Template:Infobox chess biography

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Blank syntax

{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Full name	{{{full_name}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Born	{{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
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
| name        = 
| image       = 
| image_size  = 
| caption     = 
| full_name   = <!-- if different -->
| 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
Full name	Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
Country	Russia
Born	(1977-07-18) July 18, 1977 Moscow, 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
Full name	Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
Country	Russia
Born	(1977-07-18) July 18, 1977 Moscow, Russia
Title	Grandmaster
Years active	1990-present
FIDE rating	2655 (December 2024) (No. 4 on the April 2007 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2762 (April 2007)
Ranking	No. 71 (December 2024)

{{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
}}

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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