Leon Luke Mendonca becomes unbeaten champion again at 2nd Kumania GM
GM Leon Luke Mendonca won his second tournament in consecutive months as he scored an unbeaten 6.5/9 to win 2nd Kumánia GM tournament. Last month Leon won Vezerkepzo IM Round-Robin. The 14-year-old had also won the first edition of Kumania Championship back in November 2020. Leon started the tournament with a draw then he registered four consecutive victories and four consecutive draws to finish with the same score as GM Milan Pacher. Leon won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Photo: FA Zsolt Szabo
Second unbeaten triumph in consecutive months
Brand Ambassador of Geno and Microsense GM Leon Luke Mendonca won his second tournament in consecutive months by scoring an unbeaten 6.5/9. He also won the first edition of Kumania championship last November. Leon won a beautiful trophy and 200000 Hungarian Forint (about ₹50000) for his efforts.
Leon scored a fine victory in Round 2 in IM Peter Lizak after the latter made a positional mistake.
Leon - Lizak, Round 2
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Leon won his third round game against GM Gergely Kantor comfortably.
In the penultimate round, Leon fought well against GM Gergely Aczel and made a marathon draw in 95 moves. Leon defended well in the endgame.
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The tournament was held in Kisújszállás, Hungary from 18th to 24th March 2021, organized by Kisújszállási Sportegyesület.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 10 | IM | Mendonca Leon Luke | IND | 2532 | 6,5 | 26,00 | 4 | 0,0 | 10 | 7,8 | |
| 2 | 8 | GM | Pacher Milan | SVK | 2415 | 6,5 | 25,00 | 5 | 0,0 | 10 | 23,3 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2516 | 6,0 | 24,00 | 4 | 0,0 | 10 | 4,9 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Kantor Gergely | HUN | 2526 | 6,0 | 23,50 | 5 | 0,0 | 10 | 1,2 | |
| 5 | 9 | GM | Aczel Gergely | HUN | 2552 | 5,0 | 19,25 | 3 | 0,0 | 10 | -9,7 | |
| 6 | 5 | FM | Velikanov Alexander | USA | 2328 | 4,0 | 15,00 | 3 | 0,0 | 20 | 23,8 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Kovacevic Blazimir | CRO | 2417 | 3,5 | 15,00 | 1 | 0,0 | 10 | -6,8 | |
| 8 | 3 | FM | Csiki Endre | HUN | 2305 | 3,0 | 11,25 | 2 | 0,0 | 20 | 4,8 | |
| 9 | 7 | Souhardo Basak | IND | 2371 | 2,5 | 10,00 | 1 | 0,0 | 20 | -21,8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | IM | Lizak Peter | HUN | 2433 | 2,0 | 7,00 | 0 | 0,0 | 10 | -24,1 |
