2006 in Chess - Deaths

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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