# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-gelfand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:50:02.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-gelfand"
name: "Boris Gelfand"
slug: "boris-gelfand"
description: "Boris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarusian and Israeli chess grandmaster."
tagline: "Belarusian-Israeli chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris_Gelfand_in_2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1968-06-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.60955066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  244
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm3721141"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Boris Gelfand"
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    title: "Բորիս Գելֆանդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill