2005 in chess

List of years in chess

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Events in chess in 2005:

Deaths

January 2 - Arnold Denker (1914-2005), 90, American Grandmaster.
January 3 - Laszlo Vadasz (1948-2005), 56, Hungarian Grandmaster.
March 14 - Simon Webb (1949-2005), 55, British International Master, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, and chess writer.
April 9 - Dragoljub Minić (1937-2005), 68, Yugoslavian/Croatian Grandmaster.
April 22 - Leonid Shamkovich (1923-2005), 81, Russian/American Grandmaster.
June 1 - Vladimir Savon (1940-2005), 64, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster, USSR Champion 1971.
November 3 - Hrvoje Bartolović (1932-2005), 73, Croatian Grandmaster of Chess Composition and International Judge of Chess Compositions.
November 12 - Dragutin Sahovic (1940-2005), 65, Serbian Grandmaster.
November 17 - Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (1947-2005), 58, Russian/Canadian Grandmaster.
December 15 - Enrico Paoli (1908-2005), 97, Italian Grandmaster, established the Reggio Emilia chess tournament.
December - Bela Berger (1931-2005), 74, Hungary/Australia.

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