Template:Infobox chess biography

Infobox chess biography

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Blank syntax

{{{honorific_prefix}}}

{{{name}}}

{{{honorific_suffix}}}

[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Personal information
Native name	{{{native_name}}}
Full name	{{{full_name}}}
Born	{{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
Chess career
Country	{{{country}}}
Title	{{{title}}}
World Champion	{{{worldchampion}}}
Women's World Champion	{{{womensworldchampion}}}
ICCF World Champion	{{{ICCFworldchampion}}}
Years active	{{{yearsactive}}}
FIDE rating	{{{rating}}}
Peak rating	{{{peakrating}}}
Ranking	{{{ranking}}}
Peak ranking	{{{peakranking}}}
{{{medaltemplates-title}}} {{{medaltemplates}}}
{{{module}}}

{{Infobox chess biography
| honorific_prefix    = 
| name                = 
| honorific_suffix    = 
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| image               = 
| image_size          = 
| caption             = 
| full_name           = 
| country             = 
| birth_date          = 
| birth_place         = 
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| title               = 
| worldchampion       = 
| womensworldchampion = 
| ICCFworldchampion   =
| yearsactive         =
| rating              = 
| peakrating          = 
| ranking             = 
| peakranking         = 
| FideID              =
<!-- Medal record -->
| show-medals         = 
| medaltemplates      = 
| medaltemplates-title = 
| module              = 
}}

Example usage

Alexander Morozevich

Personal information
Born	Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (1977-07-18) July 18, 1977 Moscow, Russia
Chess career
Country	Russia
Title	Grandmaster
Years active	1990-present
FIDE rating	2758
Peak rating	2788 (July 2008)
Ranking	No. 10 (September 2012)
Peak ranking	No. 2 (July 2008)

{{Infobox chess biography
| name        = Alexander Morozevich
| image       = Alexander_Morozevich_grandmaster.jpg
| caption     = 
| birthname   = Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
| country     = [[Russia]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1977|7|18}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], Russia
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| yearsactive = 1990-present
| title       = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]
| worldchampion = 
| womensworldchampion =
| ICCFworldchampion = 
| rating      = 2758
| peakrating  = 2788 (July 2008)
| ranking     = No. 12 (September 2012)
| peakranking = No. 2 (July 2008)
}}

or alternatively by using the 'FideID' parameter (which uses automatically updated 'rating' data for players rated over 2400):

Alexander Morozevich

Personal information
Born	Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (1977-07-18) July 18, 1977 Moscow, Russia
Chess career
Country	Russia
Title	Grandmaster
Years active	1990-present
FIDE rating	2650 (December 2025) (No. 4 on the April 2007 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2762 (April 2007)
Ranking	No. 74 (December 2025)

{{Infobox chess biography
| name        = Alexander Morozevich
| image       = Alexander_Morozevich_grandmaster.jpg
| caption     = 
| birthname   = Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
| country     = [[Russia]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1977|7|18}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], Russia
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| yearsactive = 1990-present
| title       = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]
| worldchampion = 
| womensworldchampion = 
| ICCFworldchampion = 
| rating      = <br />(No. 4 on the April 2007 FIDE ratings list)
| peakrating  = 2762 (April 2007)
| FideID      = 4116992
}}

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox chess biography with unknown parameters (0)

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

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