# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-basman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:30:34.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-basman"
name: "Michael Basman"
slug: "michael-basman"
description: "Michael John Basman was an English chess player and author. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1980."
tagline: "British chess player (1946–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/London_Chess_Classic_2016_Day9-4_(31063941573)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-03-16"
deathDate: "2022-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.814148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 529
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mikebasmanchess/"
    handle:    "mikebasmanchess"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mikebasmanchess"
    handle:    "mikebasmanchess"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/mikebasmanchess"
    handle:    "mikebasmanchess"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://mikebasmanchess.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyOC2Mk9hrajXhG8WOdSyw"
    handle:    "@immikebasman9543"
    followers: 529
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Басман, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل باسمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "مایکل بسمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Մայքլ Բասման"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman"
    title: "Michael Basman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1926919"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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