Edinburgh Christmas

Type

McMahon

Tournament Type

Next Tournament Date

Sat, 6 Dec 2025

3-round McMahon tournament. Fischer time 30 mins + 15 sec.

Web site

2025 website

Venue

St. Columba’s-by-the-Castle Church, 14 Johnston Terrace

Postcode

EH1 2PW

Current Champion

Ryan Zhang

Long-running annual McMahon tournament in Scotland

Past Winners and Results

2024 Ryan Zhang
2023 Grzegorz Kudla
2022 Zeyu Qiu
2019 Matthew Scott
2018 Boris Mitrovic
2017 Alistair Wall
2016 Stephen Hu
2015 Hongyi Chen / Jakub Ziomko
2014 Tongzhou Cai
2012, 2013 David Lee
2011 Yunlong Liu
2010 David Lee
2009 Alex Kent

Start Year

2009

Normal Month

September

Current?

Current

Championship

Scottish

The tournament was held (weather permitting) in December and replaced the Scottish Bar-Low. 2020 was cancelled; in 2022 it moved to September, from 4 to 3 rounds, and became known as the Edinburgh Open until 2024. From 2025 it reverts back to the Edinburgh Christmas tournament.

Last updated Thu Aug 28 2025.
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