# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-vaganian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:05:46.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-vaganian"
name: "Rafael Vaganian"
slug: "rafael-vaganian"
description: "Rafael Artemovich Vaganian is an Armenian chess player holding the title of grandmaster (GM). He was Soviet champion in 1989."
tagline: "Soviet chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RWaganian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1951-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.572542901716069
  historical:           15.56465333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ваганян Рафаель Артемович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рафаел Ваганян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Vaganian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Vaganian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ռաֆայել Վահանյան"
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    title: "Ռաֆայէլ Վահանեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafaels Vaganjans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Vaganian"
    title: "Rafael Vaganian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafajel Wahanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Vaganian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ваганян, Рафаэль Артёмович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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