Overview of the events of 2006 in chess
Events in chess in 2006:
In 2006 FIDE awarded the title of Grandmaster to the following players:[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
In 2006 FIDE awarded the title Woman Grandmaster to the following players:[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
January 15 – Herbert Avram (1913–2006), 92, United States.
May 13 – Ratmir Kholmov (1925–2006), 80, Soviet/Russian Grandmaster .
May 13 – Burt Hochberg (1933–2006), 73, chess writer and editor, editor of Chess Life .
May 20 – Wolfgang Unzicker (1925–2006), 80, German Grandmaster, "world champion of amateurs".
July 2 – René Letelier (1915–2006), 91, Chilean International Master .
July 14 – Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (1963–2006), 43, Polish Grandmaster.
July 23 – Rudolf Teschner (1922–2006), 84, German Grandmaster and chess writer.
July 26 – Jessie Gilbert (1987–2006), 19, English Woman FIDE Master .
August 14 – Adriaan de Groot (1914–2006), 92, Dutch chess master and psychologist.
November 29 – Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (1931–2006), 75, Polish Woman Grandmaster .
December 5 – David Bronstein (1924–2006), 82, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster and renowned chess writer, challenger in the 1951 World Championship match .
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^ a b Titles Approved by FIDE Presidential Board, Al Ain 2006 Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine from fide.com
^ a b Titles approved at 77th FIDE Congress. Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine from fide.com
^ a b Titles confirmed by the 3rd quarter Presidential Board 2006 Archived 2006-10-18 at the Wayback Machine from fide.com
^ "Title Application - GrantMaster(2500) to be awarded to: Mendonca" (PDF) . All India Chess Federation. 2021-01-18.