# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amon-simutowe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:00:47.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amon-simutowe"
name: "Amon Simutowe"
slug: "amon-simutowe"
description: "Amon Simutowe is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Science in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford."
tagline: "Chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amon_Simutowe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1982-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.47
  momentum:             0.6619385342789599
  historical:           7.416236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Симутове, Амон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "امون سيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Simutowe"
    title: "Amon Simutowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Simutowe"
    title: "Amon Simutowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Simutowe"
    title: "Amon Simutowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Simutowe"
    title: "Amon Simutowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Simutowe"
    title: "Amon Simutowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Simutowe"
    title: "Amon Simutowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4747528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump