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 January	14	Magnus Carlsen	Fabiano Caruana	Ding Liren
2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival	26 January–4 February	150	Hikaru Nakamura	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Viswanathan Anand
2016 Zurich Chess Challenge	12–15 February	6	Hikaru Nakamura	Viswanathan Anand	Vladimir Kramnik
Women's World Chess Championship 2016	1–14 March	2	Hou Yifan	Mariya Muzychuk	None
Candidates Tournament 2016	11–30 March	8	Sergey Karjakin	Fabiano Caruana	Viswanathan Anand
U.S. Chess Championship 2016	13-30 April	12	Fabiano Caruana	Wesley So	Hikaru Nakamura
Altibox Norway Chess 2016	18-30 April	10	Magnus Carlsen	Levon Aronian	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Shamkir Chess 2016	26 May–4 June	10	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Fabiano Caruana	Anish Giri
Paris Grand Chess Tour	9–12 June	10	Hikaru Nakamura	Magnus Carlsen	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leuven Grand Chess Tour	17–20 June	10	Magnus Carlsen	Wesley So	Levon Aronian
2016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting	9–17 July	8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Vladimir Kramnik Fabiano Caruana Leinier Dominguez Perez
World Chess Championship 2016	11–30 November	2	Magnus Carlsen	Sergey Karjakin	None