# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-bhend
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:28:39.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-bhend"
name: "Edwin Bhend"
slug: "edwin-bhend"
description: "Edwin Bhend was a Swiss chess player and author. He was awarded the International Master title in 1960 and won the Swiss championship in 1966. He represented Switzerland in 10 Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1982. At Zurich in 1959, he finished in a tie for 10th place behind future world champions Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer, but defeated Tal in the opening round after defending accurately in a complicated position. He died on 20 June 2025, at the age of 93."
tagline: "Swiss chess player and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhend%2CEdwin_2011_Bad_W%C3%B6rishofen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-09-09"
deathDate: "2025-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edwin Bhend"
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    title: "ادوين بهيند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edwin Bhend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bhend"
    title: "Edwin Bhend"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvins_Bends"
    title: "Edvins Bends"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bhend"
    title: "Edwin Bhend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бенд, Эдвин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump