The Zurich Christmas Open ( German: 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. [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 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 [5] UKR Wittwer M. SUI 23 1999 Vladimir Tukmakov [5] UKR Agushi A. SUI 24 2000 Vladimir Epishin [5] GER Jashari E. SUI 25 2001 Yannick Pelletier [5] SUI Hana A. GER 26 2002 Yannick Pelletier [5] SUI Tikvic N. SUI 27 2003 Stanislav Savchenko [5] UKR Remata V. SUI 28 2004 Aloyzas Kveinys [5] LIT Hirt M. SUI 29 2005 Zoltán Varga [5] HUN Pfau M. GER 30 2006 Yannick Pelletier [5] SUI Joller H. SUI 31 2007 Florian Jenni [5] SUI Gabersek A. SUI 32 2008 Héra Imre [5] HUN Wegelin R. SUI 33 2009 Leonid Milov [5] GER Ristevski S. SUI 34 2010 Georg Meier [5] GER Stucki R. SUI 35 2011 Igor Kurnosov [5] RUS Künzli T. SUI 36 2012 Levente Vajda [6] ROM Boskovic M. SRB 37 2013 Radosław Wojtaszek [2] [3] POL Schweighoffer M. SUI 38 2014 Arkadij Naiditsch [1] GER Grünberger M. SRB 39 2015 Arkadij Naiditsch [7] GER Mansoor S. SUI 40 2016 Nijat Abasov AZE Bhunjun R. SUI 41 2017 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER Hauser R. SUI 42 2018 Haik M. Martirosyan ARM [8] Mesut Altok GER
References
- ^ a b c Ramirez, Alejandro (2 January 2015). "Naiditsch tops Zurich Christmas Open". ChessBase. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ a b McClain, Dylan Loeb (12 January 2014). "Playing Second Fiddle for a Chance at First Place". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ a b "38th Zurich Christmas Open". Chessdom. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Ehrentafel". weihnachtsopen.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Archiv Zürcher Weihnachtsopen". Weihnachtsopen Zürich. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "GM Levente Vajda grabs the trophy in Zurich Weihnachtsopen". Chessdom. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Arkadij Naiditsch repeats success in Zurich Christmas Open". Chessdom. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Schulz, André (2 January 2019). "Zürich: Haik Martirosyan vor Rasmus Svane" (in German). ChessBase.
External links
- Official website (in German)
