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Henrique Mecking

1952 - Today

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Henrique Costa Mecking (born 23 January 1952), also known as Mequinho, is a Brazilian chess grandmaster who reached his zenith in the 1970s and is still one of the strongest players in Brazil. He was a chess prodigy, drawing comparisons to Bobby Fischer, although he did not achieve the International Grandmaster title until 1972. He won the Interzonals of Petropolis 1973 and Manila 1976. His highest FIDE rating is 2635, achieved in 1977, when he was ranked number four in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henrique Mecking is the 146th most popular chess player (down from 130th in 2019), the 564th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 554th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Henrique Mecking ranks 146 out of 461. Before him are Ossip Bernstein, Carlos Torre Repetto, Viacheslav Ragozin, Boris Kostić, Peter Romanovsky, and Anna Muzychuk. After him are Edgard Colle, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Boško Abramović, Hermann Pilnik, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and Georg Marco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Henrique Mecking ranks 381. Before him are Anton Lesser, Michael Hirst, Herschel Savage, Lydie Polfer, Francesco Clemente, and Art Malik. After him are Ketil Bjørnstad, Stellan Bengtsson, Daisuke Gōri, Valery Khalilov, Muhtar Kent, and Monique van de Ven.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Henrique Mecking ranks 564 out of 2,236. Before him are Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Irmã Dulce (1914), Tetsuo Okamoto (1932), Batista (1955), Evair (1965), and Oswaldo Cruz (1872). After him are Igor Cavalera (1970), Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró (1939), Wagner Lopes (1969), Pixinguinha (1897), Celso Amorim (1942), and Niginho (1912).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Brazil

Among chess players born in Brazil, Henrique Mecking ranks 1. After him are Alexandr Fier (1988).

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