The National Collegiate Athletic Association chess tournament is held every first semester of the Philippines academic year. The eight members schools send in a four-member team in both the Seniors and Juniors Division.
The structure is a Swiss-system tournament. In the end of the tournament, the schools with the two top scores would figure in a Finals match.
| width=12% | Academic Year | Men | Juniors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-77 | (1) | ||
| 1977-78 | (2) | (1) | |
| 1978-79 | (1) | (2) | |
| 1979-80 | (2) | (3) | |
| 1980-81 | (3) | (4) | |
| 1981-82 | (1) | Trinity College of Quezon City (1) | |
| 1982-83 | (3) | (1) | |
| 1983-84 | (4) | (1) | |
| 1984-85 | (5) | (2) | |
| 1985-86 | (4) | (3) | |
| 1986-87 | (6) | (4) | |
| 1987-88 | (2) | (2) | |
| 1988-89 | (3) | (5) | |
| 1989-90 | (4) | (1) | |
| 1990-91 | (5) | (2) | |
| 1991-92 | (7) | (3) | |
| 1992-93 | (1) | (1) | |
| 1993-94 | (8) | (2) | |
| 1994-95 | (9) | (3) | |
| 1995-96 | (10) | (4) | |
| 1996-97 | (11) | (6) | |
| 1997-98 | (6) | (4) | |
| 1998-99 | (7) | (5) | |
| 1999-2000 | (8) | (3) | |
| 2000-01 | (9) | (4) | |
| 2001-02 | (10) | (5) | |
| 2002-03 | (11) | (6) | |
| 2003-04 | (5) | (7) | |
| 2004-05 | (12) | (6) | |
| 2005-06 | (1) | (7) | |
| 2006-07 | (1) | (1) | |
| 2007-08 | (2) | (8) | |
| 2008-09 | (3) | (9) | |
| 2009-10 | (6) | (8) | |
| 2010-11 | (4) | (5) | |
| 2011-12 | (5) | (9) | |
| 2012-13 | (13) | (10) | |
| 2013-14 | (14) | (11) | |
| 2014-15 | (1) | (12) | |
| 2015-16 | (2) | (5) | |
| 2016-17 | (2) | (13) | |
| 2017-18 | (3) | (14) | |
| 2018-19 | (1) | ||
| 2019-20 | (1) | (6) | |
| 2020-21 | (1) | (15) | |
| 2021-22 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022-23 | |||
| 2023-24 | (2) | (1) | |
| width=300px | School ! | width=50px | Juniors' ! | width=50px | Seniors' ! | width=50px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 14 | 23 | |||||
| 15 | 6 | 20 | |||||
| 6 | 11 | 17 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Trinity College of Quezon City | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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