2016 in chess explained

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:

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Tournament Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
16–31 Jan 14 Ding Liren
26 Jan – 4 Feb 150 Étienne Bacrot
12–15 Feb 6 Vladimir Kramnik
1–14 Mar 2 –
11–30 Mar 8 Viswanathan Anand
13–30 Apr 12 Hikaru Nakamura
Altibox Norway Chess 2016 18–30 Apr 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
26 May – 4 Jun 10 Anish Giri
9–12 Jun 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
17–20 Jun 10 Levon Aronian
9–17 Jul 8 –
Sinquefield Cup 2016 4–16 Aug 10 Veselin Topalov
11–30 Nov 2 –
London Chess Classic 2016 9–18 Dec 10 Hikaru Nakamura
26–28 Dec 106 Magnus Carlsen
29–30 Dec 108 Daniil Dubov