Births
- Peter Svidler, Russian GM, world championship contender and former national champion - June 17
- Judit Polgár, Hungarian GM and the strongest woman player in history - June 23
- Zhu Chen, Chinese GM and former women's world champion - March 16
- Xu Yuhua, Chinese GM and former women's world champion - October 29
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Romanian GM and world championship semi-finalist - August 1
- Zoltán Almási, Hungarian GM and multiple national champion - August 29
- Vadim Zvjaginsev, Russian GM, highly rated player and Olympiad medallist - August 18
- Daniel Fridman, Latvian-German GM, former national champion of both countries - February 15
- Dusko Pavasovic, Slovenian GM, winner of the national championship - October 15
- Almira Skripchenko, Moldovan-French IM and WGM, women's European champion - February 17
- Anna Hahn, Latvian-American WIM and former women's champion of both countries - June 21
- Ramachandran Ramesh, Indian GM, former British and Commonwealth champion - April 20
- Yannick Pelletier, Swiss GM and multiple winner of the national championship - September 22
- Lenka Ptacnikova, Czech-Icelandic WGM, former women's Nordic champion - January 16
- Danny Gormally, English GM, Olympiad team member and British rapidplay champion - May 4
- Wu Wenjin, Chinese GM and former member of the Olympiad team - March 10
- Gabriel Schwartzman, Romanian-American GM, former winner of the U.S. Open - October 23
- Boris Kreiman, Russian-American GM, player, coach and academy founder - June 7
- John Paul Wallace, Australian IM, youngest ever national champion - November 19
- Josh Waitzkin, American IM, U.S. junior champion and the subject of a movie - December 4
- Demis Hassabis, English player, computer game designer, neuroscientist - July 27
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