André Ventura Sousa (chess player)

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).

Chess career
Sousa is a five-time Portuguese Chess Championship winner: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

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

Sousa played for Portugal in the Chess Olympiads:
 * In 2016, at reserve board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4, =1, -3),
 * In 2018, at reserve board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+5, =2, -3).
 * In 2022, at third board in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai (+5, =3, -2).

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