# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-hebert
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:46:48.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-hebert"
name: "Jean Hébert"
slug: "jean-hebert"
description: "Jean Hébert is a Canadian chess player, writer, journalist, and commentator who holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and the FIDE title of International Master. The winner of the Canadian Chess Championship in 1978 and 2009, he also tied for the title in 2007, but lost in playoffs. He represented Canada at the 1979 Interzonal tournament as well as seven times at Chess Olympiads. He also took part in the Chess World Cup 2009, but was knocked out by Peter Svidler in the first round. In 2022, Hébert won the Canadian Seniors' Championship."
tagline: "Chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Hebert_1980_Malta.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1957-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.86
  momentum:             1.8125
  historical:           6.340137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Эбер, Жан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جان إيبرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جان ايبرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_H%C3%A9bert"
    title: "Jean Hébert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_H%C3%A9bert_(joueur_d'%C3%A9checs)"
    title: "Jean Hébert (joueur d'échecs)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDans_Ebers"
    title: "Žans Ebers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hebert"
    title: "Jean Hebert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6170865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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