# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willi-schlage
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:34.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willi-schlage"
name: "Willi Schlage"
slug: "willi-schlage"
description: "Willi Schlage was a German chess master and trainer. Active as a player during the inter-war years of the Weimar Republic and later as a trainer during the rise of the Third Reich, Schlage is remembered for a game depicted in the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which chess writers attributed to him. He is also known for an endgame position attributed to a game played with Carl Ahues, frequently presented as an example in endgame literature."
tagline: "German chess master (1888–1940)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1888-12-24"
deathDate: "1940-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469438666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Schlage"
    title: "Willi Schlage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC"
    title: "ويلى ستشلاج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Schlage"
    title: "Willi Schlage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Шлаге, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%94"
    title: "וילי שלגה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villijs_%C5%A0l%C4%81ge"
    title: "Villijs Šlāge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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