Events in chess in 2005:
Deaths edit
- 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.[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 – Béla Berger (1931–2005), 74, Hungary/Australia.