# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-korchnoi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:04.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-korchnoi"
name: "Viktor Korchnoi"
slug: "viktor-korchnoi"
description: "Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion."
tagline: "Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-03-23"
deathDate: "2016-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump