# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tonu-oim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:45.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tonu-oim"
name: "Tõnu Õim"
slug: "tonu-oim"
description: "Tõnu Õim is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship twice, in 1983 and 1999. In 1991 he won the Axelson Memorial. In over-the-board play, he was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1966. He does not hold a FIDE title for over-the-board play; however, his peak FIDE rating of 2410 indicates a player of International Master strength."
tagline: "Estonian chess player and sportsperson (born 1941)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.3
  momentum:             0.6000000000000001
  historical:           10.07048266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83_%D0%98%D0%B9%D0%BC"
    title: "Тину Ийм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "تونو اويم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenu_Eims"
    title: "Tenu Eims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5nu_%C3%95im"
    title: "Tõnu Õim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AB%D0%B9%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A2%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%83_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ыйм, Тыну Освальдович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963789"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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