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The 42nd Chess Olympiad (Azerbaijani: 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open [note 1] and women's tournaments, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, was an international team chess event held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 1 to 14 September 2016. [1]
The open event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), was held from 2–13 September 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan.It had to be contested by a record number of 180 teams representing 175 nations, however 10 of these did not arrive so the actual participation was 170 teams. [1]
The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine the World Chess Champion. [1] Carlsen had been world champion since 2013 , while Karjakin qualified as challenger by winning the 2016 Candidates Tournament .
Women's World Chess Championship 2016: 1–14 Mar: 2: Hou Yifan: Mariya Muzychuk – Candidates Tournament 2016: 11–30 Mar: 8: Sergey Karjakin: Fabiano Caruana: Viswanathan Anand: U.S. Chess Championship 2016: 13–30 Apr: 12: Fabiano Caruana: Wesley So: Hikaru Nakamura: Altibox Norway Chess 2016: 18–30 Apr: 10: Magnus Carlsen: Levon ...
March 1 – 19: Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in Lviv. Winner: Hou Yifan; March 10 – 30: Candidates Tournament in Moscow. Winner: Sergey Karjakin; April 8 – 15: 14th World University Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi. Winners: Hovhannes Gabuzyan (m) / Ni Shiqun (f) April 18 – 28: World Amateur Chess Championship 2016 in Chalkidiki
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 , with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.
He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic, the 2017 Tata Steel Masters and the 2021 Grand Chess Tour. He represented the US on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team and individual gold.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...