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| Jan-23-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Henrique Mecking. |
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| Jan-23-16 | | lost in space: Happy Birthday. GM <HM> |
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| Feb-24-16 | | zanzibar: This is the youngest picture of him I've ever seen:
http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/w... (I think he's ~15 years old there, playing in this tournament: Sousse Interzonal (1967)) See also: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?... |
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| Jun-29-16 | | Nosnibor: <Zanzibar> In the book "Mequinho De Um Genio" by Rubens A.Filguth which is a biography of Mecking on page 31 there is photograph of him dressed in a coat and wearing a tie aged 12 years old in 1964. |
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| Nov-25-16 | | disasterion: <‘Which player on the international circuit got on more of his colleagues’ nerves than any other? That’s easy − nine out of ten grandmasters would instantly nominate Henrique Mecking... Over and over again, Mecking restlessly adjusted half the pieces until each occupied the exact geometric center of its square. It didn’t stop him that the rules forbade this when his opponent’s clock is running. Nor did he confine his compulsive adjustments to the pieces. He was known to reach over to the other side of the table and line up his opponent’s pen to make it perpendicular to the chessboard edge and equidistant from the scoresheet margins. His chess, however, was no indication of the tenseness underlying it. His style was classical, serene, positional and logical.’ Robert Byrne
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http://www.kingpinchess.net/2016/09... |
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| Nov-25-16 | | Howard: Mecking was known, as I recall, for being a paranoid player. Kavalek remarked in his coverage of the Polugavesky--Mecking 1977 match that he changed seconds "as often as he changed shirts." On another note, that book by Byrne was a classic potboiler, if you ask me ! It was just a rehash of his past NYT columns. |
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| Jan-23-17 | | Ironmanth: Happy birthday, Grandmaster. I thrilled to your games when I was learning chess in the mid 70s. You and other super GMs made me believe in artistry, fight, and ideas. Many happy returns of the day, Henrique! |
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| Jan-23-17 | | gmgomes: Mecking is currently playing at Floripa Chess Open. |
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| Jan-23-18 | | arbivara: It has been announced that birthday boy (66 today) will be playing his 4th Brazilian championship next February: http://cbx.org.br/comunicado/2242/c... |
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| Feb-21-18 | | diagonal: Great news!
Henrique Mecking (*1952) won his first national Championship of Brazil at age of 13 yrs 5mth in 1965 (and triumphed also in 1967): http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/bca196...
The Brazilian Chess Championship in his final stage was played in a knock-out format; Henrique Mecking lost his semi-final to GM Krikor Mekhitarian (born to a Brazilian mother and a Lebanese father, both of Armenian descent, and National Champion in 2012). Alexander Fier, a reputed and popular player at international Open Chess Festivals, then won that final above Mekhitarian convincingly, and is the Brazilian Champion of the year 2017 (crowned in 2018). LXXXIV Campeonato Brasileiro Absoluto 2017, held from 2018/02/06 to 2018/02/15: http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/bca201... (Result matrix) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr330... (Starting list) If Mecking wins the national title again for one of the next years, Mecking would realise the longest period between the first and the last national champion title, a record currently held by Viktor Korchnoi with an incredible 51-year span, from 1960 USSR-ch (outright) to 2011 Switzerland-ch (winning in speed play-off vs. GM Gallagher). |
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| Feb-21-18 | | Marmot PFL: Glad Mecking is still alive and playing. Whenever I see the name of an older GM (esp one with his medical issues) I fear the worst. |
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Feb-21-18
 | | MissScarlett: What happened in 1965 is not news, great or otherwise. What might happen in future is also not news. |
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| Feb-21-18 | | whiteshark: <Marmot PFL> Me, too. |
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Jan-25-20
 | | Richard Taylor: Just playing over some of the games from a book (short) by Byrne of his games and those of the other contenders for the World Champs which Karpov won. One of the matches is between Korchnoi and Mecking. Mecking played some good games and interesting also even today. Got some good if not always winning positions and then let himself down in the endings or with some ill-considered move. But the games are interesting and Mecking did well. I wondered what had happened to him. Came here and I seem to recall he got ill. That is sad for him that he got so ill. He recovered somewhat (or completely?) but didn't maintain his high ranking. But it is good to see he is still alive and it seems still at least occasionally playing in tournaments etc. |
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| Sep-19-20 | | login:
Picture
http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/0898...
Trivia:
One person on this list of outstanding Brasilian amateur athletes of 1966 (without titles?!) made an immense fortune (there might be a spelling mistake or I'm just plain wrong). |
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| Sep-19-20 | | vonKrolock: Well spotted... why there's an 'h' in the middle of the surname, and the final letter is not doubled?! Curious, probably the journalist was "playing by ear", or this sample of carelessness in spelling was already received... Why not 'Leminho'... !? |
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| Sep-19-20 | | login:
Oi, had a look at 'your' chess set. The board (material?) has a 'celtic' touch (finer Art nouveau ornamental elements, knots as black squares). The pieces on the other hand are quite 'heavy', Jaques Staunton unweighted set variants come to mind - the rooks are very interesting. In short, I have no clue at all :-) Possible contacts
https://old.reddit.com/r/chess/
http://www.chess-museum.com/links.h...
http://www.chessantique.com/
Fora do assunto, sinto muito Grande Mestre Mecking mas tem que ser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q1...
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| Sep-19-20 | | vonKrolock: Hello, the board and the pieces have each a different origin: The board is molded from marble powder and some kind of resine. The pattern is really very curious, maybe of Irish inspiration...
The original board was lost (better: forgotten) after some event. It was a fine work of marchetry... The set of pieces: my original mistake was to assume that it was an ordinary one, and to use it intensively in everyday purposes during a turbulent period. Now I know clearly that it's kind of a vintage item. Unweighted, yes. Besides of the fine design, and delicate work, the types of wood are not those used here in South for this purpose, so I guess they came from abroad (the UK!?). Thanks for Your thoughts, and for the interesting links, that may be very helpful. ... (* not least: for the brazuca song) |
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| Sep-20-20 | | login:
Restoring the integrity a bit with
MEQUINHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejG...
and a more recent video interview (in Portuguese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10G...
still
'.. molded from marble powder ..' explains the still present permanent shine of the surface. Looking at something like this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe..., one can find wondrous matchings going together with the overall composition of both items - Insular art is a good call of yours. At the same time the material is quite noticeable for the 'maker', too. First impression looking at the pieces was a Russian style (⅔), topped with Staunton 'heads' mashup. There I gave up for good ... |
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| Jan-19-21 | | savagerules: I see where Mecking, at least on Facebook, is still going strong with trying to win souls for JC before the apocalypse arrives and giving out herbal recipes to help you heal. He's one of a kind. https://www.facebook.com/hmecking/ |
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Feb-21-21
 | | An Englishman: Good Afternoon: Such a shame about his illness. A Karpov-Mecking and/or a Kasparov-Mecking WC match would have proven riveting. |
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Feb-22-21
| | MissScarlett: It's possible the Soviets would have objected to the sprinkling of holy water over the board. |
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| Mar-19-21 | | Z truth 000000001: Very early footage of Mecking, 14-years old, playing his first time at Hastings 1966: https://youtu.be/vQO-69mmm-s?t=219
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Aug-09-21
 | | HeMateMe: <In 1979, Mecking was attempting his third consecutive Interzonal victory (Rio de Janerio) when he was forced to withdraw from the tournament, having been stricken with near-fatal illness (myasthenia gravis). It took 12 years for him to recover enough to resume his chess career. He still lives in Brazil and maintains a high rating, although he has not managed to rejoin the world's elite.> Not so much was known about MG at the time, Mecking just disappeared from the face of the earth. A shame, today's medications can control MG, with varying degrees of success. Mecking might have remained a force in the chess world. |
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Dec-20-22
 | | Eggman: The timing of Mecking's illness was especially unfortunate with respect to his chess career. The 1979-1981 World Championship cycle was the big opportunity for the world's elite players, not so much to become World Champion, but to at least get a world championship match. In the previous cycle, Korchnoi was dominant, and in the cycle that followed, no one was going to stop Kasparov. In the 1980-81 candidates, however, Korchnoi seemed more vulnerable, and the teenaged Kasparov wasn't participating. I think that Mecking would have had real chances if he hadn't got sick. He would have been a big underdog against Karpov, but at least he might have wound up as the official challenger. |
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