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Average rating: 2520 Each team not only has a captain, but three coaches who will help the players over the course of the 5-month tour.  Surya Ganguly  6-time Indian Champion Surya Ganguly has worked on Team Anand for World Chess Championship matches and should have some invaluable advice for his players. You can see him at the end of this short clip from the first pre-tour meeting with the players and coaches. He’ll get to give advice to two young Indian prodigies, Gukesh, who at the age of 12 years, 7 months and 17 days became the second youngest chess grandmaster in history (just day...

Chess: Goa’s 14-year-old boy becomes India’s 67th GM January 3, 2021 Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India’s 67th chess Grand Master (GM) by winning the third and final norm at a tournament in Italy. Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second GM from the Coastal State.  The player achieved his first GM norm at the Rigo Chess GM Round Robin in October, while the second came at the 1st Saturday event in Budapest in November and the final one at the Vergani Cup in Italy. At the Vergani Cup in Bassano del Grappa, he finished second with 6....

Snow, Rambo and everything in between: Leon Mendonca is India's 67th GM Leon Mendonca is the 67th Grandmaster from India.  Lyndon Mendonca Leon Mendonca's first wish as Grandmaster was to stomp on snow. The 14 year-old who became India's 67th Grandmaster in the northern Italian town of Bassano del Grappa late on Wednesday, spent the closing hours of his day rolling snowballs in the freezing outdoors and watching John Rambo spill blood on Netflix. "Before the final game, there was a lot of anxiety and pressure, but I tried to play as coolly as possible. I was, of course, very excited that I c...

Chess: Goa's 14-year-old Leon Mendonca becomes India's 67th Grandmaster Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second GM from the coastal state. Updated Dec 31, 2020 · 03:24 pm File photo of Leon Mendoca | John Saunders/GibChess Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India’s 67th chess Grandmaster by winning the third and final norm at a tournament in Italy. Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second GM from the coastal state. Congrats Leon for becoming the 67 th Grandmaster. An insp...

Leon Mendonca becomes India's 67th chess Grandmaster ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Fri, Jan 1 2021 0:06 IST | ​ 0 Views Leon Mendonca. (Photo Credit : AICF). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 1 : Leon Mendonca on Thursday became India's 67th Grandmaster (GM), achieving his third GM in three months. Mendonca, 14, was stranded in Europe with his father in March due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, played 16 tournaments in three months, this improving his Elo rating by 140 points. The All India Chess Federation (AICF) acknowledged the development. Leon is the second Indian ...