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Annual chess tournament in Zürich, Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
# | Year | Master Tournament | Main Tournament |
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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 |