Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E nyere So onyinye Samford Fellowship na Machị 2016, na-enyere ya aka inweta Vladimir Tukmakov dịka onye nkuzi ya. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 2016, So mechara nke mbụ na Sinquefield Cup nke 2016, n'ihu ndị mmeri ụwa mbụ bụ Viswanathan Anand na Veselin Topalov, onye mmeri 2014 Fabiano Caruana, na onye mmeri 2015 Levon Aronian. O meriri egwuregwu abụọ ma tie egwuregwu asaa. N'ọnwa Disemba 2016, So mechakwara nke mbụ na 2016 London Chess Classic, n'ihu ndị bụbu World Champions Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik na Veselin Topalov. O meriri egwuregwu 3 ma tie egwuregwu 6 (+3−0=6). N'imeri Sinquefield Cup, London Chess Classic, na imecha nke abụọ na Your Next Move Leuven ngwa ngwa na blitz, ọ meriri 2016 Grand Chess Tour. So pụtara mbụ maka United States nwetara ọla edo n'otu n'otu maka bọọdụ 3 nakwa ọla edo otu na
Egwuregwu Chess Olympiad e mere na Baku.