# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-diesen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:48:01.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-diesen"
name: "Mark Diesen"
slug: "mark-diesen"
description: "Mark Carl Diesen was an American chess player. He earned the International Master title in 1976 by winning the World Junior Championship at Groningen, ahead of such noted players as Ľubomír Ftáčnik and Oleg Romanishin. It was the first time an American had won the World Junior since William Lombardy in 1957. Other achievements included being Louisiana State Champion in 1986, 1987 and 1988."
tagline: "American chess player (1957–2008)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1957-09-16"
deathDate: "2008-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3191489361702128
  historical:           7.870158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Дизен, Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "مارك دايسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارك دايسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марк Дизен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Diesen"
    title: "Mark Diesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Diesen"
    title: "Mark Diesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Diesen"
    title: "Mark Diesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Diesen"
    title: "Mark Diesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Diesen"
    title: "Mark Diesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1359478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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