João de Souza Mendes (23 July 1892–10 July 1969) was a seven-time Brazilian chess champion. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.
Born in Portugal, Souza Mendes played in the Brazilian Chess Championship 29 times, winning in 1925 (the first year the tournament was held), 1928, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1954, and 1958. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The 1998 championship was held 9–19 December in Itabirito, Minas Gerais State He finished second five times, the last time in 1965 at age 73 when thirteen-year-old Henrique Mecking won, and took third five times. Henrique Mecking (born 23 January 1952; first name spelled Enrique in some references also known as "Mequinho" in Brazil was a leading Brazilian
He played for Brazil in Chess Olympiads at Buenos Aires 1939 and Helsinki 1952. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other
Souza Mendes died in Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil
References
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. Kenneth Whyld ( March 6, 1926 - July 11, 2003) was a British Chess author and researcher best known as the co-author (with 166, ISBN 0-85112-455-0
External links
- João de Souza Mendes at ChessGames.com
- Souza Mendes' Chess Career (Portuguese) at brasilbase (photo, brief biography, tournament and match record, and game scores in PGN)
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