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Overview of the events of 2005 in chess
Events in
chess in 2005:
Deaths
- January 2 –
Arnold Denker (1914–2005), 90, American
Grandmaster.
- January 3 –
László Vadász (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.
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- 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 –
Béla Berger (1931–2005), 74, Hungary/Australia.
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