Leon Luke Mendonca
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leon Luke Mendonca (born 13 March 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the sixty-seventh Indian to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in January 2021.
Leon Luke Mendonca | |
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 Mendonca in 2023 | |
| Born | 13 March 2006 Goa, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2642 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2642 (December 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 91 (December 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 91 (December 2024) |
Mendonca became an International Master (IM) in 2019 at the age of 12 years, 11 months and 3 days.[1] He got stuck in Eastern Europe due to COVID lockdowns in March 2020. He attained his first Grandmaster norm at the Rigochess Grandmaster tournament in Hungary in October 2020. Within a span of 21 days, he won another Grandmaster tournament at Budapest earning him the second Grandmaster norm.[2] Mendonca achieved his third and final norm in December 2020 by finishing second at the Vergani Cup in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. He became the second grandmaster from the state of Goa after Anurag Mhamal achieving the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days.[3][4] He was officially awarded the title of grandmaster (GM) in January 2021.[5][non-primary source needed]
In January 2024, Mendonca won the Challengers' section of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, qualifying him for the Masters section in 2025.
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