# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-katalimov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:06:56.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-katalimov"
name: "Boris Katalimov"
slug: "boris-katalimov"
description: "Boris Katalymov was a Soviet (Russian) and later Kazakhstani chess player. He spent his youth in Lvov playing in the same junior tournaments and for the same junior team as legendary Leonid Stein. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1996. Katalymov was a multi-time champion of Kazakhstan. He won silver in the 1995 World Senior Chess Championship, held in Bad Liebenzell, Germany.\nThe Katalymov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is named after him.. Boris Nikolaevich spent his later years teaching chess to young children and teenagers at the 'School Palace' in Almaty, Kazakhstan."
tagline: "Kazakhstani chess player (1932–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katalymov_1995_Bad_Liebenzell_B.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1932-06-20"
deathDate: "2013-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.62
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.485494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boriss_Katalimovs"
    title: "Boriss Katalimovs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "بوريس كاتاليموڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Katalymov"
    title: "Boris Katalymov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Каталимов Борис Миколайович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kata%C5%82ymow"
    title: "Boris Katałymow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Каталымов, Борис Николаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15116820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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