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The Zurich Christmas Open () is an annual chess tournament that takes place in
Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
, 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 six-time Polish champion. Wojtaszek has acted as Viswanathan Anand's second, assisting the former world chess champion in his successful title defence match aga ...
won the tournament. In 2014, German grandmaster
Arkadij Naiditsch Arkadij Naiditsch (; born 25 October 1985) is a Latvian-German chess grandmaster who currently represents Bulgaria after previously representing Latvia (until 1997), Germany (1998–2015) and Azerbaijan (2015–2024). Career In 1995 he won th ...
won the tournament. The tournament has been won four times by Vladimir Tukmakov and Josef Klinger.


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