# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-donaldson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:52.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-donaldson"
name: "John Donaldson"
slug: "john-donaldson"
description: "William John Donaldson, known as John Donaldson, is an American chess player, author, journalist and chess official. Like many of his contemporaries, he began playing in the aftermath of the World Chess Championship 1972 between Fischer and Spassky. He joined the Tacoma Chess Club in September 1972, and is still involved with the game almost 50 years later."
tagline: "American chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnDonaldson0301_034.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-09-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.38
  momentum:             2
  historical:           6.341073333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donaldson"
    title: "John Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام جون دونالدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام جون دونالدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Donaldson"
    title: "William John Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Donaldson"
    title: "William John Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donaldson"
    title: "John Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Donaldson"
    title: "William John Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3291587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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