Births
- 8 February – Boris Kogan, Russian/American IM
- 15 May – Carlos Bielicki, Argentine IM, 1959 World Junior Champion
- 2 June – István Csom in Satoraljaujhely, Hungarian GM
- 7 June – Liudmila Belavenets in Moscow, Russian ICCGM and Women's World Correspondence Champion 1984–1992
- 2 August – Adrian Hollis in Bristol, English ICCGM
- 8 August – Dragutin Sahovic in Kraljevo, Yugoslavian/Serbian GM
- 24 September – Renato Naranja, Filipino IM
- 26 September – Vladimir Savon in Chernihiv, Soviet/Ukrainian GM, USSR Champion in 1971
- 7 October – Liu Wenzhe, Chinese IM and trainer
- 10 November – Miodrag Todorcevic in Belgrade, Serbian/French GM and coach
- 19 December – Jusefs Petkevich, Latvian GM
- Andrew Kalotay, Hungarian-born Canadian/American chess player
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