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Tournaments
Personal
| Tournament | date | Σ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijk aan Zee 2016 | January 15–31 | 14 | Magnus Carlsen |
| Gibraltar 2016 | January 24 - February 4 | 257 | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Aeroflot Open 2016 | March 1–9 | 86 | Eugene Naer |
| Match for the title of world champion 2016 | March 1-18 | 2 | Hou Yifan |
| Candidates Tournament 2016 | March 11-28 | eight | Sergey Karjakin |
| Poland Championship 2016 | March 30 - April 7 | ten | Radoslav Wojtaszek |
| US Championship 2016 | April 14-30 | 12 | Fabiano Caruana |
| Stavanger 2016 | April 18-29 | ten | Magnus Carlsen |
| Gashimov Memorial | May 25 - June 4 | ten | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
| St. Louis 2016 | August 5 - 16 | ten | Wesley So |
| French Championship 2016 | August 13 - 23 | ten | Mathieu Cornett |
| Tal Memorial | September 26 - October 6 | ten | Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| World Championship Match 2016 | November 11-30 | 2 | Magnus Carlsen |
| Ukrainian Championship 2016 | December 5-17 | 12 | Mikhail Oleksienko |
| London 2016 | December 7-19 | ten | Wesley So |
Team
| Tournament | date | Σ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess Olympiad 2016 | September 1-14 | 176 | USA |
Elo (Top 10)
| Chess player | A country | 01.2016 | 02.2016 | 03.2016 | 04.2016 | 05.2016 | 06.2016 | 07.2016 | 08.2016 | 09.2016 | 10.2016 | 11.2016 | 12.2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, Magnus | Norway | 2844 | 2844 | 2851 | 2851 | 2851 | 2855 | 2855 | 2857 | 2857 | 2853 | 2853 | 2840 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | Russia | 2801 | 2801 | 2801 | 2801 | 2801 | 2812 | 2812 | 2808 | 2808 | 2817 | 2810 | 2809 |
| Giri, Anish | Netherlands | 2798 | 2798 | 2793 | 2790 | 2790 | 2782 | 2785 | 2769 | 2771 | |||
| Aronian, Levon | Armenia | 2792 | 2792 | 2786 | 2784 | 2784 | 2792 | 2792 | 2792 | 2795 | 2795 | 2795 | 2785 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | Italy | 2787 | 2787 | 2794 | 2795 | 2804 | 2804 | 2810 | 2807 | 2808 | 2813 | 2823 | 2823 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2787 | 2787 | 2790 | 2787 | 2787 | 2787 | 2787 | 2791 | 2789 | 2787 | 2779 | 2779 |
| Vashier-Lagrave, Maxim | France | 2785 | 2785 | 2792 | 2788 | 2788 | 2789 | 2798 | 2819 | 2813 | 2811 | 2811 | 2804 |
| Anand, Viswanathan | India | 2784 | 2784 | 2770 | 2770 | 2770 | 2776 | 2776 | 2779 | 2779 | |||
| Topalov, Veselin | Bulgaria | 2780 | 2780 | 2780 | 2768 | ||||||||
| So Wesley | USA | 2773 | 2773 | 2773 | 2773 | 2775 | 2770 | 2770 | 2771 | 2782 | 2794 | 2794 | 2794 |
| Ding Liren | China | 2777 | 2777 | 2778 | 2783 | 2778 | 2764 | ||||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | Russia | 2779 | 2779 | 2774 | 2773 | 2769 | 2769 | 2772 | 2772 | 2785 | |||
| Pentala Harikrishna | India | 2768 |
New Grandmasters
| Chess player | A country |
|---|---|
| Andersen, Mads | Denmark |
| Barbosa, Evandro Amorin | Brazil |
| Van Forest, Jorden | Netherlands |
| Gledura, Benjamin | Hungary |
| Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto | Cuba |
| Durerassu, Jonathan | France |
| Dyak, Bogdan-Daniel | Romania |
| Canarec, Marzel | Poland |
| Keliris, Andreas | Greece |
| Ladva, Ottomar | Estonia |
| Lee, Moulthun | Australia |
| Lomsadze, Davit | Georgia |
| Mussar, Jules | France |
| Pacher, Milan | Slovakia |
| Pichot, Alan | Argentina |
| Ancestor, Alexander | Russia |
| Pretsu, Razvan | Canada |
| Swane, Rasmus | Germany |
| Tari, Aryan | Norway |
| Urquedal, Frude | Norway |
| Hymann, Andreas | Germany |
| Chigaev, Maxim | Russia |
| Chanal, Wahap | Turkey |
| Jufa, Daniel | Russia |
Transfer
| Chess player | Where from | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Michalik, Peter | Slovakia | Czech |
| Fontaine, Robert | France | Monaco |
| Hamdushi, Hisham | France | Morocco |
Died
- Anastasyan, Ashot Hamletovich (July 16, 1964 - December 26, 2016)
- Bartsai, Laszlo (May 21, 1936 - April 7, 2016)
- Bukavshin, Ivan Alexandrovich (May 3, 1995 - January 12, 2016)
- Buoy, Joseph (May 16, 1934 - February 28, 2016)
- Vuyosevich, Smilya (June 9, 1935 - July 30, 2016)
- Gavrikov, Victor Nikolaevich (July 29, 1957 - April 27, 2016)
- Geek, Evgeny Yakovlevich (May 10, 1943 - October 24, 2016)
- Danielyan, Oganes Yuryevich (January 3, 1974 - August 8, 2016)
- Butler, Mark Izrailevich (December 9, 1947 - September 26, 2016)
- Eliseev, Yuri Mikhailovich (July 29, 1996 - November 26, 2016)
- Zhukhovitsky, Samuil Markovich (December 12, 1916 - October 29, 2016)
- Kopeck, Danny (February 28, 1954 - June 12, 2016)
- Camara, Elder (February 7, 1937 - February 20, 2016)
- Korchnoi, Victor Lvovich (March 23, 1931 - June 6, 2016)
- Mestrovich, Zvonimir (October 17, 1944 - June 15, 2016)
- Mnatsakanyan, Eduard Andranikovich (December 6, 1938 - January 18, 2016)
- Paunovich, Dragan (November 8, 1961 - May 19, 2016)
- Polychroniada, Elizabeth (April 24, 1935 - January 23, 2016)
- Pomar, Arturo (September 1, 1931 - May 26, 2016)
- Röhrl, Karl (November 11, 1941 - February 25, 2016)
- Rubinetti, Jorge (March 31, 1945 - September 19, 2016)
- Rudenko, Valentin Fedorovich (February 19, 1938 - April 2, 2016)
- Suradiraja, Herman (October 14, 1947 - June 6, 2016)
- Taimanov, Mark Evgenievich (February 7, 1926 - November 28, 2016)
- Khavsky, Sergey Vladimirovich (February 15, 1928 - August 10, 2016)
- Khasin, Alexander Semenovich (April 29, 1951 - December 31, 2016)
- Shlyakhtich, Galina Ivanovna (March 6, 1973 - October 12, 2016)