| Candidates Tournament 2016 | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
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.