Zurich Christmas Open

{{short description|Annual chess tournament in Zürich, Switzerland}}

The Zurich Christmas Open ({{langx|de|Weihnachtsopen Zürich}}) is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Zürich, Switzerland. The tournament began in 1977 and has been held 38 consecutive times.{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/naiditsch-tops-zurich-christmas-open |title=Naiditsch tops Zurich Christmas Open |last1=Ramirez |first1=Alejandro |date=2 January 2015 |website=ChessBase |access-date=2 November 2015}} In 2013, Polish Grandmaster Radosław Wojtaszek won the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/crosswords/chess/playing-second-fiddle-for-a-chance-at-first-place.html?_r=0 |title=Playing Second Fiddle for a Chance at First Place |last1= McClain |first1=Dylan Loeb |date=12 January 2014 |website=The New York Times |access-date=2 November 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/37th-zurich-christmas-open/ |title=38th Zurich Christmas Open |date=20 October 2014 |website=Chessdom |access-date=2 November 2015}} In 2014, German grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch won the tournament.

The tournament has been won four times by Vladimir Tukmakov and Josef Klinger.{{Cite web|url=http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch/contao/tl_files/Weihnachtsopen/Archiv/Ehrentafel.htm|title=Ehrentafel|website=weihnachtsopen.ch|access-date=2016-04-08}}

Winners

class="wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Master Tournament !Main Tournament
1 \|1977 \|Radovan Govedarica YUG \|only one Category
2 \|1978 \|Werner Hug SUI \|only one Category
3 \|1979 \|Petar Popovic YUG \|Trauth M. GER
4 \|1980 \|Radoslav Simic YUG \|Koronghy J. HUN
5 \|1981 \|Dragutin Sahovic YUG \|Payrits H. AUT
6 \|1982 \|Gyula Sax HUN \|Baldauf M. GER
7 \|1983 \|Jaime Sunye Neto BRA \|Maillard SUI
8 \|1984 \|Stefan Kindermann GER \|Bellamaric S. YUG
9 \|1985 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Frick R. LIE
10 \|1986 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Zaja I. YUG
11 \|1987 \|Lubomir Neckar CSR \|Potterat M. SUI
12 \|1988 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Mella L. SUI
13 \|1989 \|Heinz Wirthensohn SUI \|Ribic K. YUG
14 \|1990 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Kozarcanin S. YUG
15 \|1991 \|Jacob Murey FRA \|Fischer L. SUI
16 \|1992 \|Reinhard Lendwai AUT \|Fehr D. SUI
17 \|1993 \|Vadim Milov ISR \|Rosing H. GER
18 \|1994 \|Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \|Kajtez M. YUG
19 \|1995 \|Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \|Cruceli S. SUI
20 \|1996 \|Georg Siegel GER \|Gojani G. SUI
21 \|1997 \|Nedeljko Kelecevic BIH \|Bütler M. SUI
22	1998	Vladimir Tukmakov{{cite web \|url=http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch/contao/index.php/archiv.html \|title=Archiv Zürcher Weihnachtsopen \|author= \|website=Weihnachtsopen Zürich \|access-date=2 November 2015}} UKR \|Wittwer M. SUI
23	1999	Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \|Agushi A. SUI
24	2000	Vladimir Epishin GER \|Jashari E. SUI
25	2001	Yannick Pelletier SUI \|Hana A. GER
26	2002	Yannick Pelletier SUI \|Tikvic N. SUI
27	2003	Stanislav Savchenko UKR \|Remata V. SUI
28	2004	Aloyzas Kveinys LIT \|Hirt M. SUI
29	2005	Zoltán Varga HUN \|Pfau M. GER
30	2006	Yannick Pelletier SUI \|Joller H. SUI
31	2007	Florian Jenni SUI \|Gabersek A. SUI
32	2008	Héra Imre HUN \|Wegelin R. SUI
33	2009	Leonid Milov GER \|Ristevski S. SUI
34	2010	Georg Meier GER \|Stucki R. SUI
35	2011	Igor Kurnosov RUS \|Künzli T. SUI
36	2012	Levente Vajda{{cite web \|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-levente-vajda-grabs-the-trophy-in-zurich-weihnachtsopen/ \|title=GM Levente Vajda grabs the trophy in Zurich Weihnachtsopen \|date=31 December 2012 \|website=Chessdom \|access-date=2 November 2015}} ROM \|Boskovic M. SRB
37	2013	Radosław Wojtaszek POL \|Schweighoffer M. SUI
38	2014	Arkadij Naiditsch GER \|Grünberger M. SRB
39	2015	Arkadij Naiditsch{{cite web\|title=Arkadij Naiditsch repeats success in Zurich Christmas Open\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/arkadij-naiditsch-repeats-success-in-zurich-christmas-open/\|publisher=Chessdom\|access-date=2 January 2016}} GER \|Mansoor S. SUI
40 \|2016 \|Nijat Abasov AZE \|Bhunjun R. SUI
41 \|2017 \|Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu GER \|Hauser R. SUI
42 \|2018 \|Haik M. Martirosyan ARM{{cite web\|url =https://de.chessbase.com/post/zuerich-haik-martirosyan-vor-rasmus-svane\|title =Zürich: Haik Martirosyan vor Rasmus Svane\|first =André\|last =Schulz\|publisher =ChessBase\|date =2 January 2019\|language =de}} \|Mesut Altok GER

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch/}} (in German)

Category:Invitational chess tournaments

Category:Chess in Switzerland

Category:Sports competitions in Zurich

Category:International sports competitions hosted by Switzerland

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1977

Category:1977 establishments in Switzerland

class="wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Master Tournament !Main Tournament
1 \|1977 \|Radovan Govedarica YUG \|only one Category
2 \|1978 \|Werner Hug SUI \|only one Category
3 \|1979 \|Petar Popovic YUG \|Trauth M. GER
4 \|1980 \|Radoslav Simic YUG \|Koronghy J. HUN
5 \|1981 \|Dragutin Sahovic YUG \|Payrits H. AUT
6 \|1982 \|Gyula Sax HUN \|Baldauf M. GER
7 \|1983 \|Jaime Sunye Neto BRA \|Maillard SUI
8 \|1984 \|Stefan Kindermann GER \|Bellamaric S. YUG
9 \|1985 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Frick R. LIE
10 \|1986 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Zaja I. YUG
11 \|1987 \|Lubomir Neckar CSR \|Potterat M. SUI
12 \|1988 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Mella L. SUI
13 \|1989 \|Heinz Wirthensohn SUI \|Ribic K. YUG
14 \|1990 \|Josef Klinger AUT \|Kozarcanin S. YUG
15 \|1991 \|Jacob Murey FRA \|Fischer L. SUI
16 \|1992 \|Reinhard Lendwai AUT \|Fehr D. SUI
17 \|1993 \|Vadim Milov ISR \|Rosing H. GER
18 \|1994 \|Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \|Kajtez M. YUG
19 \|1995 \|Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \|Cruceli S. SUI
20 \|1996 \|Georg Siegel GER \|Gojani G. SUI
21 \|1997 \|Nedeljko Kelecevic BIH \|Bütler M. SUI
22	1998	Vladimir Tukmakov{{cite web \|url=http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch/contao/index.php/archiv.html \|title=Archiv Zürcher Weihnachtsopen \|author= \|website=Weihnachtsopen Zürich \|access-date=2 November 2015}} UKR \|Wittwer M. SUI
23	1999	Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \|Agushi A. SUI
24	2000	Vladimir Epishin GER \|Jashari E. SUI
25	2001	Yannick Pelletier SUI \|Hana A. GER
26	2002	Yannick Pelletier SUI \|Tikvic N. SUI
27	2003	Stanislav Savchenko UKR \|Remata V. SUI
28	2004	Aloyzas Kveinys LIT \|Hirt M. SUI
29	2005	Zoltán Varga HUN \|Pfau M. GER
30	2006	Yannick Pelletier SUI \|Joller H. SUI
31	2007	Florian Jenni SUI \|Gabersek A. SUI
32	2008	Héra Imre HUN \|Wegelin R. SUI
33	2009	Leonid Milov GER \|Ristevski S. SUI
34	2010	Georg Meier GER \|Stucki R. SUI
35	2011	Igor Kurnosov RUS \|Künzli T. SUI
36	2012	Levente Vajda{{cite web \|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-levente-vajda-grabs-the-trophy-in-zurich-weihnachtsopen/ \|title=GM Levente Vajda grabs the trophy in Zurich Weihnachtsopen \|date=31 December 2012 \|website=Chessdom \|access-date=2 November 2015}} ROM \|Boskovic M. SRB
37	2013	Radosław Wojtaszek POL \|Schweighoffer M. SUI
38	2014	Arkadij Naiditsch GER \|Grünberger M. SRB
39	2015	Arkadij Naiditsch{{cite web\|title=Arkadij Naiditsch repeats success in Zurich Christmas Open\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/arkadij-naiditsch-repeats-success-in-zurich-christmas-open/\|publisher=Chessdom\|access-date=2 January 2016}} GER \|Mansoor S. SUI
40 \|2016 \|Nijat Abasov AZE \|Bhunjun R. SUI
41 \|2017 \|Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu GER \|Hauser R. SUI
42 \|2018 \|Haik M. Martirosyan ARM{{cite web\|url =https://de.chessbase.com/post/zuerich-haik-martirosyan-vor-rasmus-svane\|title =Zürich: Haik Martirosyan vor Rasmus Svane\|first =André\|last =Schulz\|publisher =ChessBase\|date =2 January 2019\|language =de}} \|Mesut Altok GER