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