Zurich Christmas Open

The Zurich Christmas Open (German: Weihnachtsopen Zürich) is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Zurich, Switzerland. The tournament began in 1977 and has been held 38 consecutive times.[1] In 2013, Polish Grandmaster Radosław Wojtaszek won the tournament.[2][3] In 2014, German grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch won the tournament.[1]

The tournament has been won four times by Vladimir Tukmakov and Josef Klinger.[4]

Winners

 #   Year  Winner
1 1977 Radovan Govedarica
2 1978 Werner Hug
3 1979 Petar Popovic
4 1980 Radoslav Simic
5 1981 Dragutin Sahovic
6 1982 Gyula Sax
7 1983 Jaime Sunye Neto
8 1984 Stefan Kindermann
9 1985 Josef Klinger
10 1986 Josef Klinger
11 1987 Lubomir Neckar
12 1988 Josef Klinger
13 1989 Heinz Wirthensohn
14 1990 Josef Klinger
15 1991 Jacob Murey
16 1992 Reinhard Lendwai
17 1993 Vadim Milov
18 1994 Vladimir Tukmakov
19 1995 Vladimir Tukmakov
20 1996 Georg Siegel
21 1997 Nedeljko Kelecevic
 221998 Vladimir Tukmakov[5]
 231999 Vladimir Tukmakov[5]
 242000 Vladimir Epishin[5]
 252001 Yannick Pelletier[5]
 262002 Yannick Pelletier[5]
 272003 Stanislav Savchenko[5]
 282004 Aloyzas Kveinys[5]
 292005 Zoltán Varga[5]
 302006 Yannick Pelletier[5]
 312007 Florian Jenni[5]
 322008 Héra Imre[5]
 332009 Leonid Milov[5]
 342010 Georg Meier[5]
 352011 Igor Kurnosov[5]
 362012 Levente Vajda[6]
 372013 Radosław Wojtaszek[2][3]
 382014 Arkadij Naiditsch[1]
 392015 Arkadij Naiditsch[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ramirez, Alejandro (2 January 2015). "Naiditsch tops Zurich Christmas Open". ChessBase. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Loeb McClain, Dylan (12 January 2014). "Playing Second Fiddle for a Chance at First Place". The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "38th Zurich Christmas Open". Chessdom. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ehrentafel". www.weihnachtsopen.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Archiv Zürcher Weihnachtsopen". Weihnachtsopen Zürich. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "GM Levente Vajda grabs the trophy in Zurich Weihnachtsopen". Chessdom. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Arkadij Naiditsch repeats success in Zurich Christmas Open". Chessdom. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

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