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Overview of the events of 2006 in chess
Events in
chess in 2006:
Events
May
October
December
Titles awarded
Grandmasters
In 2006
FIDE awarded the title of
Grandmaster to the following players:
[6]
[7]
[8]
Woman Grandmaster
In 2006 FIDE awarded the title
Woman Grandmaster to the following players:
[6]
[7]
[8]
Births
Deaths
January 15 –
Herbert Avram (1913–2006), 92, United States.
May 13 –
Ratmir Kholmov (1925–2006), 80, Soviet/Russian
Grandmaster .
May 13 –
Burt Hochberg (1933–2006), 73, chess writer and editor, editor of
Chess Life .
May 20 –
Wolfgang Unzicker (1925–2006), 80, German Grandmaster, "world champion of amateurs".
July 2 –
René Letelier (1915–2006), 91, Chilean
International Master .
July 14 –
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (1963–2006), 43, Polish Grandmaster.
July 23 –
Rudolf Teschner (1922–2006), 84, German Grandmaster and chess writer.
July 26 –
Jessie Gilbert (1987–2006), 19, English
Woman FIDE Master .
August 14 –
Adriaan de Groot (1914–2006), 92, Dutch chess master and psychologist.
November 29 –
Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (1931–2006), 75, Polish
Woman Grandmaster .
December 5 –
David Bronstein (1924–2006), 82, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster and renowned chess writer, challenger in the 1951
World Championship match .
References
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"The Last of the Chess Mohicans" ,
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^ Keizer, Gregg (27 December 2006),
"Chess Player Banned 10 Years For Cheating With Bluetooth, Computer" , InformationWeek , archived from
the original on 2007-09-05, retrieved 2008-01-25
^
"Umakant Sharma banned for 10 years" ,
The Hindu , Chennai, India, 27 December 2006, archived from
the original on 5 January 2007, retrieved 2008-01-25
^ Zaveri, Praful (5 January 2007),
"Indian National Championship won by Surya Ganguly" , ChessBase News , retrieved 2008-01-25
^ Akbarinia, Arash (5 January 2007),
"Iranian Chess championships and talents" , ChessBase News , retrieved 2008-01-25
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b
Titles Approved by FIDE Presidential Board, Al Ain 2006
Archived 2007-08-26 at the
Wayback Machine from fide.com
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b
Titles approved at 77th FIDE Congress.
Archived 2007-06-07 at the
Wayback Machine from fide.com
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b
Titles confirmed by the 3rd quarter Presidential Board 2006
Archived 2006-10-18 at the
Wayback Machine from fide.com
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"Title Application - GrantMaster(2500) to be awarded to: Mendonca" (PDF) . All India Chess Federation. 2021-01-18.