# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hartston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:46:37.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hartston"
name: "William Hartston"
slug: "william-hartston"
description: "William Roland Hartston is an English journalist who has written the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express since 1998. He is also a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 and earned a highest Elo rating of 2485. He was awarded the title International Master in 1972, but is now best known as a chess author and presenter of the game on television."
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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