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 will challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2016.
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 January | 14 |  Magnus Carlsen |  Fabiano Caruana |  Ding Liren |
| 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival | 26 January–4 February | 150 | Hikaru Nakamura |  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | |
| 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 | |
| Candidates Tournament 2016 | 11–30 March | 8 | Sergey Karjakin | Fabiano Caruana | Viswanathan Anand |
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