Edinburgh Christmas

Type

McMahon

Tournament Type

Next Tournament Date

Sat, 5 Dec 2026

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

Web site

2025 website

Venue

The New Melville Bridge Club, 1 Pinkhill, Edinburgh EH12 7BA

Postcode

EH12 7BA

Current Champion

Pan Gao

Long-running annual McMahon tournament in Scotland

Past Winners and Results

2025 Pan Gao
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

December

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 reverted back to the Edinburgh Christmas tournament (on 6th December).

New Bridge Club venue for 2026.

Last updated Wed Jun 17 2026.
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