Leon Luke Mendonca triumphs at Hamburg Chess Club GM Invitational 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/05/2022

GM Leon Luke Mendonca scored an unbeaten 7/9 to win Hamburg Chess Club GM Invitational 2022. He remained undefeated and finished a half point ahead of the field. This is Leon's second tournament of the year. Just like the previous event at Bangaladesh Premier League, Leon once again remained unbeaten. The 16-year-old gained 11.3 Elo rating points, taking his live rating to 2562.3. The reason behind Leon taking part in less events is because he was preparing for his tenth grade board exams for over nine months. Check out Leon's games from this event, including his final round win featuring a double exchange sacrifice.

Leon wins his first event of the year

Brand Ambassador of Geno and Microsense, GM Leon is undefeated so far in over-the-board tournaments in 2022. He increased his unbeaten streak to 20 games in this event.

Leon won his first tournament of the year 2022

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd GM Vasilios Kotronias (GRE), 1st GM Leon Luke Mendonca and 2nd IM Frederik Svane (GER) with the organizers

Leon - Souleidis, Round 9

Position after 24...Qc7

Leon made double exchange sacrifice in consecutive moves for three minor pieces. 25.Rxc5 bxc5 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Qxb7+ Qe7 28.Qb6. Eventually it worked out as White capitalized on his opponent's mistake, went on to win the game and the tournament.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca in action | Photo: HSK Official site

Leon scored 7/9, remained undefeated and gained 11.3 Elo rating points in the process

Replay Leon's games

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	IND	2551		7,0	5	28,50
2	4	IM	Svane Frederik	GER	2501	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	6,5	4	28,50
3	5	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	GRE	2465		6,0	5	20,75
4	10	GM	Prohaszka Peter	HUN	2579	ESV Nickelhütte Aue	5,0	3	19,00
5	3	IM	Colpe Malte	GER	2348	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	4,5	3	17,25
6	2	IM	Trent Lawrence	ENG	2398	SK Norderstedt von 1975	4,5	3	16,75
7	1	IM	Souleidis Georgios	GRE	2430	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	4,0	2	15,50
8	7	IM	Carlstedt Jonathan	GER	2444	SAbt SV Werder Bremen	3,0	1	11,75
9	6	IM	Köllner Ruben Gideon	GER	2440	SF Deizisau	3,0	1	11,00
10	8	FM	Woelk Tom-Frederic	GER	2315	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	1,5	0	7,00

Details

Links

Hamburg Chess Club Official site

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