2005 in chess
Events in chess in 2005:Deaths
- January 2 – Arnold Denker, 90, American Grandmaster.
- January 3 - László Vadász, 56, Hungarian Grandmaster.
- March 14 – Simon Webb, 55, British International Master, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, and chess writer.
- April 9 – Dragoljub Minić, 68, Yugoslavian/Croatian Grandmaster.
- April 22 – Leonid Shamkovich, 81, Russian/American Grandmaster.
- June 1 – Vladimir Savon, 64, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster, USSR Champion 1971.
- November 3 – Hrvoje Bartolović, 73, Croatian Grandmaster of Chess Composition and International Judge of Chess Compositions.
- November 12 - Dragutin Sahovic, 65, Serbian Grandmaster.
- November 17 – Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov, 58, Russian/Canadian Grandmaster.
- December 15 – Enrico Paoli, 97, Italian Grandmaster, established the Reggio Emilia chess tournament.
- December – Bela Berger, 74, Hungary/Australia.
