Joao de Souza Mendes was a seven-time Brazilian chess champion, playing in the Brazilian Chess Championship 29 times, and playing twice for the Chess Olympiads, a biennial chess tournament which attempted to become part of the Olympic games in 1924, but failed.
Joao de Souza Mendes was a seven-time Brazilian chess champion, playing in the Brazilian Chess Championship 29 times, and playing twice for the Chess Olympiads, a biennial chess tournament which attempted to become part of the Olympic games in 1924, but failed.