The Zurich Christmas Open (german: Weihnachtsopen Zürich) is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Zurich, Switzerland. The tournament began in 1977 and has been held 38 consecutive times. In 2013, Polish Grandmaster

Radosław Wojtaszek Radosław Wojtaszek (born 13 January 1987) is a Polish chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Polish champion. Wojtaszek has acted as Viswanathan Anand's second, assisting the former world chess champion in his successful title defence match a ...

won the tournament. In 2014, German grandmaster

Arkadij Naiditsch Arkadij Naiditsch ( az, Arkadi Naydiç; born 25 October 1985) is an Azerbaijani (since 2015) chess grandmaster who previously represented Latvia (until 2005) and Germany (2005–2015). Career In 1995 he won the European Under-10 champ ...

won the tournament. The tournament has been won four times by Vladimir Tukmakov and Josef Klinger.

Winners

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* (in German) {{Chess tournaments Chess competitions Chess in Switzerland Sports competitions in Zürich International sports competitions hosted by Switzerland Recurring sporting events established in 1977 1977 establishments in Switzerland