2005 in chess

none 2005 chess sports Events in chess in 2005: Deaths January 2 – Arnold Denker (b 1914), 90, American Grandmaster. January 3 – László Vadász (b 1948), 56, Hungarian Grandmaster. March 14 – Simon Webb (b 1949), 55, British International Master, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, and chess writer. April 9 – Dragoljub Minić (b 1937), 68, Yugoslavian/Croatian Grandmaster. April 22 – Leonid Shamkovich (b 1923), 81, Russian/American Grandmaster. June 1 – Vladimir Savon (b 1940), 64, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster, USSR Champion 1971. November 3 – Hrvoje Bartolović (b 1932), 73, Croatian Grandmaster of Chess Composition and International Judge of Chess Compositions. November 12 – Dragutin Sahovic (b 1940), 65, Serbian Grandmaster.The Week in Chess 576 November 17 – Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (b 1947), 58, Russian/Canadian Grandmaster. December 15 – Enrico Paoli (b 1908), 97, Italian Grandmaster, established the Reggio Emilia chess tournament. December – Béla Berger (b 1931), 74, Hungary/Australia. References Category:21st century in chess Category:Chess by year