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2nd Dole Trophy Pasino Grand Aix R3: Leon Luke Mendonca and Aditya Samant score a hat-trick

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/07/2025

Five players - GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR), GM Baadur Jobava (GEO), IM Patryk Cieslak (POL), GM Aditya S Samant and GM Leon Luke Mendonca are at perfect 3/3. Eljanov scored a comfortable win over GM Ivan Schitco (MDA). Jobava made a short work of IM Edvin Trost. Patryk outplayed GM G N Gopal. Aditya defeated WIM Sila Caglar (TUR). Leon had a bumpy win against IM Tobias Koelle (GER). Leon let his advantage slip by only for his opponent to return the upper hand. Eventually, it was Tobias who made the final mistake and lost the game. It will be Eljanov vs Leon and Jobava vs Aditya in the fourth round. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 6 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Ajay and Kushal stun Alice and Vantika

Two of the biggest upsets of the third round are FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy and FM Kushal R Jani scoring a win over IM Alice Lee (USA) and IM Vantika Agrawal respectively. From a difficult rook endgame, 9-year-old WFM Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG) managed to salvage a draw against GM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB).

2nd Dole Trophy 2025 is taking place from 19th to 27th July at Pasino Grand in Aix-en-Provence, France

GM Ivan Schitco's (MDA) queenside rook and bishop did not even participate in the game

Lagarde - Bazakutsa

Position after 19.Ne6??

GM Maxime Lagarde (FRA, 2618) blundered 19.Ne6?? Even though it looks like White is gaining material, the practical effect is the opposite. IM Svyatoslav Bazakutsa (UKR, 2474) initially played the correct move 19...Qf6 however after 20.Nxd8 he blundered Re8+?? and allowed his opponent to get back in the game 21.Be2 Qxc3+ 22.Qxc3 Rxe2+ 23.Kf1 Rf2+ 24.Ke1 Re2+ 25.Kf1 Rf2+ 26.Ke1 and the game ended in a draw via repetition. 20...Bxf5 would have been winning for Black.

IM Svyatoslav Bazakutsa (UKR) missed a great opportunity in a sharp position against GM Maxime Lagarde (FRA)

GM Baadur Jobava (GEO) continues his great form as he made a short work of IM Edvin Trost (SWE)

A bumpy win for GM Leon Luke Mendonca against IM Tobias Koelle (GER)

IM Hasan Huseyin Celik (TUR) had a nice finish against GM Brandon Jacobson (USA)

IM Simon Lamaze (FRA) - GM Mukhiddin Madaminov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

IM Patryk Cieslak (POL, 2458) outplayed GM G N Gopal (2549).

IM Nitish Belurkar and GM David Gavrilescu (ROU) played the fastest draw of the round in 20 moves
Final moments: IM Miaoyi Lu (CHN) vs GM Yan Liu (CHN) | Video: ChessBase India

IM Miaoyi Lu (CHN) - GM Yan Liu (CHN): 0.5-0.5

IM Senthil Maran K salvaged a draw after having a difficult position for the majority of the game against GM Jan Malek (POL)

GM Aditya Samant scored a hat-trick by winning against WIM Sila Caglar (TUR)
Final moments: WFM Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG) - GM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Video: ChessBase India

WFM Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG) - GM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB): 0.5-0.5
Final moments: GM Raja Rithvik R - WGM FA Hanna Marie Klek (GER) | Video: ChessBase India

FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy - IM Alice Lee (USA): 1-0

IM Vantika Agrawal - Kushal R Jani: 0-1

For third consecutive round, a game went for over six hours and ended in a draw. It was between FM Jinan Jomon and IM Ihor Samunenkov (UKR)

Round 3 in progress at Pasino Grand in Aix-en-Provence, France

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Masters Round 3 results

Bo.No.WhiteRtgPts.ResultPts.BlackRtgNo.
179Schitco, Ivan248120 - 12Eljanov, Pavel26756
211Lagarde, Maxime26182½ - ½2Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav247486
395Trost, Edvin247020 - 12Jobava, Baadur260518
419Mendonca, Leon Luke260321 - 02Koelle, Tobias246699
523Jacobson, Brandon25692½ - ½2Celik, Hasan Huseyin2465102
639Madaminov, Mukhiddin25532½ - ½2Lamaze, Simon2458106
7107Cieslak, Patryk245821 - 02Gopal, G.n.254942
8115Nitish, Belurkar24532½ - ½2Gavrilescu, David254346
9119Lu, Miaoyi24522½ - ½2Liu, Yan253650
1051Tiglon, Bryce25352½ - ½2Gagare, Shardul2453114
11123Seemann, Jakub24512½ - ½2Costa, Leonardo252854
1255Can, Isik25252½ - ½2Garifullina, Leya2450126
1359Peng, Xiongjian25202½ - ½2Nie, Xinyang2381184
14131Camlar, Arda24432½ - ½2Xiao, Tong Qd252062
1567Mardov, Dimitar25062½ - ½2Smirnov, Mark2352221

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
16Eljanov, Pavel2675325,003205
218Jobava, Baadur2605325,003189
3107Cieslak, Patryk2458324,003134
471Samant, Aditya S2499324,003068
519Mendonca, Leon Luke2603323,503188
667Mardov, Dimitar25062,52,55,252586
770Malek, Jan24992,52,55,252576
8184Nie, Xinyang23812,52,54,752684
954Costa, Leonardo25282,52,54,752630
1086Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav24742,52,54,252663
1123Jacobson, Brandon25692,52,54,252659
12221Smirnov, Mark23522,52,54,252658
1351Tiglon, Bryce25352,52,54,252636
1475Nigmatov, Ortik24882,52,54,252494
15159Tanriverdi, Enes24132,52,53,752741

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.No.WhiteRtgPts.ResultPts.BlackRtgNo.
16Eljanov, Pavel267533Mendonca, Leon Luke260319
218Jobava, Baadur260533Samant, Aditya S249971
32Van Foreest, Jorden26982½3Cieslak, Patryk2458107
478Abdisalimov, Abdimalik24822½2½Liang, Awonder26933
586Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav24742½2½Grandelius, Nils26427
687Kilic, Eray24742½2½Lagarde, Maxime261811
7102Celik, Hasan Huseyin24652½2½Suleymanli, Aydin260715
8106Lamaze, Simon24582½2½Jacobson, Brandon256923
926Vetokhin, Savva25692½2½Raczek, Krzysztof2465103
10110Saydaliev, Saidakbar24572½2½Gorshtein, Ido256827
11114Gagare, Shardul24532½2½Iniyan, Pa255831
12118Yip, Carissa24532½2½Madaminov, Mukhiddin255339
1346Gavrilescu, David25432½2½Lu, Miaoyi2452119
14126Garifullina, Leya24502½2½Boyer, Mahel254247
1550Liu, Yan25362½2½Nitish, Belurkar2453115

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