Births
- Martin Kreuzer, German ICCGM, FM, and mathematics professor.
- February 12 – Nana Ioseliani, Georgian IM and WGM, two time challenger for the Women's World Championship.
- February 19 – Rogelio Antonio Jr., Filipino GM.
- April 5 – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmyk President of FIDE since 1995.
- April 10 – Alexander Huzman, Ukrainian born Israeli GM and trainer.
- April 18 – William Watson, British GM and lawyer.
- June 13 – Paul Motwani, Scottish GM.
- July 31 – Agnieszka Brustman, Polish WGM.
- August 17 – Michael Wilder, American GM and attorney.
- August 25 – Alexander Graf, Uzbek-German GM.
- September 17 – Xu Jun, Chinese GM.
- October – Deen Hergott, Canadian IM, mathematician, and chess writer.
- October 14 – Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian/American GM.
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)