# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-velcheva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:15.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-velcheva"
name: "Maria Velcheva"
slug: "maria-velcheva"
description: "Maria Nikolaeva Velcheva is a Bulgarian chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1999. She is a five-time winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship."
tagline: "Bulgarian chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Velcheva.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1976-10-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.337869333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Марія Велчева"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا ڤيلتشيڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Мария Велчева"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Velcheva"
    title: "Maria Velcheva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Velcheva"
    title: "Maria Velcheva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Velcheva"
    title: "Maria Velcheva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Velcheva"
    title: "Maria Velcheva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Vel%C4%8Deva"
    title: "Marija Velčeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_We%C5%82czewa"
    title: "Marija Wełczewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Велчева, Мария"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11769938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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