# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-christoffel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:21:38.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-christoffel"
name: "Martin Christoffel"
slug: "martin-christoffel"
description: "Dr. Martin Christoffel was a Swiss chess champion born in Basel. In 1944 he won the Coupe Suisse knockout tournament. Christoffel won the Swiss Chess Championship in 1943, 1945, 1948, and 1952, and was joint champion with Jules Ehrat in 1942. In 1946, he represented Switzerland at the Groningen International Tournament - the first major Post WWII chess event but finished last."
tagline: "Chess player (1922-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HET_STAUNTON_WERELD_SCHAAKTOURNOOI_BEGONNEN-PGM4011893.webm/330px--HET_STAUNTON_WERELD_SCHAAKTOURNOOI_BEGONNEN-PGM4011893.webm.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1922-09-21"
deathDate: "2001-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.36
  momentum:             4.318181818181818
  historical:           4.802268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "مارتين كريستوفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Christoffel"
    title: "Martin Christoffel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Christoffel"
    title: "Martin Christoffel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Christoffel"
    title: "Martin Christoffel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Кристоффель, Мартин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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