2022 in chess

Deaths

• 24 January – Mark Tseitlin
• 28 January – Gilles Mirallès
• 14 February – Borislav Ivkov
• 7 May — Yuri Averbakh
• 13 July — Igor Naumkin
• 14 July — Nikolai Krogius
• 2 September — Mišo Cebalo
• 12 October — Konstantin Landa
• 4 December — Alex Sherzer
• 12 December — Iván Faragó