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Zurich Christmas Open

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 won the tournament. In 2014, German grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch won the tournament.

Winners

 
 #   Year  Winner
 22 1998 Vladimir Tukmakov
 23 1999 Vladimir Tukmakov
 24 2000 Vladimir Epishin
 25 2001 Yannick Pelletier
 26 2002 Yannick Pelletier
 27 2003 Stanislav Savchenko
 28 2004 Aloyzas Kveinys
 29 2005 Zoltán Varga
 30 2006 Yannick Pelletier
 31 2007 Florian Jenni
 32 2008 Héra Imre
 33 2009 Leonid Milov
 34 2010 Georg Meier
 35 2011 Igor Kurnosov
 36 2012 Levente Vajda
 37 2013 Radosław Wojtaszek
 38 2014 Arkadij Naiditsch
 39 2015 Arkadij Naiditsch
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