Levon Aronian vs Mendonca,Leon Luke
1-0 · White won
Chess.com Open PlayIn4, round 1
2026 French Defense: Knight Variation (C00)
The Engine Age
♞
Mendonca,Leon Luke
♘
Levon Aronian
Moves
Legends
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.63.64.65.66.67.68.69.70.71.72.73.74.75. 1-0
Raw PGN
[Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn4"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian,L"] [Black "Mendonca,Leon Luke"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.g3 Ne7 5.Bg2 Nec6 6.c3 b5 7.d4 b4 8.O-O Ba6 9.Re1 Be7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a3 Qb6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Rxe3 bxa3 14.b4 O-O 15.Nxa3 Rc8 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.b5 Bxb5 19.Rb1 a6 20.c4 Nd4 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nxb5 Nxb5 23.Bxd5 Ra5 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qg6 Rf8 26.Be4 Rf7 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Bg6 Qc6 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxb8 Rf8 31.Be4 Rxb8 32.Bxc6 Rb6 33.Bg2 Rba6 34.Reb3 Nc7 35.Rb7 Rc5 36.h4 Ra2 37.f4 Rd2 38.R1b2 Rd3 39.R7b3 Rd4 40.h5 Kf7 41.Kh2 Kg8 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.R8b6 Ke7 44.Rc6 Rxc6 45.Bxc6 Rc4 46.Bf3 Rc3 47.Kg2 Ne8 48.Rb7+ Nc7 49.Be4 Rc4 50.Bg6 Rc3 51.Kh3 Kd7 52.Kg4 Kc8 53.Rb6 Kd7 54.Rd6+ Ke7 55.Be4 Nb5 56.Rd3 Rc4 57.Bf3 Nc7 58.Ra3 Rc5 59.Ra7 Kd8 60.Be4 Rc4 61.Bg6 Rc3 62.Ra5 Kd7 63.Ra4 Nd5 64.Rd4 Ke7 65.Be4 Ne3+ 66.Kh3 Nc4 67.Bg2 Ne3 68.Re4 Nf5 69.Kh2 Rxg3 70.Rc4 Rg4 71.Rc7+ Kd8 72.Rb7 Rh4+ 73.Kg1 Rg4 74.Rb8+ Kc7 75.Rb7+ 1-0