2016 in chess
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Chess events scheduled to take place in 2016 include the Women's World Chess Championship 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, and the Candidates Tournament, which will determine Magnus Carlsen's challenger 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
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| 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival | 26 January–4 February | 150 | Hikaru Nakamura |
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
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| 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge | 12–15 February 2016 | 6 | Hikaru Nakamura |
 Viswanathan Anand |
 Vladimir Kramnik
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