CHESS PLAYER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henrique Mecking has received more than 91,292 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Henrique Mecking is the 130th most popular chess player (up from 151st in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 567th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Henrique Mecking ranks 130 out of 461. Before him are Boris Gelfand, Arturo Pomar, Oscar Panno, Vladas Mikėnas, Esteban Canal, and Viacheslav Ragozin. After him are Carlos Torre Repetto, Miroslav Filip, István Csom, István Bilek, André Chéron, and Boris Kostić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Henrique Mecking ranks 373. Before him are Merrick Garland, David Weber, Carol Ann Susi, Jiří Paroubek, Bill Walton, and Yousaf Raza Gillani. After him are Vittorio Sgarbi, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Benny Hinn, Raisa Smetanina, and Ricardo Tormo.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Henrique Mecking ranks 554 out of 2,236. Before him are Clara Nunes (1942), Nilo Murtinho Braga (1903), César Lattes (1924), Igor Cavalera (1970), José Reinaldo de Lima (1957), and Glória Pires (1963). After him are Roberto Mangabeira Unger (1947), Alex Ribeiro (1948), Lima (1942), Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald (1905), Bruno Senna (1983), and Heitor Canalli (1910).

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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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