2005 in chess

Years in chess

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2005 in sports

American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 2004–05 2005 2005–06 Cycling Equestrianism Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 2004–05 2005–06 Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

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.
• 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.