Jaime Sunye Neto (born May 2, 1957) is a Brazilian

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player. Awarded the

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title in 1980 and the Grandmaster title in 1986, he was Brazilian champion seven times, in 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 (jointly with Marcos Paolozzi). Sunye Neto was also president of the

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from 1988 to 1992. Jaime Sunye Neto 1980 Malta

In 1979 he was invited to play in the Interzonal in

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as a second representative of the host nation. Untitled at the time, he delivered one of the best performances of his career, finishing fifth overall and defeating several grandmasters, including the tournament winner

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. In 1989 he won the South American Chess Championship, which was also the South American Zonal, and qualified for the 1990 Interzonal, where he finished equal 29th–39th out of 64 players. Other best results were joint second place at

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1985 , and first at

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1986. From 1978 to 1986 he was a mainstay on the Brazilian team at the

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Campaign for FIDE presidency

In 1996, Sunye Neto ran for president of FIDE. He assembled a powerful team and won the support of almost all of the chess playing countries of Europe. However he lost to incumbent

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by 87 votes to 44. The German delegate suggested gifts were used by Ilyumzhinov to influence the vote.Report by Egon Ditt on the meeting in Yerevan

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Report by Carol Jarecki on the meeting in Yerevan
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