# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irving-chernev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:15:18.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irving-chernev"
name: "Irving Chernev"
slug: "irving-chernev"
description: "Irving Chernev was an American chess player and prolific chess author. He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1905. Chernev was a national master-strength player and was devoted to chess. He wrote that he \"probably read more about chess, and played more games than any man in history.\""
tagline: "Ukrainean-American chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irving_Chernev.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-01-29"
deathDate: "1981-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.125000000000001
  historical:           13.821924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump