Carlsen vandt imidlertid de to sidste partier hurtigskak, hvorfor han blev matchens samlede vinder og genvandt sit verdensmesterskab.
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== Oversigt med resultater ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:black"
|+VM i skak 2016
|-
! rowspan=2| !! rowspan=2|Rating !! colspan=12|Almindelige partier !! colspan=4|Hurtigskak !! rowspan=2|Points
|-
! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16
|-
| align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Sergej Karjakin]]|Rusland}} || 2772
| style="background:black; color:white" | ½ || ½
| style="background:black; color:white" | ½ || ½
| style="background:black; color:white" | ½ || ½
| ½ || style="background:black; color:white" | 1
| ½ || style="background:black; color:white" | 0
|½|| style="background:black; color:white" | ½
|½|| style="background:black; color:white" | ½
| 0||style="background:black; color:white" | 0
| '''6(1)'''
|-
| align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norge}} || 2853
| ½ || style="background:black; color:white" |½
| ½ || style="background:black; color:white" |½
| ½ || style="background:black; color:white" |½
| style="background:black; color:white" | ½ || 0
| style="background:black; color:white" | ½ || 1
| style="background:black; color:white" |½ || ½
| style="background:black; color:white" |½ || ½ 
| style="background:black; color:white" |1 || 1
| '''6(3)'''
|}
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