# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theo-van-scheltinga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:37:36.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theo-van-scheltinga"
name: "Theo van Scheltinga"
slug: "theo-van-scheltinga"
description: "Tjeerd (Theo) Daniel van Scheltinga was a Dutch chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1950."
tagline: "Dutch chess player (1914-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theo_van_Scheltinga_1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1914-03-06"
deathDate: "1994-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.85
  momentum:             6.315789473684211
  historical:           6.536537333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Ван Схелтинга, Тьерд Даниел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "ثيو ڤان ستشيلتينجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Scheltinga"
    title: "Theo van Scheltinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Scheltinga"
    title: "Theo van Scheltinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Scheltinga"
    title: "Theo van Scheltinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Scheltinga"
    title: "Theo van Scheltinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Scheltinga"
    title: "Theo van Scheltinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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