# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/efim-geller
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:14.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/efim-geller"
name: "Efim Geller"
slug: "efim-geller"
description: "Efim Petrovich Geller was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions. He won four Ukrainian SSR Championship titles and shared first in the 1991 World Seniors' Championship, winning the title outright in 1992."
tagline: "Soviet chess player (1925–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Efim_Geller%2C_1965_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1925-03-08"
deathDate: "1998-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.4783
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jefim Geller"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump