# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lewis-q329029
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:30:04.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lewis-q329029"
name: "William Lewis"
slug: "william-lewis-q329029"
description: "William Lewis (1787–1870) was an English chess player and writer, best known for the Lewis Countergambit. He may have been the first player ever described as a Grandmaster of the game."
tagline: "English chess player and author (1787–1870)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LewisWalkerMongredien.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1787-10-09"
deathDate: "1870-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.8
  momentum:             1
  historical:           10.94265733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільям Льюїс (шахіст)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC)"
    title: "ويليام لويس (لاعب شطرنج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(jugador_d'escacs)"
    title: "William Lewis (jugador d'escacs)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis"
    title: "William Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(Schachspieler)"
    title: "William Lewis (Schachspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(chess_player)"
    title: "William Lewis (chess player)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(joueur_d'%C3%A9checs)"
    title: "William Lewis (joueur d'échecs)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis"
    title: "William Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(scacchista)"
    title: "William Lewis (scacchista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(schaker)"
    title: "William Lewis (schaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(sjakkspiller)"
    title: "William Lewis (sjakkspiller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Льюис, Уильям (шахматист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(chess_player)"
    title: "William Lewis (chess player)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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