{"id":133090,"date":"2026-09-08T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/leon-was-apologising-how-an-illegal-move-cost-abhimanyu-a-sure-shot-win-in-gcl\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:36:10","slug":"leon-was-apologising-how-an-illegal-move-cost-abhimanyu-a-sure-shot-win-in-gcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/leon-was-apologising-how-an-illegal-move-cost-abhimanyu-a-sure-shot-win-in-gcl\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Leon was apologising&#8217;: How an illegal move cost Abhimanyu a sure-shot win in GCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abhimanyu Mishra\u2019s winning position against Leon Luke Mendonca turned into heartbreak after a promotion sequence was ruled incomplete and illegal in a dramatic GCL encounter. With seconds left, Mishra\u2019s dropped rook cost him crucial time, forcing him to replay the promotion with just one second remaining. He flagged instantly, handing Ganges Grandmasters a match-winning victory despite Mendonca\u2019s apology.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abhimanyu Mishra\u2019s winning position against Leon Luke Mendonca turned into heartbreak after a promotion sequence was ruled incomplete and illegal in a dramatic GCL encounter. With seconds left, Mishra\u2019s dropped rook cost him crucial time, forcing him to replay the promotion with just one second remaining. He flagged instantly, handing Ganges Grandmasters a match-winning victory&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/leon-was-apologising-how-an-illegal-move-cost-abhimanyu-a-sure-shot-win-in-gcl\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Leon was apologising&#8217;: How an illegal move cost Abhimanyu a sure-shot win in GCL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":133091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}