Deaths
- January 17 – Rodrigo Flores (1913–2007), 93, eleven-time Chilean champion.
- May 21 – Alexander Roshal (1936–2007), 70, Russian chess journalist, editor of 64-Chess Review, responsible for restoration of the Chess Oscar as an annual award.
- June 8 - Fenny Heemskerk (1919–2007), 87, ten-time Dutch Ladies' Champion.
- July 1 – Maxim Sorokin (1968–2007), 38, Russian Grandmaster.
- November 27 – IM Svein Johannessen (1937–2007), 70. Norwegian Champion 1959, 1962, 1970 and 1973.
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