Tags: Chess Player.
Henrique Costa Mecking (born 23 January 1952) also known as Mequinho is a Brazilian chess grandmaster who reached greatest momentum 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 1971. He won the Interzonals of Petropolis 1973 and Manila 1976. His highest FIDE rating was 2635 achieved in 1977 when he was ranked No. 3 in the world.
