# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zigurds-lanka
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:12:11.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zigurds-lanka"
name: "Zigurds Lanka"
slug: "zigurds-lanka"
description: "Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian chess player. In over-the-board chess, he received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1987 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1992. In correspondence chess, he earned the title of Correspondence Chess International Master (IM) in 1989."
tagline: "Latvian chess player (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zigurds_Lanka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1960-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.42
  momentum:             1.119402985074627
  historical:           7.672030666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Зігурдс Ланка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "زيجوردس لانكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurds_Lanka"
    title: "Zigurds Lanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurds_Lanka"
    title: "Zigurds Lanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurds_Lanka"
    title: "Zigurds Lanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurds_Lanka"
    title: "Zigurds Lanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurds_Lanka"
    title: "Zigurds Lanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurds_Lanka"
    title: "Zigurds Lanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81"
    title: "Ланка, Зигурдс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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