# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasja-pirc
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:02.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasja-pirc"
name: "Vasja Pirc"
slug: "vasja-pirc"
description: "Vasja Pirc was a Yugoslav and Slovenian chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defence."
tagline: "Slovenian chess player (1907–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VasjaPirc1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1907-12-19"
deathDate: "1980-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.04
  momentum:             0.9278350515463916
  historical:           17.56105333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "瓦斯加·彼尔茨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤاسچا پيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasia_Pirz"
    title: "Vasia Pirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pircs"
    title: "Vasja Pircs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%86%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F"
    title: "Пирц, Вася"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasja_Pirc"
    title: "Vasja Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Васја Пирц"
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    title: "Вася Пірц"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump