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 Tournament16–31 Jan14Norway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Fabiano CaruanaChina Ding Liren
2016 Gibraltar Chess Festival26 Jan – 4 Feb150United States Hikaru NakamuraFrance Maxime Vachier-LagraveFrance Étienne Bacrot
2016 Zurich Chess Challenge12–15 Feb6United States Hikaru NakamuraIndia Viswanathan AnandRussia Vladimir Kramnik
Women's World Chess Championship 20161–14 Mar2China Hou YifanUkraine Mariya Muzychuk–
Candidates Tournament 201611–30 Mar8Russia Sergey KarjakinUnited States Fabiano CaruanaIndia Viswanathan Anand
U.S. Chess Championship 201613–30 Apr12United States Fabiano CaruanaUnited States Wesley SoUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
Altibox Norway Chess 201618–30 Apr10Norway Magnus CarlsenArmenia Levon AronianFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Shamkir Chess 201626 May – 4 Jun10Azerbaijan Shakhriyar MamedyarovUnited States Fabiano CaruanaNetherlands Anish Giri
Paris Grand Chess Tour9–12 Jun10United States Hikaru NakamuraNorway Magnus CarlsenFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leuven Grand Chess Tour17–20 Jun10Norway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Wesley SoArmenia Levon Aronian
2016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting9–17 Jul8France Maxime Vachier-LagraveRussia Vladimir Kramnik
United States Fabiano Caruana
Cuba Leinier Domínguez Pérez		–
Sinquefield Cup 20164–16 Aug10United States Wesley SoArmenia Levon AronianBulgaria Veselin Topalov
World Chess Championship 201611–30 Nov2Norway Magnus CarlsenRussia Sergey Karjakin–
London Chess Classic 20169–18 Dec10United States Wesley SoUnited States Fabiano CaruanaUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
2017 World Rapid Chess Championship26–28 Dec106Ukraine Vassily IvanchukRussia Alexander GrischukNorway Magnus Carlsen
2017 World Blitz Chess Championship29–30 Dec108Russia Sergey KarjakinNorway Magnus CarlsenRussia Daniil Dubov

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