2003 in chess

Years in chess

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2003 in sports

American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 2002–03 2003 2003–04 Cycling Equestrianism Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 2002–03 2003–04 Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

Events in chess in 2003:

Deaths

• February 4 – Jaroslav Šajtar (1921–2003), 81, Czech Grandmaster and FIDE vice chairman.
• May 10 – Milan Vukcevich (1937–2003), 66, Yugoslav/American International Master, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, and scientist.
• May 11 – Luděk Pachman (1924–2003), 78, Czech Grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist.
• May 16 – Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), 81, Polish Grandmaster.
• June 24 – Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), 83, American International Master, chess writer, U.S. deaf champion.
• July 11 – Ken Whyld (1926–2003), 77, British chess writer and researcher.
• August 31 - Péter Székely (1955–2003), 48, Hungarian Grandmaster.
• October 31 – Antonio Medina (1919–2003), 84, International Master, many time Spanish Champion.
• December 20 – Denis Barry (1929–2003), 74, American chess organizer and President of the USCF.
• December 28 – Frank Parr (1918–2003), 85, English chess player.