# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luke-mcshane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:10:35.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luke-mcshane"
name: "Luke McShane"
slug: "luke-mcshane"
description: "Luke James McShane is an English chess player. A chess prodigy, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000, at the age of 16. McShane has become one of England's leading players and a member of the national team. He also worked as a trader in London's financial sector, and has previously been described as the world's strongest amateur chess player."
tagline: "British chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luke_McShane_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1984-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.09
  momentum:             1.299052774018944
  historical:           11.63006
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Люк Макшейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC)"
    title: "لوك مكشان (لاعب شطرنج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B6"
    title: "Լյուկ Մաքշեյն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%ABks_Mak%C5%A1eins"
    title: "Lūks Makšeins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA"
    title: "Макшейн, Люк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane"
    title: "Luke McShane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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