Editing Viswanathan Anand (section)

=== 2016 ===
Viswanathan Anand was a participant in the 2nd [[Grand Chess Tour]], a series of four super-tournaments featuring the world's elite players: the Paris, France, and [[Leuven]], Belgium, Rapid and Blitz tournaments (replacements for the [[Norway Chess]] tournament), [[Sinquefield Cup|2016 Sinquefield Cup]], and the [[London Chess Classic|2016 London Chess Classic]]. The three best tournament results for each participant would be used to determine his final tour standings at the end of the year. Anand declined to participate in the Paris Rapid and Blitz tournament, meaning his results in Leuven, the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic would count toward the overall standings. Additionally, Anand qualified for the 2016 World Chess Championship Candidates tournament by virtue of losing the 2014 World Chess Championship match.
* ''Gibraltar Chess Open'': In 2016, Anand played in the Gibraltar open, his first open in 23 years. Anand finished with 5 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws. The losses were against Réunion-born [[Adrien Demuth]] and Hungarian talent [[Benjámin Gledura]]. Anand's classical rating dropped 21.9 points.
* ''5th Zurich Chess Challenge'': From 12 to 15 February 2016, Anand played in the Zurich Chess Challenge 2016, which was broken up into a Rapid section and a blitz section. This rapid section of the tournament was played with a modified time control of 40 minutes for the game with 10 additional seconds per move. The other 5 players of the tournament included [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], and [[Alexei Shirov]]. Anand scored victories over Aronian and Giri in the first two games of the Rapid tournament. He eventually tied for first with Nakamura with 10½ points, after Nakamura won the final blitz game against Aronian; however Nakamura won the tournament on a Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nakamura wins the 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge!|url=http://www.zurich-chess-challenge.com/108-nakamura-wins-the-2016-zurich-chess-challenge.html|website=Zurich Chess Challenge|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217203133/http://www.zurich-chess-challenge.com/108-nakamura-wins-the-2016-zurich-chess-challenge.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''''2016 World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament''''': As part of the qualification cycle for the [[World Chess Championship 2016]], Viswanathan Anand participated in the Candidates Tournament, held in Moscow, Russia from 10 to 30 March 2016 in the [[Central Telegraph]] (Центральный телеграф) Building. The lineup of the tournament included [[Fabiano Caruana]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]], both of whom qualified through winning the top two spots in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15. [[Sergey Karjakin]] and [[Peter Svidler]] qualified by becoming winner and runner-up (respectively) of the [[Chess World Cup 2015]] Knockout tournament. [[Veselin Topalov]] and [[Anish Giri]] qualified by rating. Anand qualified by virtue of losing the 2014 World Chess Championship match against Magnus Carlsen. Finally [[Levon Aronian]] qualified as the organizers' Wild Card. Anand finished in shared second place with Fabiano Caruana, one point behind the tournament winner [[Sergey Karjakin]]. Anand had the unique distinction of being the only player to have beaten the winner Karjakin in the 2016 Candidates Tournament.
* ''Leon Chess Masters Rapid Tournament'': Anand won the 29th Leon Masters Rapid Tournament by defeating [[Wei Yi]] and [[David Anton Guijarro]].
* ''Leuven Grand Chess Tour'': From 17 to 20 June 2016, Anand participated in the Leuven leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour. The Rapid tournament was a Single Round Robin, consisting of 9 rounds of Rapid Games. Time control for the Rapid tournament was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment starting from move 1. The Blitz tournament was a Double Round Robin, consisting of 18 rounds of Blitz Games. Time control for the Blitz tournament was 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment starting from move 1. Each Rapid game counted for 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss, while each Blitz game counted for 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss. Anand amassed 19½ points out of a maximum 27 points, earning him 4th place in the tournament (behind winner [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Wesley So]], and [[Levon Aronian]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlsen wins Grand Chess Tour Leuven|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/carlsen-wins-grand-chess-tour-leuven|website=ChessBase|date=20 June 2016|access-date=17 July 2016|archive-date=24 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824171932/https://en.chessbase.com/post/carlsen-wins-grand-chess-tour-leuven|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Sinquefield Cup 2016'': Anand competed in the 4th [[Sinquefield Cup]], the third leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour. This specific tournament was held in the [[Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis]] in [[St. Louis]], Missouri, from 4 to 17 August 2016. Similar to the Paris and Leuven Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz events, this tournament featured the 9 overall Grand Chess Tour participants and 1 wild card in a 9-round single-round robin tournament. The wild card in this tournament was [[Ding Liren]]. Anand tied for 2nd place – with [[Levon Aronian]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], and [[Veselin Topalov]] – behind winner [[Wesley So]].
* ''Tal Memorial 2016'': The 10th Tal Memorial tournament took place on 25 September 2016 in the Museum of Russian Impressionism in Moscow Russia. The lineup of the players included [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Boris Gelfand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Evgeny Tomashevsky]], [[Li Chao (chess player)|Li Chao]], [[Shakriyar Mamedyarov]], [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]], and [[Peter Svidler]]. Anand finished with a +1 score, losing to [[Vladimir Kramnik]] and defeating [[Boris Gelfand]] and [[Shakriyar Mamedyarov]].