# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ortvin-sarapu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:01.075Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ortvin-sarapu"
name: "Ortvin Sarapu"
slug: "ortvin-sarapu"
description: "Ortvin Sarapu, known in New Zealand as \"Mr Chess\", was an Estonian-born chess player who emigrated to New Zealand and won or shared the New Zealand Chess Championship 20 times from 1952 to 1990."
tagline: "Estonian–New Zealand chess player (1924-1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Ortvin_Sarapu.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1924-01-22"
deathDate: "1999-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27145466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ортвін Сарапу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88"
    title: "اورتڤين ساراپو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapuu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapuu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88"
    title: "اورتوین ساراپو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvins_Sarap%C5%AB"
    title: "Ortvins Sarapū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortvin_Sarapu"
    title: "Ortvin Sarapu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%2C_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Сарапу, Ортвин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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