# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-purdy
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:57.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-purdy"
name: "Cecil Purdy"
slug: "cecil-purdy"
description: "C.J.S. Purdy was an Australian chess player and writer. He was awarded the International Master title in 1951 and the Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess title in 1959. Purdy was the first world correspondence chess champion. He was also an influential chess magazine writer, editor, and publisher."
tagline: "Australian chess player (1906–1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/CecilPurdy.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1906-03-27"
deathDate: "1979-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             1.132075471698113
  historical:           10.94395333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "سيسيل پوردى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesils_Purdi"
    title: "Sesils Purdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Purdy"
    title: "Cecil Purdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Пурди, Сесил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сесіл Перді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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