India’s Leon Luke Mendonca clinched the 2024 Tata Steel Challengers title with a final round win over compatriot Divya Deshmukh at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

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India’s Leon Luke Mendonca clinched the 2024 Tata Steel Challengers title with a final round win over compatriot Divya Deshmukh at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The 17-year-old Mendonca finished the tournament with 9.5 points in 13 rounds and was half a point clear of the second placed Grandmaster Daniel Dardha of Belgium and GM Marc Andria Maurizzi. Meanwhile, the candidate Dommaraju Gukesh finished as a runner-up to China’s Wei Yi after a loss in the tie-break playoffs of the Masters section. Gukesh, who was in a five-way tie for the lead alongside Vidit Gujrathi, Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattarov, and Yi heading into the 13th round, defeated Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo in the final round.


      The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024.

     

     

 

     


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