The 20th Corsica Masters was a knockout tournament with Rapid time control played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 27-30 October 2016 (the final was played in Ajaccio). The field consisted of the top 12 finishers of the Corsica Masters Open (2016) (Bastia 22-27 October, 9 rounds, 90 min + 30 sec), and four invited players (Yifan Hou, Radjabov, Anand and Vachier-Lagrave). The four rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games if necessary. Time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, with 3 seconds added per move from move 1. If 1-1, then two Blitz games (5 min + 3 sec), and if still tied, an Armageddon game (this did not happen). Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Chief arbiter: Akkhavanh Vilaisarn. Number of games played: 40.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final.

  Eighthfinals (27 Oct)      Quarterfinals (28 Oct)      Semifinals (28 October)       Final (30 October)

Vachier-Lagrave  11 --  2
Bellahcene       00 --  0
                            Vachier-Lagrave  11 --  2
                            Onischuk         00 --  0
Onischuk         11 --  2
Andriasian       00 --  0
                                                        Vachier-Lagrave  1½ --  1½
                                                        Korobov          0½ --   ½
Korobov          11 --  2
Antipov          00 --  0
                            Korobov          10 11  3
                            Yifan Hou        01 00  1
Yifan Hou        01 11  3
Azarov           10 00  1
                                                                                     Vachier-Lagrave  ½1 --  1½
                                                                                     Anand            ½0 --   ½
Anand            11 --  2
Leenhouts        00 --  0
                            Anand            1½ --  1½
                            Gharamian        0½ --   ½
Gharamian        10 11  3
Vocaturo         01 00  1
                                                        Anand            1½ --  1½
                                                        Radjabov         0½ --   ½
Radjabov         ½½ ½1  2½
Deac             ½½ ½0  1½
                            Radjabov         ½½ 11  3
                            Moiseenko        ½½ 00  1
Moiseenko        1½ --  1½
Gledura          0½ --   ½

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