Earlier results : Valka 1976 - 50:50; Pärnu 1980 - 59:41; Salacgriva 1982 - 48:52; Pärnu 1985 - 49,5:50,5; Valka 1987 - 47,5:52,5; Pärnu 1990 - 52,5:47,5; Valka 1993 - 57:43; Tallinn 2000 - 65,5:34,5; Riia 2002 - 39,5:60,5.
Four men have played in all these matches, two estonians Hugo Päären and Leo Teemäe and two latvians Valentin Kirilovs and Vsevolod Dudzinskis. First scores got Gert Elmaste (EST) and A. Pavlucenko (LAT).