2006 in chess

2006 in chess

Events in chess in 2006:

Events

May

*May 5 – The world's oldest living Grandmaster, Andor Lilienthal, celebrates his 95th birthday. In his career Lilienthal played World Champions Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, and Mikhail Botvinnik. [citation|last=Anzikeev|first=Vladimir|title=The Last of the Chess Mohicans|url=http://www.64.ru/?/en/magazine/year=2006&no=5&part=202&article=768|date=May 2006|periodical=64|access-date=2008-03-15]

December

*December 26 – The All India Chess Federation imposes a ten-year ban on Umakant Sharma for using a Bluetooth device sewn into his cap to gain assistance from a chess computer during a FIDE rated tournament in Delhi. [citation|last=Keizer|first=Gregg|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196702108&subSection=All%2BStories|title=Chess Player Banned 10 Years For Cheating With Bluetooth, Computer|periodical=InformationWeek|date=27 December 2006|access-date=2008-01-25] [citation|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/27/stories/2006122704042200.htm|title= Umakant Sharma banned for 10 years|date=27 December 2006|access-date=2008-01-25]
*December 29 – 44th Indian Chess Championship (National "A" Championship) in Atul won by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly for the fourth consecutive year with the score 9/13. The tournament format was changed to a 13 round Swiss instead of the 22 player round-robin used previously. [citation|last=Zaveri|first=Praful|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3590|title=Indian National Championship won by Surya Ganguly|date=5 January 2007|periodical=ChessBase News|access-date=2008-01-25]
*December 30 – Iranian Chess Championship in Tehran won by GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami at 8.5/11. The women's champion is WGM Shadi Paridar scoring 9.5/11. [citation|last=Akbarinia|first=Arash|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3588|title=Iranian Chess championships and talents|date=5 January 2007|periodical=ChessBase News|access-date=2008-01-25]

Titles awarded

Grandmasters

In 2006 FIDE awarded the title of Grandmaster to the following players: [http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=988 Titles Approved by FIDE Presidential Board, Al Ain 2006] from fide.com] [http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1031 Titles approved at 77th FIDE Congress.] from fide.com] [http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1159 Titles confirmed by the 3rd quarter Presidential Board 2006] from fide.com]
*Bassem Amin (b. 1988) EGY
*Levan Aroshidze (b. 1985) GEO
*David Arutinian (b. 1984) GEO
*Valeriy Aveskulov (b. 1986) UKR
*Pascal Charbonneau (b. 1983) CAN
*Pawel Czarnota (b. 1988) POL
*Chakkravarthy Deepan (b. 1987) IND
*Dzhakay Dzhakaev (b. 1980) RUS
*Grzegorz Gajewski (b. 1985) POL
*Jose Gonzalez Garcia (b. 1973) MEX
*Andrey Gutov (b. 1978) RUS
*Gennadij Ginsburg (b. 1971) DEU
*Bartlomiej Heberla (b. 1985) POL
*Peter Horvath (b. 1972) HUN
*Alojzije Jankovic (b. 1983) HRV
*Radoslaw Jedynak (b. 1982) POL
*Zoran Jovanovic (b. 1979) HRV
*Meelis Kanep (b. 1983) EST
*Melikset Khachiyan (b. 1970) USA
*Ibragim Khamrakulov (b. 1982) ESP
*Aleksandr Kharitonov (b. 1986) RUS
*Petr Kostenko (b. 1976) KAZ
*Tigran Kotanjian (b. 1981) ARM
*Sergei Krivoshey (b. 1971) UKR
*Yuriy Kryvoruchko (b. 1986) UKR
*Vitaly Kunin (b. 1983) DEU
*Viktor Laznicka (b. 1988) CSK
*Quang Liem Le (b. 1991) VIE
*Constantin Lupulescu (b. 1984) ROU
*Nidjat Mamedov (b. 1985) AZE
*Mikulas Manik (b. 1975) SLO
*Andrei Murariu (b. 1986) ROU
*Das Neelotpal (b. 1982) IND
*Magesh Panchanathan (b. 1983) IND
*Eugene Perelshteyn (b. 1980) USA
*Reefat Bin-Sattar (b. 1974) BAN
*Davor Rogic (b. 1971) HRV
*Andrey Rychagov (b. 1979) RUS
*Bator Sambuev (b. 1980) RUS
*Vasile Sanduleac (b. 1971) MDA
*Konstantine Shanava (b. 1980) GEO
*John Shaw (b. 1968) SCO
*Andrey Sumets (b. 1980) UKR
*Jurij Tihonov (b. 1978) BLR
*Todor Todorov (b. 1974) BUL
*Marko Tratar (b. 1974) SLO
*Yge Visser (b. 1963) NED
*Jan Werle (b. 1984) NED
*Andrey Zhigalko (b. 1985) BLR
*Zhou Jianchao (b. 1988) CHN
*Yaroslav Zinchenko (b. 1987) UKR

Woman Grandmaster

In 2006 FIDE awarded the title Woman Grandmaster to the following players:
*Evgeniya Doluhanova (b. 1984) UKR
*Marina Guseva (b. 1986) RUS
*Anastasia Gutsko (b. 1985) UKR
*Sopio Gvetadze (b. 1983) GEO
*Thi Bao Tram Hoang (b. 1987) VIE
*Beata Kadziolka (b. 1986) POL
*Julia Kochetkova (b. 1981) RUS
*Tatiana Kostiuk (b. 1982) UKR
*Liubov Kostiukova (b. 1983) UKR
*Lija Kucherova (b. 1986) RUS
*Naira Movsisian (b. 1977) ARM
*Jessica Nill (b. 1979) DEU
*Niina Sammalvuo (b. 1971) FIN
*Anna Sharevich (b. 1985) BLR
*Shen Yang (b. 1989) CHN
*Elena Tairova (b. 1991) RUS
*Carmen Voicu (b. 1981) ROU

Deaths

*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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