# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-kotov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:23:28.634Z

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name: "Alexander Kotov"
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description: "Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War. The importance and breadth of Kotov's work rank him among the all-time greats in this field."
tagline: "Soviet chess player (1913–1981)"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1913-08-12"
deathDate: "1981-01-08"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump