# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/espen-agdestein
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:28:51.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/espen-agdestein"
name: "Espen Agdestein"
slug: "espen-agdestein"
description: "Espen Agdestein is the former manager of former Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen. He is the brother of chess grandmaster and Carlsen's former coach, Simen Agdestein, and is himself a FIDE master, with a FIDE rating of 2372."
tagline: "Norwegian chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Espen_agdestein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1965-02-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.92
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.278510666666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/agdestein"
    handle:    "agdestein"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/espen-agdestein-5118512/"
    handle:    "espen-agdestein-5118512"
sources:
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Agdestein"
    title: "Espen Agdestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إسبن أجدستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Agdestein"
    title: "Espen Agdestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Agdesteyn"
    title: "Espen Agdesteyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Agdestein"
    title: "Espen Agdestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Агдестейн, Эспен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21855976"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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