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
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2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament	16–31 Jan	14	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fabiano Caruana	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Ding Liren
2016 Gibraltar Chess Festival	26 Jan – 4 Feb	150	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Étienne Bacrot
2016 Zurich Chess Challenge	12–15 Feb	6	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagicon\|IND}} Viswanathan Anand	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vladimir Kramnik
Women's World Chess Championship 2016	1–14 Mar	2	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Hou Yifan	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Mariya Muzychuk	–
Candidates Tournament 2016	11–30 Mar	8	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergey Karjakin	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fabiano Caruana	{{flagicon\|IND}} Viswanathan Anand
U.S. Chess Championship 2016	13–30 Apr	12	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fabiano Caruana	{{flagicon\|USA}} Wesley So	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura
Altibox Norway Chess 2016	18–30 Apr	10	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Levon Aronian	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Shamkir Chess 2016	26 May – 4 Jun	10	{{flagicon\|AZE}} Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fabiano Caruana	{{flagicon\|NED}} Anish Giri
Paris Grand Chess Tour	9–12 Jun	10	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leuven Grand Chess Tour	17–20 Jun	10	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|USA}} Wesley So	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Levon Aronian
2016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting	9–17 Jul	8	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vladimir Kramnik {{flagicon\|USA}} Fabiano Caruana {{flagicon\|CUB}} Leinier Domínguez Pérez	–
Sinquefield Cup 2016	4–16 Aug	10	{{flagicon\|USA}} Wesley So	{{flagicon\|ARM}} Levon Aronian	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Veselin Topalov
World Chess Championship 2016	11–30 Nov	2	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergey Karjakin	–
London Chess Classic 2016	9–18 Dec	10	{{flagicon\|USA}} Wesley So	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fabiano Caruana	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura
2017 World Rapid Chess Championship	26–28 Dec	106	{{flagicon\|UKR}} Vassily Ivanchuk	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Grischuk	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen
2017 World Blitz Chess Championship	29–30 Dec	108	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergey Karjakin	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Daniil Dubov

References

Category:21st century in chess

Category:Chess by year