# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-de-souza-mendes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:27:24.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-de-souza-mendes"
name: "João de Souza Mendes"
slug: "joao-de-souza-mendes"
description: "João de Souza Mendes Júnior was a seven-time Brazilian chess champion and physician. Prior to emergence of Henrique Mecking, he was Brazil's most accomplished chess player."
tagline: "Brazilian chess player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
birthDate: "1892-07-23"
deathDate: "1969-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.96
  momentum:             5
  historical:           5.669690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Souza_Mendes"
    title: "João de Souza Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چواو د سوزا مينديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Souza_Mendes"
    title: "João de Souza Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%88"
    title: "Жуан де Соза Мендіш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Souza_Mendes"
    title: "João de Souza Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%88%2C_%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Соуза Мендеш, Жуан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6298475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump