Henrique Mecking

Quick Facts

Full Name	Henrique Mecking
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 23, 1952(1952-01-23)
Age	72
Birthplace	Santa Cruz do Sul
Country	Brazil
Birth City	Rio Grande do Sul
Horoscope	Capricorn

Henrique Mecking Biography

Henrique Mecking is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on January 23, 1952 in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Brazilian chess champion who was a dominant player in his country’s 1970s, and also did well in international competition.

Together with Eugenio Turre, he was an example of chess’s growing popularity worldwide.

Mecking was a regular participant in FIDE events to choose a challenger for the World Chess Championship. After unsuccessful attempts to qualify from the Interzonals of Sousse 1967 and Palma de Mallorca 1970, he had his first major triumph in 1973, when he won at the Petrópolis Interzonal (ahead of a very strong field that included Paul Keres, David Bronstein et al.). He was subsequently eliminated from the Candidates Tournament in the quarterfinals, after losing his match against Korchnoi. Still, from this time until 1979, he was the strongest player born in the West after Bobby Fischer’s effective retirement in 1972.

Mecking played for Brazil in the Chess Olympiads of 1968, 1974, 2002 and 2004.

He was born in Santa Cruz do Sul Brazil and raised there.

Henrique Mecking Net Worth

Henrique Mecking is one of the richest Chess Player from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Henrique Mecking 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he became a Grandmaster in 1971, he was the first Brazilian.

His nickname was Mequinho, and he won both the Interzonals of Petropolis 1973 & Manila 1976.

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. He is the first Brazilian to become a grandmaster. Despite winning his first national championship at the age of 13, he played in very few tournaments. He won at Vršac in 1971 and finished third with Robert Byrne (after the co-winners Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi) at Hastings in 1971–72. In 1975, he twice shared second place behind Ljubomir Ljubojević, firstly at Las Palmas with Ulf Andersson and Mikhail Tal and then at Manila with Lev Polugaevsky, Bent Larsen and Helmut Pfleger.

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Henrique Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Henrique Mecking celebrates birthday on January 23 of every year.