Births
- Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian player, world top five Grandmaster while still a junior - November 30
- Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian player, youngest Grandmaster ever and a World Youth Champion - January 12
- Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russian Grandmaster, World Youth Champion at U-14 - July 14
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, French Grandmaster and national champion - October 21
- Yuriy Kuzubov, Ukrainian Grandmaster, one of the world's youngest to gain the title - January 26
- Anna Muzychuk, IM from Ukraine then Slovenia, World Youth Champion for Girls U-16 - February 28
- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Vietnamese player, World Youth Champion at U-10 - February 23
- David Howell, England's youngest ever Grandmaster - November 14
- Wang Puchen, New Zealand International Master - January 20
- Anya Corke, Hong Kong WGM, winner of three (Open section) British Junior titles - September 12
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