# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-hess
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:46:40.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-hess"
name: "Robert Hess"
slug: "robert-hess"
description: "Robert Lee Hess is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2009. In May 2012, his FIDE rating was 2635, fifth in the United States. Hess is a commentator for Chess.com, covering events such as the World Chess Championship and Candidates Tournament. He also streams chess content on his Twitch channel GMHess, which has 73,000+ followers."
tagline: "American chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RobertHess19.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1991-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.86
  momentum:             8.696172248803828
  historical:           7.456268000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/GM_Hess"
    handle:    "GM_Hess"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_(%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Хесс, Роберт (шахматист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "روبرت هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "روبرت هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hess_(Schachspieler)"
    title: "Robert Hess (Schachspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)"
    title: "Robert Hess (chess player)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hess"
    title: "Robert Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hess"
    title: "Robert Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hess"
    title: "Robert Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4497391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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