January

Paul Keres
​7 January 1917
Boris Spassky
30 January 1937
Vlastimil Hort
​12 January 1944
Ju Wenjun
31 January 1991
Sergey Karjakin
​12 January 1990
Alexey Dreev
20 January 1969
Zhansaya Abdumalik
12 January 2000

February

Savielly Tartakower
22 February 1887
Genrikh Kasparyan
27 February 1910
David Bronstein
19 February 1924
Artur Yusupov
​13 February 1960
Bibisara Assaubayeva
26 February 2004
Julio Granda
25 Februarie 1967
Ana Matnadze
20 February 1983
Hou Yifan
​27 February 1994
Anna Muzychuk
28 February 1990

March

Vasily Smyslov
24 March 1921
Viktor Korchnoi
23 March 1931
Yasser Seirawan
24 March 1960
Humpy Koneru
31 March 1987
Richard Rapport
25 March 1996
Siegbert Tarrasch
5 March 1862
Alexey Troitzky
14 March 1866
Bent Larsen
4 March 1935
Efim Geller
8 March 1925
Bobby Fischer
9 March 1943
Teimour Radjabov
12 March 1987
Veselin Topalov
​15 March 1975
Vassily Ivanchuk
​18 March 1969
David Navara
27 March 1985

April

Florin Gheorghiu
6 April 1944
John Nunn
​25 April 1955
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
12 April 1985
Mihail Marin
​21 April 1965
Garry Kasparov
​13 April 1963
Alexandra Kosteniuk
23 April 1984
Susan Polgar
19 april 1969
GM Ismael

May

Pavel Eljanov
10 May 1983
Pentala Harikrishna
10 May 1986
Ilya Makoveev
​4 May 2006
Wilhelm Steinitz
14 May 1836
Rudolf Spielmann
5 May 1983
Max Euwe
​20 May 1901
Anatoly Karpov
​23 May 1951

June

Mihai Suba
​1 June 1947
Alireza Firouzja
18 June 2003
Paul Morphy
​22 June 1837
David Anton Guijarro
​23 June 1995
Wei Yi
​2 June 1999
Ivan Sokolov
​13 June 1968
Yu Yangyi
​8 June 1994
Vladimir Kramnik
​25 June 1975
Nigel Short
​1 June 1965
Tigran Petrosian
​17 June 1929
Boris Gelfand
​24 June 1968
Gata Kamsky
​2 June 1974
Peter Svidler
17 June 1976
Anish Giri
​28 June 1994
Ulf Andersson
27 June 1951

July

Adolf Anderssen
​6 July 1818
Alexander Morozevich
18 July 1977
Alexei Shirov
​4 July 1972
Deysi Cori Tello
2 July 1993
Judit Polgar
​23 July 1976
Fabiano Caruana
​30 July 1992
Jacob Aagaard
31 July 1973

August

Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
1 August 1976
Daria Visanescu
3 August 1996
Viktorija Cmilyte
6 August 1983
Praggnanandhaa R
​10 August 2005
Mikhail Botvinnik
​11 August 1911

September

Mariya Muzychuk
21 September 1992
Johannes Zukertort
7 September 1842
​Illya Nyzhnyk
27 September 1996
Aleksandra Goryachkina​
​28 September 1998
Peter Leko
8 September 1979

October

Loek van Wely
​7 October 1072
Alexander Grischuk
​31 October 1983
Bogdan Deac
8 October 2001
Alexander Alekhine
​31 October 1892
Jon Speelman
2 October 1956
Reuben Fine
11 October 1914
Levon Aronian
​6 October 1982
Ruslan Ponomariov
11 October 1983

November

Mikhail Chigorin
​12 November 1850
Aron Nimzowitsch
7 November 1886
Jose Raul Capablanca
​19 November 1888
Samuel Reshevsky
26 November 1911
Mikhail Tal
​9 November 1936
Lev Polugaevsky
​20 November 1934
Michael Adams
​17 November 1971
Sofia Polgar
2 November 1974
Magnus Carlsen
​30 November 1990

December

Rustam Kasimdzhanov
​5 December 1979
Mark Dvoretsky
9 December 1947
​Nodirbek Abdusattorov
1 December 2004
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
​15 December 1912
Bu Xiangzhi
10 December 1985
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
5 December 1872
Viswanathan Anand
​11 December 1969
Hikaru Nakamura
9 December 1987
Akiba Rubinstein
1 December 1880
Vladimir Akopian
7 December 1971
Victor Bologan
14 December 1971
Emanuel Lasker
24 December 1968
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Kateryna Lagno
27 December 1989