Leon remains undefeated

3rd - GM Leon Luke Mendonca 7/9 | Photo: Official site

Leon - Karen, Round 5

Position after 21...Qg7

21...Qg7 turned out to be a positional mistake for Black as 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.f4 Re7 24.g4 Nd4 25.g5. Black lost control of the f6-square and the position too. Soon things started falling apart for Black and White won the game eventually.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca vs GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM): 1-0

Leon's unbeaten run at 10th Pontevedra Open Masters

Leon received a trophy and €800 | Photo: Official site

A total of 69 players including 8 GMs and 8 IMs took part from 16 countries across the world from 24th to 30th July 2022. The event was organized by Escola Xadrez de Pontevedra at Pontevedra, Spain from 24th and 30th July 2022. The time control for the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.

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