Deaths
- Leonid Stein, a leading Soviet GM and former world championship candidate - July 4
- Vasily Panov, Soviet IM, renowned as a theoretician, writer and journalist - January 13
- Hans Kmoch, Austrian IM, chess writer and occasional second to Alekhine - February 13
- Folke Rogard, Swedish lawyer and former President of FIDE - June 11
- Braslav Rabar, Croatian IM, former national champion, writer and theoretician - December 6
- Al Horowitz, American IM, renowned writer and chess columnist - January 18
- Manuel Golmayo Torriente, Cuban-Spanish master and International Arbiter - March 7
- Alexandru Tyroler, Hungarian-Romanian master, winner of first Romanian Championship - February 3
- Markas Luckis, Lithuanian-Argentine master, Olympiad medal winner - February 9
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