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World Chess Championship 2016

Index World Chess Championship 2016

The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine the World Chess Champion. [1]

36 relations: Anna Rudolf, Anton Smirnov (chess player), Bilbao Chess Masters Final, Candidates Tournament, Candidates Tournament 2016, Candidates Tournament 2018, Chess World Cup, Draw by agreement, Fabiano Caruana, Fast chess, FIDE, FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, FIDE Grand Prix 2017, Fulton Market Building, Jan Gustafsson, Levon Aronian, List of World Chess Championships, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nils Grandelius, November 2016 in sports, Open event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, Peter Svidler, Peter Thiel, Queen sacrifice, Sergey Karjakin, Trompowsky Attack, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championship, World Chess Championship 2014, World Chess Championship 2018, Yu Yangyi, 2015 in chess, 2016 in chess, 2016 in sports, 42nd Chess Olympiad.

Anna Rudolf

Anna Rudolf (born 12 November 1987 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian chess player holding the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Anton Smirnov (chess player)

Anton Vladimirovich Smirnov (Анто́н Влади́мирович Смирно́в, born 28 January 2001) is an Australian chess player.

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Bilbao Chess Masters Final

The Bilbao Chess Masters Final (previously called the Grand Slam Chess Final) is an annual chess tournament which between 2008-12 brought together the strongest players from the previous year's "Grand Slam" events.

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Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess' international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.

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Candidates Tournament 2016

The Candidates Tournament 2016 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, held in Moscow, Russia, from 11–30 March 2016.

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Candidates Tournament 2018

The Candidates Tournament 2018 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, which was held in Berlin, Germany, between 10–28 March 2018.

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Chess World Cup

The Chess World Cup refers to three different events over the years.

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Draw by agreement

In chess, a draw by (mutual) agreement is the outcome of a game due to the agreement of both players to a draw.

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Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American chess grandmaster.

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Fast chess

Fast chess (also known as speed chess) is a variation of chess in which each side is given less time to make their moves than under normal tournament time controls.

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FIDE

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15

The FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2016.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2017

The FIDE Grand Prix 2017 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2018.

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Fulton Market Building

The Fulton Market Building is a renovated building that once housed the Fulton Fish Market, on Fulton Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.

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Jan Gustafsson

Jan Gustafsson (born 25 June 1979) is a German chess grandmaster.

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Levon Aronian

Levon Grigori Aronian (Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

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List of World Chess Championships

The following is a list of World Chess Championships including the hosting cities.

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Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (born 21 October 1990) is a French chess grandmaster.

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Nils Grandelius

Nils Grandelius (born 3 June 1993) is a Swedish chess grandmaster.

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November 2016 in sports

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Open event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad

The open event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad was held from 2–13 September 2016.

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Peter Svidler

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Peter Thiel

Peter Andreas Thiel (born October 11, 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist, political activist, and author.

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Queen sacrifice

In chess, a queen sacrifice is a move giving up a queen in return for tactical or positional compensation.

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Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Каря́кин,; born 12 January 1990) is a Russian (formerly representing Ukraine) chess grandmaster.

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Trompowsky Attack

The Trompowsky Attack is a chess opening that begins with the moves: With his second move, White intends to exchange his bishop for Black's knight, inflicting doubled pawns upon Black in the process.

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion.

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World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship (sometimes abbreviated as WCC) is played to determine the World Champion in chess.

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World Chess Championship 2014

The World Chess Championship 2014 was a match between the world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand, to determine the World Chess Champion.

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World Chess Championship 2018

The World Chess Championship 2018 is an upcoming chess match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion.

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Yu Yangyi

Yu Yangyi (born 8 June 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

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2015 in chess

Events in chess during the year 2015.

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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.

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2016 in sports

2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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42nd Chess Olympiad

The 42nd Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an Open and Women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 1–14 September 2016.

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Redirects here:

2016 FIDE World Chess Championship, 2016 World Chess Championship, First game of the 2016 World Chess Championship.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2016

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