# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lajos-portisch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:49.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lajos-portisch"
name: "Lajos Portisch"
slug: "lajos-portisch"
description: "Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the \"Hungarian Botvinnik\". One of the strongest players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s, he participated in twelve consecutive Interzonals from 1962 through 1993, qualifying for the World Chess Championship Candidates Cycle a total of eight times. Portisch set several all-time records in Chess Olympiads. In Hungarian Chess Championships, he either shared the title or won it outright a total of eight times. He won many strong international tournaments during his career. In 2004, Portisch was awarded the title of 'Nemzet Sportolója', Hungary's highest national sports achievement award."
tagline: "Hungarian chess player (1937–)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portisch%2CLajos_1979_Rio_b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1937-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.98074533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "لاچوس پورتيستش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lajos Portisch"
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    title: "Lajos Portisch"
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    title: "Портиш, Лайош"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump