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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/Croation
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 –
Bela Berger
(1931–2005), 74, Hungary/Australia.
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