# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viesturs-meijers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:31:55.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viesturs-meijers"
name: "Viesturs Meijers"
slug: "viesturs-meijers"
description: "Viesturs Meijers was a Latvian chess Grandmaster (2004). He starting playing chess at age 10 and his first trainer was I. Dambitis. Meijers became an International Master in 1993 and won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2000. From 1989 to 2010, he participated in more than 80 international tournaments."
tagline: "Latvian chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meijers_Viesturs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967-12-05"
deathDate: "2024-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.3
  momentum:             9.130434782608697
  historical:           8.536645333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мейерс, Виестур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيستورس ميچيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ویستورس میجرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Meijers"
    title: "Viesturs Meijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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