# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-hug
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:26:58.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-hug"
name: "Werner Hug"
slug: "werner-hug"
description: "Werner Hug is a Swiss chess player. Hug was World Junior Chess Champion in 1971 and was Switzerland's leading player of the early 1970's. After Victor Korchnoi settled down in Switzerland, Hug remained number 2 a further decade."
tagline: "Swiss chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Werner_Hug.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1952-09-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.07113066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%BA"
    title: "فيرنر هوغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%AC"
    title: "فيرنر هج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B3"
    title: "Вернер Хуг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verners_Hugs"
    title: "Verners Hugs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hug"
    title: "Werner Hug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B3%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Хуг, Вернер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260172"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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