by the English organizer and chess master Stewart Reuben.

The Amateur World Champions were:

1924 (Paris) 1. Mattison, Herman (LAT)
1928 (The Hague) 1. Max Euwe (NED)
1996 (Hastings) 1. Brian Johnson (ENG)
women- 1. Emine Yannik (TUR)
1997 (Hastings) 1. Oleg Schults (EST)
women- 1. Catherine Dewitte (FRA)
1998 (Hastings) 1. Viraf Avari (IND)
women- 1. Rosalind Kieran (ENG)
1999 (Hastings) 1. Gaguik Oganessian (ARM)
women- 1. Jessie Gilbert (ENG)
2000 (Hastings) 1. Sven Muehlenhaus (GER)
women- 1. E. Rutherford (SCO)
2001 (B.Goncalves) 1. Flavio Olivência (BRA)
women- 1. A. Benggawan (CAN)
2003 (Pretoria)  1. Dr. Bhawoodien Shabier (SAF)
2004 (Cape Town) 1. Mandizha (SAF)
2006 (Tripoli) 1. Rachid Hifad (MAR)
2007 (Predeal)  1. A. G. Duca (ROM)
2008 (Halkidiki) 1. Galopoulos Panagnotis (GRE)
women- Mitali Madhukar Patil (IND)
2009 (Halkidiki) 1. Stefan Parlog, Stefan (ROM)
women- Efstathia Andrikopoulou (GRE)
2010 (The Village of Skokie) 1. Hubbard Andrew (USA)
women- Yun Fan (USA)
2011 (Kemer-Antalya) 1. Sumiya Bilguun (MGL)
women- Anu Bayar (MGL)

Galopoulos Panagnotis ( left) World Amateur Champion 2008