Aug-19-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs D Gukesh, 2025 
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| LivBlockade: 15. Ne5! taking advantage of Black's back rank was a key move in building White's edge. [DIAGRAM] Chess is amazing!
Later, after 20. Be5:
[DIAGRAM] Black must move his rook, and he correctly chooses ...Ra8 rather than ...Rc8? which would fail to 21. Nxb7 Nxb7; Bxa6 winning. ... |
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Aug-11-25 Chennai Grand Masters (2025)
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| LivBlockade: So far (after 4 rounds) out of 20 games, there have been: 10 draws
9 wins for White
1 win for Black |
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Aug-10-25 A Liang vs J van Foreest, 2025
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| LivBlockade: Sharp play by White in a complex queen-less middlegame. The engine says that Black captured on c3 with the wrong Knight on move 21. Probably a good late-week puzzle in here somewhere. |
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Jul-23-25 J Houska vs Wei Yi, 2014
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| LivBlockade: Not my best pun, but I thought the game was worth seeing. I heard Houska refer to this game on a recent internet broadcast. She said it seemed like she was doing fine and then a few moves later, she was being checkmated! |
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Jul-18-25 Kamsky vs Y Dokhoian, 1987
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| LivBlockade: 57...Bxg2 is a nice 'puzzle' win, but isn't the simple 57...f3 a routine win also? Two passed pawns, many files apart, Bishop controls the h-pawn queening square - what's the problem? |
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Jul-15-25 G Garcia Gonzalez vs I Farago, 1969
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| LivBlockade: A nice miniature by Farago. One of the black knights will capture a white rook, while the white knights are not doing anything useful. |
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Jun-09-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs R Hovhannisyan, 2025
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| LivBlockade: <I could not resist playing g5 Nh5 for black around move 11 in such positions. Why not.> With the White Queen on d1, how does Black get ...Nh5 in? |
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Jun-04-25 O Girya vs O Gritsayeva, 2014
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| LivBlockade: Three times in this game, a rook is lost for a minor piece. The fourth rook gives itself up for a tempo to queen a pawn. |
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Jun-04-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs N Yakubboev, 2025
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| LivBlockade: A thrilling and instructive endgame!
Unfortunately, with the Norway tournament going on at the same time, this event hasn't received much attention yet. |
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Jan-28-25 I Farago vs K Bjerring, 1989
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| LivBlockade: Wow! An early <OhioChessFan> post from nearly 20 years ago! |
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