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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

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

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