2006 in chess

• 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|accessdate=2008-03-15}}

• Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) defeats Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in the 2006 World Championship title unification match to become undisputed world champion.

• 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|accessdate=2008-01-25|archive-date=2007-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905053519/http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196702108&subSection=All%2BStories|url-status=dead}}{{citation|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/27/stories/2006122704042200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105152309/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/27/stories/2006122704042200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2007|title= Umakant Sharma banned for 10 years|date=27 December 2006|accessdate=2008-01-25|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}
• December 29 – 44th Indian Chess Championship (National "A" Championship) in Atul won by GM Surya Shekhar 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=2008-01-25}}

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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826143053/http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=988 |date=2007-08-26 }} from fide.com[http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1031 Titles approved at 77th FIDE Congress.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607215704/http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1031 |date=2007-06-07 }} from fide.com[http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1159 Titles confirmed by the 3rd quarter Presidential Board 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018140108/http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1159 |date=2006-10-18 }} from fide.com

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• 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}}
• Paweł Czarnota (b. 1988) {{POL}}
• Chakkravarthy Deepan (b. 1987) {{IND}}
• Dzhakay Dzhakaev (b. 1980) {{RUS}}
• Grzegorz Gajewski (b. 1985) {{POL}}
• José González García (b. 1973) {{MEX}}
• Andrey Gutov (b. 1978) {{RUS}}
• Gennadij Ginsburg (b. 1971) {{DEU}}
• Bartłomiej Heberla (b. 1985) {{POL}}
• Peter Horvath (b. 1972) {{HUN}}
• Alojzije Janković (b. 1983) {{HRV}}
• Radosław Jedynak (b. 1982) {{POL}}
• Zoran Jovanović (b. 1979) {{HRV}}

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• 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 Láznička (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}}

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• 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. 1985) {{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}}

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In 2006 FIDE awarded the title Woman Grandmaster to the following players:

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• 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 Kądziołka (b. 1986) {{POL}}

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• 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}}

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• Niina Sammalvuo (b. 1971) {{FIN}}
• Anna Sharevich (b. 1985) {{BLR}}
• Shen Yang (b. 1989) {{CHN}}
• Elena Tairova (1991–2010) {{RUS}}
• Carmen Voicu (b. 1981) {{ROU}}

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• March 13 – Leon Luke Mendonca{{cite web |title=Title Application - GrantMaster(2500) to be awarded to: Mendonca |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main228910.pdf |publisher=All India Chess Federation |date=2021-01-18}}
• May 29 – Gukesh D

• 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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