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 Mini (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 Bartolovi (1932 2005), 73, Croatian Grandmaster of Chess Composition and International Judge of Chess Compositions.
• November 12 - Dragutin Sahovic (1940 2005), 65, Serbian Grandmaster.^[1]
• 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.

References

1. ↑ The Week in Chess 576