Events in

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in 2006:

Events

May

*May 5 – The world's oldest living Grandmaster,

Andor Lilienthal Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich LilienthalReuben Fine, ''The World's Great Chess Games'', Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216. . (5 May 1911 – 8 May 2010) was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ten ...

, celebrates his 95th birthday. In his career Lilienthal played World Champions

Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champ ...

José Raúl Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanc ...

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

, and

Mikhail Botvinnik Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, ( – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. Botvinnik ...

October

Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Cha ...

(Russia) defeats

Veselin Topalov Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced ; bg, Весели́н Александров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess International Grandmaster, grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Championship, World Chess Champ ...

(Bulgaria) in the 2006 World Championship title unification match to become undisputed

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

December

*December 26 – The

All India Chess Federation The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is central administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the federation is affiliated to Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), the world body for chess. The AICF has produce ...

imposes a ten-year ban on Umakant Sharma for using a

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device sewn into his cap to gain assistance from a

chess computer Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to practice even in the absence of human opponents, and also provides opportunities for analysi ...

during a

FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

rated tournament in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

. *December 29 – 44th

Indian Chess Championship The National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a biannual event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held i ...

(National "A" Championship) in Atul won by GM

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Surya Sekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983), is an Indian chess grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July, 2016). Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a grandmaster at the age of 19. He has won 40 individual go ...

for the fourth consecutive year with the score 9/13. The tournament format was changed to a 13-round

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instead of the 22 player round-robin used previously. *December 30 –

Iranian Chess Championship The Iranian Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Iran. Below is the gallery of champions, notice the gap between 1980 and 1990 (1359 and 1369 according to the Iranian calendar), when chess was forbidden in Iran. There is a ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

won by GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami at 8.5/11. The women's champion is WGM

Shadi Paridar Shadi Paridar ( fa, شادی پریدر ; born 2 July 1986) is an Iranian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), who won Iranian Women Chess Championship four times. She won the Asian Under-16 Girls' Championship i ...

scoring 9.5/11.

Titles awarded

Grandmasters

In 2006

awarded the title of Grandmaster to the following players:Titles Approved by FIDE Presidential Board, Al Ain 2006
from fide.comTitles approved at 77th FIDE Congress.
from fide.comTitles confirmed by the 3rd quarter Presidential Board 2006
from fide.com *

Bassem Amin Bassem Amin (; born 9 September 1988) is an Egyptian chess player and medical doctor. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Amin is the highest rated Egyptian and African player and the only medical doctor to have a FIDE peak ra ...

(b. 1988) *

Levan Aroshidze Levan Aroshidze (born July 9, 1985) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. In 1995, he became World under 10 champion at the age of nine. He won the 13th Obert Internacional d’Escacs Ciutat d’Olot tournament in Olot, Spain , image_flag ...

(b. 1985) *

David Arutinian 220px, David Arutinian in Dresden 2008 David Gareginovich Arutinian (born May 31, 1984) is a Georgian chess grandmaster since 2006, and an international master since 2002. He is ranked 9th in Georgia and 453rd in the world. His highest rating ...

(b. 1984) *

Valeriy Aveskulov Valeriy Aveskulov ( uk, Валерій Дмитрович Авескулов; born January 31, 1986, in Antratsyt, Ukraine) is a chess Grandmaster (2006) and Ukrainian Champion in 2007. In 2006, he won the Femida Tournament in Kharkiv and tied ...

(b. 1986) *

Pascal Charbonneau Pascal Charbonneau (born May 6, 1983, in Montreal) is a Canadian Grandmaster of chess, and a financial analyst. He has won two Closed Canadian Chess Championships, in 2002 and 2004, and has represented Canada in five Chess Olympiads: 2000, 200 ...

(b. 1983) * Paweł Czarnota (b. 1988) * Chakkravarthy Deepan (b. 1987) * Dzhakay Dzhakaev (b. 1980) * Grzegorz Gajewski (b. 1985) *

José González García José González García (born August 12, 1973) is a chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It i ...

(b. 1973) * Andrey Gutov (b. 1978) * Gennadij Ginsburg (b. 1971) *

Bartłomiej Heberla Bartłomiej Heberla (born 19 June 1985) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. As of January 2021, he was ranked 15th among all Polish players. Chess career Bartłomiej Heberla was the Polish U16 champion in 2001. ...

(b. 1985) * Peter Horvath (b. 1972) *

Alojzije Janković Alojzije Janković (born 2 April 1983) is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2006. His peak Elo rating is 2593. Chess career Also in 2006 Janković won the Zagreb Open tournament, held in his n ...

(b. 1983) * Radosław Jedynak (b. 1982) * Zoran Jovanović (b. 1979) * Meelis Kanep (b. 1983) * Melikset Khachiyan (b. 1970) * Ibragim Khamrakulov (b. 1982) * Aleksandr Kharitonov (b. 1986) * Petr Kostenko (b. 1976) *

Tigran Kotanjian Tigran Kotanjian ( hy, Տիգրան Քոթանջյան; born September 1, 1981) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.

(b. 1981) * Sergei Krivoshey (b. 1971) *

Yuriy Kryvoruchko Yuriy Hryhorovych Kryvoruchko ( uk, Юрій Григорович Криворучко; born 19 December 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Kryvoruchko was Ukrainian champion in 2013. ...

(b. 1986) *

Vitaly Kunin Vitaly Kunin (born 2 October 1983) is a German chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2006. Chess career He played in the Chess World Cup 2017, where he was defeated in the first round by Lê Qu ...

(b. 1983) *

Viktor Láznička Viktor Láznička (born January 9, 1988, in Pardubice) is a Czech chess grandmaster. Chess beginnings After learning the game at age six, he progressed quickly to playing junior tournaments and achieved many prize-winning performances in the na ...

(b. 1988) * Quang Liem Le (b. 1991) *

Constantin Lupulescu Constantin Lupulescu (born 25 March 1984) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a five-time Romanian Chess Champion. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019, 2021. Chess career Lupulescu won the Romanian Chess C ...

(b. 1984) *

Nidjat Mamedov Nidjat Mamedov ( az, Nicat Məmmədov; born 2 April 1985) is an Azerbaijani chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Career He won the U14 section of European Youth Chess Championships in 1999. In 2007 Mamedov tied fo ...

(b. 1985) * Mikulas Manik (b. 1975) * Andrei Murariu (b. 1986) * Das Neelotpal (b. 1982) *

Magesh Panchanathan Magesh Chandran Panchanathan (born 10 August 1983) is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Magesh Chandran was born in Madurai. In 2003 he won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in Sri Lanka. In 20 ...

(b. 1983) *

Eugene Perelshteyn Eugene Perelshteyn (born 1980) is an American chess player and writer. He earned the FIDE titles#FIDE Master (FM), FIDE Master title in 1997, the International Master title in 2001, and the Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster title in 2006. Born in ...

(b. 1980) *

Reefat Bin-Sattar Reefat Bin-Sattar (born 25 July 1974) is a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster. Career Bin-Sattar earned the International Master title in 1993 and Grandmaster title in 2005. All three of his GM qualifying norms were obtained at tournaments held in ...

(b. 1974) * Davor Rogic (b. 1971) * Andrey Rychagov (b. 1979) *

Bator Sambuev Bator Sambuev (russian: Батор Самбуев; born November 25, 1980) is a Russian-Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He won the Canadian championship three times. Early life and career Born in Ulan-Ude, Russia, ...

(b. 1980) * Vasile Sanduleac (b. 1971) *

Konstantine Shanava Konstantine is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Konstantine Dadeshkeliani (1826–1857), Georgian prince * Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893–1975), Georgian writer * Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (politician) (born 1961 ...

(b. 1985) * John Shaw (b. 1968) * Andrey Sumets (b. 1980) * Jurij Tihonov (b. 1978) *

Todor Todorov Todor Todorov may refer to: * Todor Todorov (bobsleigh) (born 1961), Bulgarian bobsledder * Todor Todorov (gymnast) (born 1928), Bulgarian Olympic gymnast * Todor Todorov (sculptor) Todor Todorov was born in Sofia in a family of visual artis ...

(b. 1974) * Marko Tratar (b. 1974) * Yge Visser (b. 1963) *

Jan Werle Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(b. 1984) *

Andrey Zhigalko Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...

(b. 1985) *

Zhou Jianchao Zhou Jianchao (; born June 11, 1988) is a Chinese chess player. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. Zhou competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009 and 2015. Career Zhou Jianchao learned to play chess at the ag ...

(b. 1988) * Yaroslav Zinchenko (b. 1987)

Woman Grandmaster

In 2006 FIDE awarded the title

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

to the following players: * Evgeniya Doluhanova (b. 1984) * Marina Guseva (b. 1986) * Anastasia Gutsko (b. 1985) * Sopio Gvetadze (b. 1983) * Thi Bao Tram Hoang (b. 1987) *

Beata Kądziołka Beata Zawadzka (born 26 June 1986 in Warsaw) is a Polish chess player. She won the bronze medal with the Polish team at the 35th Chess Olympiad in 2002. Private life In July 2014, she married International Master Stanisław Zawadzki Stani ...

(b. 1986) * Julia Kochetkova (b. 1981) *

Tatiana Kostiuk Tatiana Dornbusch ( Kostiuk, born 21 November 1982) is a Ukraine-born French chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2006. Biography Born in Chernigov, Ukraine, Tatiana studied management in hotel, resort and t ...

(b. 1982) * Liubov Kostiukova (b. 1983) * Lija Kucherova (b. 1986) * Naira Movsisian (b. 1977) * Jessica Nill (b. 1979) * Niina Sammalvuo (b. 1971) *

Anna Sharevich Anna Sharevich (born December 18, 1985) is a Belarusian-American Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in chess. She won the Women's Belarusian Chess Championship in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2011. Sharevich played for team Belarus in the Women's Chess Olympiad in ...

(b. 1985) * Shen Yang (b. 1989) *

Elena Tairova Elena Tairova (russian: Елена Таирова; be, Алена Таірава, Alena Tairava; 28 August 1991 – 16 March 2010) was a Belarusian and Russian chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2006 and ...

(1991–2010) * Carmen Voicu (b. 1981)

Births

*March 13 – Leon Luke Mendonca *May 29 –

Gukesh D Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006), better known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in March 2019. On 16 Oc ...

Deaths

*January 15 – Herbert Avram (1913–2006), 92, United States. *May 13 –

Ratmir Kholmov Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov (Russian: Ратмир Дмитриевич Холмов) (13 May 1925 in Shenkursk – 18 February 2006 in Moscow) was a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won many international tournaments in Eastern Europe during his c ...

(1925–2006), 80, Soviet/Russian Grandmaster. *May 13 –

Burt Hochberg Burt Hochberg (1933 – May 13, 2006) was an expert on chess and other games and puzzles. He authored and edited many books on chess, and served as editor of both ''Chess Life'' (from December 1966 until October 1979 inclusive), and ''GAMES'' m ...

(1933–2006), 73, chess writer and editor, editor of ''

Chess Life The monthly ''Chess Life'' and bi-monthly ''Chess Life Kids'' (formerly ''School Mates'' and ''Chess Life for Kids'') are the official magazines published by the United States Chess Federation (US Chess). ''Chess Life'' is advertised as the "most ...

''. *May 20 –

Wolfgang Unzicker Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amat ...

(1925–2006), 80, German Grandmaster, "world champion of amateurs". *July 2 –

René Letelier René Letelier Martner (1915–2006) was a Chilean chess player with the title of International Master. His finest international tournament win was in 1954, when he took the UNESCO tournament in Montevideo as clear first ahead of joint Ossip Be ...

(1915–2006), 91, Chilean

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

. *July 14 –

Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Aleksander Wojtkiewicz ( lv, Aleksandrs Voitkevičs; January 15, 1963 – July 14, 2006) was a Polish chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He was born in Latvia. In his early teens he was already a strong player; a student of ex-world champion ...

(1963–2006), 43, Polish Grandmaster. *July 23 –

Rudolf Teschner Rudolf Teschner (16 February 1922, Potsdam – 23 July 2006, Berlin-Steglitz) was a German chess master and writer. Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the ...

(1922–2006), 84, German Grandmaster and chess writer. *July 26 –

Jessie Gilbert Jessica "Jessie" Laura Cory Gilbert (30 January 1987 – 26 July 2006) was a British chess player. She was women's world amateur champion in 1999. Biography Jessica was the daughter of Angela and Ian Gilbert and was raised in Woldingham, ...

(1987–2006), 19, English

Woman FIDE Master A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

. *August 14 –

Adriaan de Groot Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort, 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he ...

(1914–2006), 92, Dutch chess master and psychologist. *November 29 –

Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess player. She was awarded the titles Woman International Master in 1955 and Woman Grandmaster in 1984 by FIDE. Born in Lviv, she was nine-time Polish Chess Champio ...

(1931–2006), 75, Polish

. *December 5 –

David Bronstein David Ionovich Bronstein (russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Ukrainian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narr ...

(1924–2006), 82, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster and renowned chess writer, challenger in the 1951 World Championship match.

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