Births
- Alexei Shirov, Soviet-Spanish GM, a world championship finalist and elite circuit player - July 4
- Loek van Wely, Dutch GM, six times the national champion - October 7
- Vadim Milov, Soviet-Israeli-Swiss GM, highly rated tournament player - August 1
- Alexei Fedorov, Soviet-Belarusian GM, former multiple national champion - September 27
- Hannes Stefansson, Icelandic GM, former national champion - July 18
- Alisa Galliamova, Russian GM, former women's world championship finalist - January 18
- Ilya Gurevich, Soviet-American GM, former world junior champion - February 8
- Konstantin Landa, Soviet GM living in Germany, highly rated tournament player and trainer - May 22
- Victor Mikhalevski, Soviet-Belarusian-Israeli GM, highly rated tournament player - July 8
- Pablo Zarnicki, Argentine GM, Olympiad silver medallist - November 12
- Hichem Hamdouchi, Moroccan GM and one of the leading players from Africa - October 8
- Dimitri Reinderman, Dutch GM, runner-up in the national championship - August 12
- Tong Yuanming, Chinese IM, former national champion - April 21
- Jesse Kraai, U.S. GM, the first American-born player to achieve the title in ten years - May 6
- Ashot Nadanian, Armenian IM and respected trainer of top flight players - September 19
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