# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonid-yurtaev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:53:17.591Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonid-yurtaev"
name: "Leonid Yurtaev"
slug: "leonid-yurtaev"
description: "Leonid Nikolayevich Yurtaev was a Kyrgyz chess player. In 1986 he was awarded the FIDE title of International Master (IM) and in 1996 he became the first Kyrgyz player to receive the Grandmaster (GM) title. He was noted as a tactician, and in particular as a specialist in the King's Indian Defence."
tagline: "Kyrgyzstani chess grandmaster (1959-2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Leonid_Yurtaev.png"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1959-04-03"
deathDate: "2011-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.35
  momentum:             0.859375
  historical:           6.338337333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Юртаев, Леонид Николаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "ليونيد يورتايڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Jurtajew"
    title: "Leonid Jurtajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Yurtaev"
    title: "Leonid Yurtaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D5%85%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%87"
    title: "Լեոնիդ Յուրտաև"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Yurtaev"
    title: "Leonid Yurtaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Jurtajew"
    title: "Leonid Jurtajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4535150"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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