The Zurich Christmas Open () is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Zürich, Switzerland. The tournament began in 1977 and has been held 48 consecutive times.
The tournament has been won four times by Vladimir Tukmakov and Josef Klinger.
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 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 ROM |Boskovic M. SRB |- | 37||2013|| Radosław Wojtaszek POL |Schweighoffer M. SUI |- | 38||2014|| Arkadij Naiditsch GER |Grünberger M. SRB |- | 39||2015|| Arkadij Naiditsch GER |Mansoor S. SUI |- |40 |2016 |Nijat Abasov AZE |Bhunjun R. SUI |- |41 |2017 |Christian Bauer FRA |Hauser R. SUI |- |42 |2018 |Haik M. Martirosyan ARM |Mesut Altok GER |- |43 |2019 |Vitaly Kunin GER |Dorian Asllani SUI |- |44 |2020 |Mikhail Demidov |only one category due to being held online |- |45 |2021 |Vitaly Kunin GER |Flavio Rotunno SUI |- |46 |2022 |Milos Perunovic SRB |Nicolas Bourg LUX |- |47 |2023 |Krishnan Sasikiran IND |Sebastian Kraus GER |- |48 |2024 |Sergey Fedorchuk UKR |Mirko Mikavica SRB |- |49 |2025 |Sergey Fedorchuk UKR |Robert Matei SUI
References
External links (in German)