The 39th Zurich Christmas Open took place on 26-30th December, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza in Zurich, Switzerland.
The 7-round Master Tournament, for players rated over 2000, had 105 participants from 18 countries, including 16 Grandmasters and 9 International Masters.
Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch repeated the success from the previous tournament and defended the trophy by taking a clear first place with 6,0/7 points. Naiditsch earned CHF 3000 for the effort.
The General Tournament (U2050) with 220 participants was also held over 7 rounds of Swiss system. Sharif Mansoor convincingly won the section with perfect 7,0/7 points to take the top prize of CHF 1000.
The next tournament in Switzerland is Basel Chess Festival which is taking place from 1st-5th January 2016 in Basel.
Masters Final Standings (top 50):
1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2698 – 6
2 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2572 – 5.5
3 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2624 – 5.5
4 GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2544 – 5.5
5 GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan MGL 2506 – 5.5
6 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2627 – 5.5
7 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2556 – 5
8 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E. RUS 2574 – 5
9 GM Sebenik Matej SLO 2523 – 5
10 Kheit Wahbi ISR 2306 – 5
11 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2546 – 5
12 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2485 – 5
13 FM Gantner Matthias SUI 2274 – 5
14 FM Habu Yoshiharu JAP 2398 – 5
15 IM Studer Noël SUI 2404 – 4.5
16 FM Wyss Jonas SUI 2289 – 4.5
17 GM Pelletier Yannick SUI 2571 – 4.5
18 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2499 – 4.5
19 GM Bindrich Falko GER 2583 – 4.5
20 FM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2356 – 4.5
21 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2435 – 4.5
22 FM Majer Damir GER 2222 – 4.5
23 FM Hugentobler Patrik SUI 2188 – 4.5
24 GM Milov Leonid GER 2465 – 4.5
25 Gretz Denis GER 2287 – 4.5
26 FM Friedrich Norbert GER 2192 – 4.5
27 Balint Vilmos HUN 2268 – 4
28 FM Riff Vincent FRA 2372 – 4
29 GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2467 – 4
30 GM Stojanovic Mihajlo SRB 2510 – 4
31 IM Dimitrov Atanas GRE 2331 – 4
32 Minko Vladimir RUS 2361 – 4
33 IM Weindl Alfred GER 2336 – 4
34 Duong Yisam SUI 1900 – 4
35 Velikic Adela SRB 2255 – 4
36 FM Gähler Marco SUI 2316 – 4
37 FM Kamber Bruno SUI 2295 – 4
38 CM Derakhshani Borna IRI 2176 – 4
39 Modler Andreas GER 2257 – 4
40 WIM Shvayger Yuliya ISR 2383 – 4
41 Salzgeber Frank SUI 2208 – 4
42 Curien Nicolas SUI 2199 – 4
43 Schweighoffer Martin SUI 2044 – 4
44 Dekan Hans GER 2161 – 4
45 Bohlsen Linus GER 2050 – 4
46 WIM Fuchs Judith GER 2324 – 3.5
47 Hofer Emilian AUT 2212 – 3.5
48 Aeschbach Philipp SUI 2197 – 3.5
49 Todorovic Nenad SRB 2314 – 3.5
50 WFM Toth Sarolta HUN 2106 – 3.5