2016 in chess

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Major chess events that took place in 2016 included the Women's World Chess Championship 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, won by Hou Yifan, and the Candidates Tournament, won by Sergey Karjakin, who challenged Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2016. Magnus Carlsen won the match on tiebreaks and retained the title of World Chess Champion.

2016 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2016 chess tournaments:

TournamentDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 16–31 Jan14 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren
2016 Gibraltar Chess Festival 26 Jan – 4 Feb150 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of France.svg Étienne Bacrot
2016 Zurich Chess Challenge 12–15 Feb6 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik
Women's World Chess Championship 2016 1–14 Mar2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hou Yifan Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Muzychuk
Candidates Tournament 2016 11–30 Mar8 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
U.S. Chess Championship 2016 13–30 Apr12 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
Altibox Norway Chess 201618–30 Apr10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Shamkir Chess 2016 26 May – 4 Jun10 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri
Paris Grand Chess Tour 9–12 Jun10 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leuven Grand Chess Tour 17–20 Jun10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian
2016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 9–17 Jul8 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik
Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana
Flag of Cuba.svg Leinier Domínguez Pérez
Sinquefield Cup 20164–16 Aug10 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov
World Chess Championship 2016 11–30 Nov2 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin
London Chess Classic 20169–18 Dec10 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
2017 World Rapid Chess Championship 26–28 Dec106 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen
2017 World Blitz Chess Championship 29–30 Dec108 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Dubov

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