2016 in chess

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: Tournament Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third 2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 16–31 Jan 14 Magnus Carlsen Fabiano Caruana Ding Liren 2016 Gibraltar Chess Festival 26 Jan – 4 Feb 150 Hikaru Nakamura Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Étienne Bacrot 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge 12–15 Feb 6 Hikaru Nakamura Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Kramnik Women's World Chess Championship 2016 1–14 Mar 2 Hou Yifan Mariya Muzychuk – Candidates Tournament 2016 11–30 Mar 8 Sergey Karjakin Fabiano Caruana Viswanathan Anand U.S. Chess Championship 2016 13–30 Apr 12 Fabiano Caruana Wesley So Hikaru Nakamura Altibox Norway Chess 2016 18–30 Apr 10 Magnus Carlsen Levon Aronian Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Shamkir Chess 2016 26 May – 4 Jun 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Fabiano Caruana Anish Giri Paris Grand Chess Tour 9–12 Jun 10 Hikaru Nakamura Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Leuven Grand Chess Tour 17–20 Jun 10 Magnus Carlsen Wesley So Levon Aronian 2016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 9–17 Jul 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Vladimir Kramnik Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez Pérez –Sinquefield Cup 2016 4–16 Aug 10 Wesley So Levon Aronian Veselin Topalov World Chess Championship 2016 11–30 Nov 2 Magnus Carlsen Sergey Karjakin –London Chess Classic 2016 9–18 Dec 10 Wesley So Fabiano Caruana Hikaru Nakamura 2017 World Rapid Chess Championship 26–28 Dec 106 Vassily Ivanchuk Alexander Grischuk Magnus Carlsen 2017 World Blitz Chess Championship 29–30 Dec 108 Sergey Karjakin Magnus Carlsen Daniil Dubov

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