Deaths
- Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Soviet master, writer and virtuoso of chess combinations - June 3
- CHO'D Alexander, English IM, wartime codebreaker and former British champion - February 15
- Henri Grob, Swiss master, former national champion and noted correspondence player - July 5
- Josef Lokvenc, Austrian IM and former national champion of Germany and Austria - April 2
- Maurice Raizman, French master and many times the national champion - April 1
- Abram Khavin, Ukrainian master and former national champion - January 19
- Eugenio Szabados, Hungarian-Italian IM and former President of the Italian Federation - March 6
- Gottlieb Machate, German master and former Olympiad player - May 27
- Leon Stolzenberg, American master and leading correspondence player - October 25
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