André Ventura Sousa

André Miguel do Vale Ventura de Sousa (born April 14, 2000) is a Portuguese chess International Master (2017), five-time Portuguese Chess Championship winner (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).

André Ventura Sousa
Country	Portugal
Born	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 25)
Title	International Master (2017)
FIDE rating	2400 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2472 (May 2023)

Chess career

Sousa is a five-time Portuguese Chess Championship winner: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.^[1][2][3]

In 2021, in Sochi Sousa participated in single-elimination Chess World Cup and in 1st round lost to Russian Grandmaster Pavel Ponkratov.^[4]

Sousa played for Portugal in the Chess Olympiads:

• In 2016, at reserve board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4, =1, -3),^[5]
• In 2018, at reserve board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+5, =2, -3).^[6]
• In 2022, at third board in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai (+5, =3, -2).^[7]

In 2017, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.