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.
The tournament has been won four times by Vladimir Tukmakov and Josef Klinger.[4]
| # | 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 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[6] ROM | Boskovic M. SRB | |
| 37 | 2013 | Radosław Wojtaszek POL | Schweighoffer M. SUI | |
| 38 | 2014 | Arkadij Naiditsch 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 |