Sergey Karjakin, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2016, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2016 match.
Venue
Central Telegraph Building
Location
Moscow, Russia
Dates
11–30 March 2016
Competitors
8 from 6 nations
Winning score
8.5 points of 14
Champion
Sergey Karjakin
← 2014
2018 →
The Candidates Tournament 2016 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, held in Moscow, Russia, from 11 to 30 March 2016. The winner, Sergey Karjakin, earned the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, in the World Chess Championship 2016.[1] The result was decided in the final round when Karjakin defeated runner-up Fabiano Caruana.
FIDE's commercial partner Agon was the official organizer,[2] with support from the Russian Chess Federation.[3] The main sponsor was the Tashir Group, a Russian real estate company headed by Armenian-born businessman Samvel Karapetyan.[4][5]
^Serzh Sargsyan invited to open Candidates Tournament (FIDE News)
^FIDE-Agon agreement (3.1a) of Annex 11, 2012 FIDE General Assembly
^World Chess Candidates Tournament (FIDE)
^Fischer, Johannes (2015-11-05). "Candidates will take place in March in Moscow". ChessBase. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^McGourty, Colin (2015-11-05). "Aronian gets wild card for Moscow Candidates". chess24. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
and 27 Related for: Candidates Tournament 2016 information
The CandidatesTournament2016 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, held in Moscow, Russia, from 11 to 30 March 2016. The winner, Sergey...
2020 CandidatesTournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was only played in April 2021. The next tournament, the 2022 Candidates Tournament...
The CandidatesTournament 2018 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, which was held in Berlin, Germany, between 10–28 March 2018. The...
The CandidatesTournament 2014 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31...
since 2013, while Karjakin qualified as challenger by winning the 2016CandidatesTournament. The best-of-12 match, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner...
2015, and in 2016, won the US Chess Championship. By winning the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, Caruana qualified for the CandidatesTournament2016, where he...
for the CandidatesTournament2016. He won the tournament and earned the right to challenge for the World Chess Championship. In November 2016, he lost...
qualified for the CandidatesTournament 2020–2021 by finishing second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019. He won the 2021 FIDE Candidatestournament with a round...
Archived from the original on February 17, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016. "FIDE CandidatesTournament2016". Chess.com. Archived from the original on...
Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 CandidatesTournament. After sixteen games, including four rapid games, Anand retained...
missed out on qualifying by rating for the CandidatesTournament2016. This was the first CandidatesTournament Kramnik had missed, since their re-introduction...
again failed to qualify for the CandidatesTournament. In March 2016, Giri participated in the CandidatesTournament2016 in Moscow after qualifying (for...
trainer of Sergey Karjakin in the CandidatesTournament of 2014, and of Fabiano Caruana in the CandidatesTournament2016. He was one of Caruana's seconds...
in 2016 included the Women's World Chess Championship 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, won by Hou Yifan, and the CandidatesTournament, won...
Chinese player ever to play in a CandidatesTournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875,...
the CandidatesTournament 2024, and therefore Abasov, as one of the top 3 players at the World Cup (excluding Carlsen), qualified for the Candidates. Abasov...
2011. He won the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010, qualifying him for the CandidatesTournament for the World Chess Championship 2012. He was also world champion...
Swiss Tournament 2021 and secured a spot in the Women's CandidatesTournament 2022–23. In April 2023, she won the Women's CandidatesTournament 2022-23...
qualified for the Candidates, has also been criticized. "Qual" refers to the number of players who qualify for the CandidatesTournament (marked with green...
and he lost a rematch to Carlsen in 2014 after winning the 2014 CandidatesTournament. In April 2006, Anand became the fourth player in history to pass...
France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Spain were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2008 and 2012 tournaments, but were eliminated in the round...
won. An interzonal tournament was held in Amsterdam in the Netherlands in May and June 1964. Six spots in the Candidatestournament were on the line. Since...
15th-highest rated player in chess history. He has thrice competed at the CandidatesTournament, in 2011, 2013, and 2022 (where he obtained third place); he also...
In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour. He qualified for the CandidatesTournament in 2022 and 2024. Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in...
the Candidates played a title match against the champion. Until 1962 inclusive the CandidatesTournament was a multi-cycle round-robin tournament – how...
The challenger was determined in the 2014 CandidatesTournament, an eight-player double round-robin tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia...
Global Information
Sergey Karjakin