Template:Chessgames player
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{{{name}}} player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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Template:Chessgames player displays an external link to a chess player's page at Chessgames.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
Usage
- Unnamed parameters
 {{Chessgames player | ID }}{{Chessgames player | ID | NAME }}
- Named parameters
 {{Chessgames player | id= ID }}{{Chessgames player | id= ID | name= NAME }}
- Using Wikidata property
 {{Chessgames player}}{{Chessgames player | name= NAME }}
Examples
ID in template
- Usage in the article Fabiano Caruana, with article name as link text
 * {{Chessgames player | 76172 }}* {{Chessgames player | id= 76172 }}
- Usage with name parameter as link text
 * {{Chessgames player | 76172 | Fabiano Caruana }}* {{Chessgames player | id= 76172 | name= Fabiano Caruana }}
- Output
 - 
- Fabiano Caruana player profile and games at Chessgames.com
 
 
- URL using numeric ID
 - https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76172
 
- Other URL for same page
 - https://www.chessgames.com/player/fabiano_caruana.html
 - to find the player ID number, view source and search for number after 
/perl/chess.pl?page=2&pid= 
ID in Wikidata
- Usage in the article Irina Krush
 * {{Chessgames player}}* {{Chessgames player | name= Irina Krush }}
- Output
 - 
- Irina Krush player profile and games at Chessgames.com 

 
 - Irina Krush player profile and games at Chessgames.com 
 
- URL using numeric ID
 - https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=49592
 
- Other URL for same page
 - https://www.chessgames.com/player/irina_krush.html
 - to find the player ID number, view source and search for number after 
/perl/chess.pl?page=2&pid= 
No ID in template or Wikidata
- Usage
 * {{Chessgames player}}
- Output
 - 
- {{Chessgames player}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
 
 
TemplateData
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TemplateData for Chessgames player
This template displays an external link to a chess player's page at Chessgames.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id 1 | The ID number in the URL, such as 76172 in https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76172.  | Number | optional | 
| Name | name 2 | Name displayed as the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.  | String | optional | 
Tracking categories
- template with ID
 
- Category:Chessgames player template with ID different from Wikidata (12)
 - Category:Chessgames player template with ID not in Wikidata (27)
 
- template missing ID