<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngakho wanikezwa iSamford Fellowship ngoMashi 2016, okwamenza wakwazi ukuvikela uVladimir Tukmakov njengomqeqeshi wakhe. Ngo-Agasti 2016, uSo waqeda kuqala kwi-2016 Sinquefield Cup, ngaphambi kwababengamanqamu wezwe uViswanathan Anand noVeselin Topalov, umnqobi we-2014 uFabiano Caruana, kanye nomnqobi we-2015 uLevon Aronian. Wanqoba imidlalo emibili futhi wadonsa imidlalo engu-7. NgoDisemba 2016, uSo waphinde waqeda kuqala ngo-2016 eLondon Chess Classic, ngaphambi kowayengumpetha wezwe uViswanathan Anand, uVladimir Kramnik noVeselin Topalov. Unqobe imidlalo emithathu futhi wadonsa imidlalo eyisithupha 306. Ngokunqoba iSinquefield Cup, iLondon Chess Classic, nokuqeda okwesibili emqhudelwaneni we-Your Next Move Leuven osheshayo futhi osheshayo, wanqoba i-2016 Grand Chess Tour. Ukudlala kukaSo okokuqala e-United States kwamlethela indondo yegolide yomuntu ngamunye ebhodini 3 kanye nendondo yegolide yeqembu kuma-Olympic Chess  <response>: owawuseBaku. 