Illegal promotion move costs Abhimanyu Mishra winning position against Mendonca in GCL
Indian chess prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra lost a seemingly certain win against Leon Luke Mendonca during a Global Chess League (GCL) encounter due to an illegal promotion sequence. With only seconds on his clock, Mishra accidentally dropped his rook while attempting the promotion, causing the move to be ruled incomplete and forcing him to redo it. The time lost in replaying the move left him with just one second remaining, and he flagged immediately after. The dramatic turn of events handed Ganges Grandmasters a match-winning result despite Mendonca reportedly apologising to Mishra for the unfortunate outcome.
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