 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Muna Ndira, pa2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Caruana akagovana wechipiri pamwe naDing Liren aine mamakisi e8 kubva pa13 5-26, achikunda Michael Adams, Wei Yi, Loek Van Wely, Pavel Eljanov, naDing Liren, uye achirasikirwa naDavid Navara naEvgeny Tomashevsky. Kudai akanga akurira Tomashevsky, angadai akada kufanana panzvimbo yokutanga naMagnus Carlsen. Kuburikidza nemutambo uyu, akawana 7 ratings points uye akatamira ku 3 munyika. Pakazosvika Kurume, sechikamu chechikamu chekukodzera kweWorld Chess Championship 2016, Caruana akapinda muVakwikwidzi Tournament 2016, yakaitwa muMoscow, Russia, kubva muna March 1030 muCentral Telegraph Центральный телеграф Chivako. The lineup of the tournament included Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Veselin Topalov, Anish Giri, uye Levon Aronian. Mumutambo wokupedzisira Caruana akanga ane Black kurwisana naSergey Karjakin mumutambo wokukunda-kutora-zvose. Nzvimbo yakaoma yakabudirira umo akaita chikanganiso uye pakupedzisira akakundwa, achiita Karjakin mukwikwidzi wepamutemo. Caruana pakupedzisira akapedza aine 1 zvibodzwa. Musi waApril 25, Caruana akava US Chess Champion kekutanga, mushure mekukunda IM Akshat Chandra mumutambo wekupedzisira weUS Chess Championship. Akapedza mutambo wacho aine 8.5 mapoinzi mumitambo gumi nerimwe, uye haana kukundwa. Munda uyu waive nevatambi gumi vepasi rose Hikaru Nakamura naWesley So; vatambi vepamusoro zana Ray Robson, Sam Shankland, Gata Kamsky, naAlexander Onischuk; GMs Alexander Shabalov, Varuzhan Akobian, Jeffery Xiong naAleksandr Lenderman; uye IM Akshat Chandra. MunaSeptember, akatamba bhodhi rokutanga reU.S. Team pa42nd Chess Olympiad. Chikwata cheU.S. chakahwina menduru yegoridhe, nepo Caruana akahwina menduru yebronze yebhodhi rekutanga. 