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.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2021. In 2024, Leon won the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. The name Mendonca is a patronymic, Luke is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Leon.

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Mar 26, 2023 · Grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca after winning the first prize in HIT Open, Slovenia. Leon also played some amazing chess to score 7.5/9 and win the Bad Woerishofen Open in Germany. I had a detailed interview with Leon which lasted almost an hour.

Leon Luke Mendonca was the surprise winner of the Tata Steel Challenger tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He started with 3 out of 6 points, and was lost in the lower part of the table, until he recovered with 6.5 points out of his last 7 games, to reach first place!

13 hours ago · Young Leon Luke Mendonca earned his first win of the Tata Steel Masters tournament after a 40-move take down of the Russia-born Slovenian grandmaster Vladimir Fedoseev in Round 11 of the prestigious tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Mendonca’s win over Fedoseev helped him rise to 11th place in the masters standings. He has so far had a rough ...

An emerging talent from India, Leon Luke Mendonca earned his Grandmaster title at a young age. His dynamic play and rapid progress in the chess world have marked him as one to watch in future tournaments. Winning the 2024 Tata Steel Challengers, Mandonca makes …

Jun 4, 2014 · Discover the online chess profile of GM Leon Luke Mendonca (LionTheLeon_06) at Chess.com. See their chess rating, follow their best games, and challenge them to play a game.

Leon Luke Mendonca is an Indian grandmaster from Goa, India. He became an International Master at the age of 12 years, 11 months, and earned his GM title when he was 14. After his win in Saint Louis I congratulated Leon (on Skype) and added: "Remind me, why did you skip the Candidates in Toronto?"

Leon Luke Mendonca has won the 2023 Hit Open with a round to spare after scoring eight wins in as many games. In the penultimate round, the teenager defeated GM Nigel Davies in just 19 movies. The veteran grandmaster from England neglected …