Naiditsch wins Chrismas Open in Zurich

by André Schulz
1/5/2016 – With a rating of 2698 Arkadij Naiditsch was the favorite to win the traditional Chrismas Open in Zurich that took place from 26th to 30th December. Naiditsch lived up to his role and won the tournament with 6.0/7. Half a point behind followed five players of whom Vitaly Kunin and Christian Bauer had the best tie-break. They finished second and third.

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Naiditsch, who plays for Azerbaijan and the German club OSG Baden-Baden, started with 4.0/4 before conceding his first draw against Vitaly Kunin in round five.

Arkadij Naiditsch

Kunin started with 4.0/4 and after his draw against Naiditsch shared the lead together with Naiditsch and French GM Christian Bauer. However, in round six Naiditsch managed to beat the Mongolian GM Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa while Bauer and Kunin drew, allowing Naiditsch to take the sole lead. In the final round Naiditsch drew against Bauer and that was enough for him to become sole winner of the tournament.

Christian Bauer

Swiss IM Oliver Kurman

GM Kiril Georgiev from Bulgaria

One of the participants in Zurich was FM Yoshiharu Habu, a living legend of Shogi, which is also known as Japanese Chess. In Shogi Habu won many prestigious tournaments and titles and at his peak he had a winning percentage of 0.723, according to Wikipedia, "the all-time highest of any professional player". Habu is also a prolific Shogi author and has won millions of dollars with his Shogi skills. He plays Western chess more as a hobby and in Zurich Habu finished 14th with a score of 5.0/7.

Yoshiharu Habu

Final standings

Rg. Snr   Name Federation Elo Club/Residence Pts.  Wtg1   Wtg2   Wtg3 
1 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2698 Dortmund 6,0 33,5 211,5 24,5
2 6 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2572 Deutschland 5,5 32,5 211,0 23,5
3 3 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2624 Montpellier 5,5 32,5 202,0 24,0
4 10 GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2544 Ungarn 5,5 29,5 193,5 21,0
5 13 GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan MGL 2506 Ulaanbator 5,5 29,0 196,5 20,5
6 2 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2627 Sofia 5,5 29,0 192,5 21,5
7 8 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2556 Russland 5,0 32,0 194,0 23,0
8 5 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E. RUS 2574 Russland 5,0 31,5 198,0 23,0
9 11 GM Sebenik Matej SLO 2523 Slowenien 5,0 30,0 196,5 22,0
10 32   Kheit Wahbi ISR 2306 Israel 5,0 30,0 185,0 23,5
11 9 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2546 Zürich 5,0 27,5 191,0 19,0
12 15 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2485 Schindellegi 5,0 27,0 195,0 19,5
13 36 FM Gantner Matthias SUI 2274 Leeds 5,0 26,5 189,5 19,5
14 20 FM Habu Yoshiharu JAP 2398 Tokyo 5,0 26,5 186,5 19,0
15 19 IM Studer Noël SUI 2404 Muri b. Bern 4,5 30,5 192,5 21,5
16 34 FM Wyss Jonas SUI 2289 Zürich 4,5 29,5 184,0 21,0
17 7 GM Pelletier Yannick SUI 2571 Paris 4,5 29,5 181,0 21,5
18 14 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2499 Basel 4,5 28,5 189,5 20,0
19 4 GM Bindrich Falko GER 2583 Zittau 4,5 28,5 177,0 20,5
20 25 FM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2356 Wien 4,5 28,0 189,5 21,0
21 18 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2435 Luzern 4,5 28,0 187,0 20,5
22 42 FM Majer Damir GER 2222 München 4,5 27,0 179,5 19,5
23 51 FM Hugentobler Patrik SUI 2188 Volketswil 4,5 24,5 171,5 17,5
24 17 GM Milov Leonid GER 2465 Mainz 4,5 24,0 176,0 17,5
25 35   Gretz Denis GER 2287 Königsbrunn 4,5 23,5 182,0 17,5
26 49 FM Friedrich Norbert GER 2192 Zürich 4,5 19,5 175,0 14,0

... 105 players

Yannick Pelletier

Vladimir Burmakin

Judith Fuchs

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Derakhshani,B2176Naiditsch,A26980–12015B32Weihnachtsopen 20151.1
Georgiev,K2627Aleksic,N21681–02015A46Weihnachtsopen 20151.2
Jovanovic,S2162Bauer,C26240–12015A46Weihnachtsopen 20151.3
Bindrich,F2583Dekan,H21611–02015D15Weihnachtsopen 20151.4
Borner,D2160Vorobiov,E25740–12015B35Weihnachtsopen 20151.5
Kunin,V2572Levrand,R21581–02015E70Weihnachtsopen 20151.6
Adzic,S2157Pelletier,Y25710–12015A00Weihnachtsopen 20151.7
Burmakin,V2556Sandmeier,T21541–02015A43Weihnachtsopen 20151.8
Wüthrich,L2139Sebenik,M2523½–½2015E32Weihnachtsopen 20151
Toth,S2106Pikula,D24671–02015A25Weihnachtsopen 20151
Milov,L2465Hauser,R21000–12015B01Weihnachtsopen 20151
Aeschbach,W2093Kurmann,O24350–12015D01Weihnachtsopen 20151
Studer,N2404Adamantidis,P20921–02015B79Weihnachtsopen 20151
Naiditsch,A2698Fuchs,J23241–02015A48Weihnachtsopen 20152.1
Gaehler,M2322Georgiev,K2627½–½2015A06Weihnachtsopen 20152.2
Bauer,C2624Todorovic,N23141–02015A45Weihnachtsopen 20152.3
Kheit,W2306Bindrich,F25831–02015B24Weihnachtsopen 20152.4
Vorobiov,E2574Kamber,B22951–02015B56Weihnachtsopen 20152.5
Wyss,J2289Kunin,V25720–12015B07Weihnachtsopen 20152.6
Pelletier,Y2571Gretz,D22871–02015A81Weihnachtsopen 20152.7
Gantner,M2274Burmakin,V25560–12015B12Weihnachtsopen 20152.8
Hauser,R2100Riff,V23720–12015D02Weihnachtsopen 20152
Haas,C2192Klauser,M23931–02015E32Weihnachtsopen 20152
Curien,N2199Studer,N24040–12015A80Weihnachtsopen 20152
Kurmann,O2435Goldie,T22431–02015B90Weihnachtsopen 20152
Hofer,E2212Georgiadis,N2485½–½2015B77Weihnachtsopen 20152
Studer,N2404Naiditsch,A26980–12015C91Weihnachtsopen 20153.1
Riff,V2372Bauer,C26240–12015B42Weihnachtsopen 20153.2
Dragnev,V2356Vorobiov,E2574½–½2015B30Weihnachtsopen 20153.3
Kunin,V2572Kurmann,O24351–02015D11Weihnachtsopen 20153.4
Balint,V2268Pelletier,Y25711–02015A07Weihnachtsopen 20153.5
Burmakin,V2556Kheit,W23061–02015A13Weihnachtsopen 20153.6
Gonda,L2544Haas,C21921–02015A06Weihnachtsopen 20153.7
Aeschbach,P2197Cvitan,O24990–12015A64Weihnachtsopen 20153.8
Hugentobler,P2188Stojanovic,M25100–12015C11Weihnachtsopen 20153
Bindrich,F2583Ciornei,D21811–02015A65Weihnachtsopen 20153
Georgescu,L2009Bogner,S25460–12015B21Weihnachtsopen 20153
Georgiadis,N2485Bühler,M19781–02015C19Weihnachtsopen 20153
Solomonik,E1883Gähler,M23160–12015A41Weihnachtsopen 20153
Naiditsch,A2698Burmakin,V25561–02015B14Weihnachtsopen 20154.1
Bauer,C2624Gonda,L25441–02015C44Weihnachtsopen 20154.2
Balint,V2268Kunin,V25720–12015A05Weihnachtsopen 20154.3
Habu,Y2398Georgiev,K26270–12015C54Weihnachtsopen 20154.4
Vorobiov,E2574Georgiadis,N2485½–½2015A80Weihnachtsopen 20154.5
Sebenik,M2523Dragnev,V2356½–½2015A35Weihnachtsopen 20154.6
Dimitrov,A2331Gundavaa,B25060–12015D05Weihnachtsopen 20154.7
Cvitan,O2499Gaehler,M23221–02015E10Weihnachtsopen 20154.8
Wyss,J2289Bindrich,F25831–02015C95Weihnachtsopen 20154
Pelletier,Y2571Knoedler,D23331–02015A46Weihnachtsopen 20154
Bogner,S2546Fuchs,J23241–02015B59Weihnachtsopen 20154
Gantner,M2274Studer,N24040–12015C11Weihnachtsopen 20154
Majer,D2222Riff,V23720–12015B38Weihnachtsopen 20154
Burmakin,V2556Minko,V2361½–½2015A40Weihnachtsopen 20155.6
Georgiev,K2627Bauer,C2624½–½2015C00Weihnachtsopen 20155.2
Gonda,L2544Kheit,W2306½–½2015D00Weihnachtsopen 20155.8
Gundavaa,B2506Cvitan,O24991–02015B52Weihnachtsopen 20155.3
Kamber,B2295Kurmann,O24350–12015B43Weihnachtsopen 20155
Klauser,M2393Hugentobler,P21880–12015B04Weihnachtsopen 20155
Knoedler,D2333Kriste,V21780–12015A26Weihnachtsopen 20155
Kunin,V2572Naiditsch,A2698½–½2015A49Weihnachtsopen 20155.1
Riff,V2372Bogner,S2546½–½2015A16Weihnachtsopen 20155.7
Salzgeber,F2208Habu,Y23980–12015D43Weihnachtsopen 20155
Shvayger,Y2383Pelletier,Y25710–12015B40Weihnachtsopen 20155.5
Solomonik,E2583Bindrich,F18830–12015D11Weihnachtsopen 20155
Studer,N2404Vorobiov,E25740–12015B80Weihnachtsopen 20155.4
Wuethrich,L2139Weindl,A23360–12015A57Weihnachtsopen 20155
Naiditsch,A2698Gundavaa,B25061–02015C48Weihnachtsopen 20156.1
Bauer,C2624Kunin,V2572½–½2015C48Weihnachtsopen 20156.2
Pelletier,Y2571Georgiev,K2627½–½2015A40Weihnachtsopen 20156.3
Vorobiov,E2574Sebenik,M2523½–½2015E06Weihnachtsopen 20156.4
Pikula,D2467Burmakin,V25560–12015B17Weihnachtsopen 20156.5
Bogner,S2546Minko,V23611–02015B48Weihnachtsopen 20156.6
Weindl,A2336Gonda,L25440–12015A06Weihnachtsopen 20156.7
Dimitrov,A2331Stojanovic,M2510½–½2015D37Weihnachtsopen 20156.8
Kurmann,O2435Dragnev,V23561–02015B47Weihnachtsopen 20156
Habu,Y2398Balint,V22681–02015A13Weihnachtsopen 20156
Majer,D2222Shvayger,Y23831–02015A48Weihnachtsopen 20156
Friedrich,N2192Fuchs,J2324½–½2015A31Weihnachtsopen 20156
Kriste,V2178Wyss,J22890–12015A24Weihnachtsopen 20156
Gantner,M2274Duong,Y19001–02015C34Weihnachtsopen 20156
Bauer,C2624Naiditsch,A2698½–½2015A01Weihnachtsopen 20157.1
Kunin,V2572Vorobiov,E2574½–½2015D27Weihnachtsopen 20157.2
Georgiev,K2627Kurmann,O24351–02015D15Weihnachtsopen 20157.3
Gonda,L2544Pelletier,Y25711–02015A05Weihnachtsopen 20157.4
Burmakin,V2556Habu,Y2398½–½2015A07Weihnachtsopen 20157.5
Sebenik,M2523Bogner,S2546½–½2015A06Weihnachtsopen 20157.6
Gundavaa,B2506Pikula,D24671–02015D36Weihnachtsopen 20157.7
Gretz,D2287Bindrich,F2583½–½2015C54Weihnachtsopen 20157.8
Georgiadis,N2485Dimitrov,A23311–02015E11Weihnachtsopen 20157
Riff,V2372Gantner,M22740–12015A29Weihnachtsopen 20157
Studer,N2404Hofer,E22121–02015C45Weihnachtsopen 20157
Fuchs,J2188Hugentobler,P23240–12015A01Weihnachtsopen 20157
Todorovic,N2314Friedrich,N21920–12015B84Weihnachtsopen 20157

 

The winners: Christian Bauer, Arkadij Naiditsch, Vitaly Kunin

 

Photos: Georg Kradolfer (Tournament page)

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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