<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404452022516512628</id><updated>2012-01-12T15:03:25.927-08:00</updated><title type='text'>English Opening: Beyond the Basics</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chessenglishopening1977.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1404452022516512628/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chessenglishopening1977.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ChessCoach1977</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404452022516512628.post-6214462215129605404</id><published>2007-11-09T18:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T17:42:40.311-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chess: The Unsounded Center</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4 c5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 c3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR4RQRB1I/AAAAAAAAkOE/ygBle73XTPs/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter6c3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR4RQRB1I/AAAAAAAAkOE/ygBle73XTPs/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter6c3.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027008860522322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 dxc5&lt;br /&gt;6 Ndf3&lt;br /&gt;6 Ngf3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 ... Nc6 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR4hQRB2I/AAAAAAAAkOM/JDF1ebCum5Q/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter6Nc6.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR4hQRB2I/AAAAAAAAkOM/JDF1ebCum5Q/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter6Nc6.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027013155489634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 ... b6&lt;br /&gt;6 ... cxd4&lt;br /&gt;6 ... Qb6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From now on Black will focus on weakening&lt;br /&gt;d4 and e5. The knight is already set for that &lt;br /&gt;purpose. &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 Ndf3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR5BQRB3I/AAAAAAAAkOU/a1CroQbnyTA/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter7Ndf3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR5BQRB3I/AAAAAAAAkOU/a1CroQbnyTA/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter7Ndf3.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027021745424242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Allows d4 to have 3 defenders. &lt;br /&gt;7 Ngf3 covers d4 only 2 times.&lt;br /&gt;It's important for White to&lt;br /&gt;really strengthen d4 because &lt;br /&gt;that particular point is the base&lt;br /&gt;of his center formation.&lt;br /&gt;If it falls, so will the entire set-up.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7 Nb3&lt;br /&gt;7 Ngf3 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 ... Qb6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR5RQRB4I/AAAAAAAAkOc/a2MlAkCOP60/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter7Qb6.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR5RQRB4I/AAAAAAAAkOc/a2MlAkCOP60/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter7Qb6.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027026040391554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;d4, d4, d4 ... and maybe b2!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7 ... c4&lt;br /&gt;7 ... cxd4&lt;br /&gt;7 ... f5&lt;br /&gt;7 ... f6&lt;br /&gt;7 ... Be7&lt;br /&gt;7 ... Nb6&lt;br /&gt;7 ... Qa5&lt;br /&gt;7 ... Rb8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 Ne2 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR5RQRB5I/AAAAAAAAkOk/4KjfiwS_bW4/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter8Ne2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR5RQRB5I/AAAAAAAAkOk/4KjfiwS_bW4/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter8Ne2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027026040391570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 a3&lt;br /&gt;8 g3&lt;br /&gt;8 h4&lt;br /&gt;8 Be2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 ... f6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUSSRQRB6I/AAAAAAAAkOs/BDxXyXUqAT8/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter8f6.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUSSRQRB6I/AAAAAAAAkOs/BDxXyXUqAT8/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter8f6.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027455537121186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 ... a5&lt;br /&gt;8 ... cxd4&lt;br /&gt;8 ... Be7 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 g3 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUSShQRB7I/AAAAAAAAkO0/Vvyea63fD4A/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter9g3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUSShQRB7I/AAAAAAAAkO0/Vvyea63fD4A/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter9g3.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027459832088498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9 a3&lt;br /&gt;9 h4&lt;br /&gt;9 Qb3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 ... cxd4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUSShQRB8I/AAAAAAAAkO8/lOHkkTOw_1s/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter9cxd4.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUSShQRB8I/AAAAAAAAkO8/lOHkkTOw_1s/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter9cxd4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131027459832088514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1404452022516512628-6214462215129605404?l=chessenglishopening1977.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chessenglishopening1977.blogspot.com/feeds/6214462215129605404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1404452022516512628&amp;postID=6214462215129605404&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1404452022516512628/posts/default/6214462215129605404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1404452022516512628/posts/default/6214462215129605404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chessenglishopening1977.blogspot.com/2007/11/chess-unsounded-center.html' title='Chess: The Unsounded Center'/><author><name>ChessCoach1977</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUR4RQRB1I/AAAAAAAAkOE/ygBle73XTPs/s72-c/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter6c3.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
