# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-taimanov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:07.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-taimanov"
name: "Mark Taimanov"
slug: "mark-taimanov"
description: "Mark Evgenievich Taimanov was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. A prolific chess author, Taimanov was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1952 and in 1956 won the USSR Chess Championship. He was a World Championship Candidate in 1953 and 1971, and several opening variations are named after him.\nTaimanov was also a world-class concert pianist."
tagline: "Soviet chess player (1926–2016)"
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birthDate: "1926-02-07"
deathDate: "2016-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump