The World Chess Championship Final is to be held on March 1-18, 2016 in Lviv. The current world champion Iryna Muzychuk (Lviv, Ukraine) and the pretender, grandmaster Hou Yifan (China), will compete for the chess world title among women.

The Championship will take place in the Potocki Palace, and the official opening and closing ceremonies will be held in Solomia Krushelnytska National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

On the occasion the Championship, Vice-president of Asian Chess Association Mrs. Tian Hongwei will personally visit Ukraine this March.