[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":94},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-mende":3},{"id":4,"aboutLong":5,"age":6,"botId":7,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"dataHash":10,"dateModified":11,"elo":12,"extension":13,"faq":14,"favoriteQuote":24,"gender":25,"hello":26,"introduction":27,"isTrophy":28,"liveDate":29,"luckyCharm":30,"meta":31,"name":32,"occupation":33,"openingAxes":34,"openingsAnalysis":36,"playstyle":37,"playstyleSummary":41,"ratingHistory":42,"shortName":57,"similar":58,"stem":91,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":92,"__hash__":93},"bots/bots/mende.json","Iracema Mendes is a 50-year-old açaí berry farmer from the várzea of Amazonas, Brazil, where she runs a small riverside harvesting operation along the igarapés. Chess came to her village by boat, brought by a visiting teacher, and she has played since in the same patient rhythm she brings to climbing slender açaí palms before dawn. At an estimated 2145 Elo, Iracema sits comfortably at candidate master to expert strength, with accurate calculation and the composure to punish loose play from nearly any club opponent. She does not chase complications for their own sake, but she rarely lets tension dissolve before she has measured what hangs in the canopy. Visitors to her board should expect long, unhurried games where small inaccuracies are quietly gathered, like ripe clusters dropped one by one into the paneiro until the basket is full.","50","mende","Brazil","br","768473ba0fa14f1d5397351160bf3dd240edec542d57369f05ae10cf6e5fbcc9","2026-07-06",2145,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Iracema?","Iracema plays at an estimated 2145 Elo, placing her at candidate master to expert level. At that strength she calculates accurately, maintains deep middlegame plans, and reliably punishes the kinds of mistakes most club opponents make.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Iracema play?","Iracema has no fixed repertoire on file. Across games she balances solid and sharp choices and is comfortable in both mainline theory and quieter offbeat systems, so opponents should prepare for a flexible rather than predictable first ten moves.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"How do strong club players prepare to face Iracema?","Against a 2145-rated opponent, club players should expect to be punished for any tactical oversight, so concrete calculation matters more than general principles. The most effective preparation is to choose openings that lead to clear strategic plans, avoid offering trades she will decline anyway, and accept that the game will be long, with tension she is happy to maintain for thirty or forty moves.","A mata dá no tempo dela, e a gente aprende.","female","Oi, sou a Iracema. Senta aí na barraca, toma um açaí enquanto a gente joga. O tabuleiro é meu açaizal, e cada peça tua é uma palmeira que eu vou olhando com calma, esperando o cacho ficar madurinho lá em cima.","Iracema grew up along the igarapés of the Brazilian Amazon and has spent more than three decades climbing slender açaí palms with her family. She runs a small riverside harvesting operation in the várzea of Amazonas, paddling out before dawn with her paneiro on her back. Chess found her through a teacher who visited her village by boat, and she plays the same way she harvests — patient, unhurried, and always looking up for the ripest cluster.",false,"2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","A small seed-and-wood beaded necklace strung by her mother, worn every harvest day since she was a girl.",{},"Iracema Mendes","Amazonas açaí berry farmer",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},-0.95,0.95,2,"Iracema plays in a deeply defensive register, almost never initiating attacks and instead absorbing pressure while keeping the position bristling with tension. She avoids trades, preferring to leave pieces on the board where pins, pressure, and long diagonals can ripen into something decisive. Her opening choices are balanced between solid and sharp lines, and she is equally at home in mainline theory or quieter offbeat paths.",[43,46,49,51,54],{"rating":44,"msSinceEpoch":45},1609,1777312302005,{"rating":47,"msSinceEpoch":48},1606,1777313001560,{"rating":47,"msSinceEpoch":50},1778079770100,{"rating":52,"msSinceEpoch":53},1621,1778596074032,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":56},1620,1778785325286,"Iracema",{"sameStyle":59,"different":78},[60,66,72],{"botId":61,"name":62,"elo":63,"country":64,"countryCode":65,"category":40},"kFnyr","Steve Repairman",2121,"United States","us",{"botId":67,"name":68,"elo":69,"country":70,"countryCode":71,"category":40},"nLbUY","Pawnelia March",2172,"Denmark","dk",{"botId":73,"name":74,"elo":75,"country":76,"countryCode":77,"category":40},"PbqIu","Bill Burrows",2175,"Canada","ca",[79,86],{"botId":80,"name":81,"elo":82,"country":83,"countryCode":84,"category":85},"TmeLa","Emma Castlewright",2144,"UK","gb",5,{"botId":87,"name":88,"elo":89,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"category":90},"DmaPp","Giselle Pion",2147,3,"bots/mende","Club players rated roughly 1700 to 2100 will get the most from a session with Iracema. Aggressive attackers learn the hard way that she will not crack under a thrown punch, while simplifiers discover that she refuses the trades that would ease their lives. Patient positional players who want to test whether their plans hold up across forty quiet moves of mounting tension will find her an ideal sparring partner.","nlRrxHvsgO10Kuv7iSgx2w2_g_cl336CcMQzWRXoIE4",1784583543353]