# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-forsyth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:46:01.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-forsyth"
name: "David Forsyth"
slug: "david-forsyth"
description: "David Forsyth (1854–1909) was a Scotsman who emigrated to New Zealand, served as chess editor of the Glasgow Weekly Herald. Forsyth invented a method for recording chess positions, which he published in the Glasgow Weekly Herald in 1883, now known as Forsyth notation. He won the New Zealand Chess Championship in 1901."
tagline: "New Zealand chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Forsyth_(1897).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1854-05-16"
deathDate: "1909-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.99
  momentum:             15.46875
  historical:           6.335745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Девід Форсайт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ديفيد فورسيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ديفيد فورسيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forsyth_(c'hoarier_echedo%C3%B9)"
    title: "David Forsyth (c'hoarier echedoù)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forsyth_(Schachspieler)"
    title: "David Forsyth (Schachspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forsyth_(chess_player)"
    title: "David Forsyth (chess player)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Форсайт, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14466183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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