<?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-6433448807477405082</id><updated>2012-01-12T15:03:25.024-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Study Chess Openings</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://howtostudychessopenings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6433448807477405082/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howtostudychessopenings.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-6433448807477405082.post-1031024252622981805</id><published>2007-11-09T17:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T17:56:31.797-08:00</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;br /&gt;6 c3 Nc6 7 Ndf3 Qb6 8 Ne2 f6 9 g3 cxd4 &lt;br /&gt;10 cxd4 Bb4+ 11 Nc3 O-O 12 a3 Be7&lt;br /&gt;13 Na4 Qc7 14 Be3 g5 15 exf6 Nxf6 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUNzRQRBqI/AAAAAAAAkM0/uoWJ7Of8DA8/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter2d5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUNzRQRBqI/AAAAAAAAkM0/uoWJ7Of8DA8/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter2d5.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022524914665122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;3 Nd2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUNzxQRBrI/AAAAAAAAkM8/_6Zddgwhkgc/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter3Nd2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUNzxQRBrI/AAAAAAAAkM8/_6Zddgwhkgc/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter3Nd2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022533504599730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 c3&lt;br /&gt;3 e5&lt;br /&gt;3 exd5&lt;br /&gt;3 f3&lt;br /&gt;3 Bd3&lt;br /&gt;3 Be3&lt;br /&gt;3 Nc3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 ... Nf6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUN0BQRBsI/AAAAAAAAkNE/esaxHlDvQu4/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter3Nf6.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUN0BQRBsI/AAAAAAAAkNE/esaxHlDvQu4/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter3Nf6.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022537799567042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 ... a6&lt;br /&gt;3 ... b6&lt;br /&gt;3 ... c5&lt;br /&gt;3 ... dxe4&lt;br /&gt;3 ... f5&lt;br /&gt;3 ... g6&lt;br /&gt;3 ... h6&lt;br /&gt;3 ... Bd7&lt;br /&gt;3 ... Be7&lt;br /&gt;3 ... Nc6&lt;br /&gt;3 ... Nd7&lt;br /&gt;3 ... Ne7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 e5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUN0hQRBtI/AAAAAAAAkNM/ie-Q1diODZ4/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter4e5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUN0hQRBtI/AAAAAAAAkNM/ie-Q1diODZ4/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter4e5.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022546389501650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 exd5&lt;br /&gt;4 Bd3&lt;br /&gt;4 Ngf3&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 ... Nfd7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUN1BQRBuI/AAAAAAAAkNU/l_bibSotqy8/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter4Nfd7.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUN1BQRBuI/AAAAAAAAkNU/l_bibSotqy8/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter4Nfd7.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022554979436258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 ... Ne4&lt;br /&gt;4 ... Ng8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 f4 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUOKRQRBvI/AAAAAAAAkNc/CX7F541T_XQ/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter5f4.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUOKRQRBvI/AAAAAAAAkNc/CX7F541T_XQ/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter5f4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022920051656434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* Additional support for e5.&lt;br /&gt;White wants to ensure Black doesn't &lt;br /&gt;easily destroy his center&lt;br /&gt;* Kingside space creation with an&lt;br /&gt;eventual f4-f5 attack in mind.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5 c3&lt;br /&gt;5 c4&lt;br /&gt;5 Bd3&lt;br /&gt;5 Ndf3&lt;br /&gt;5 Ngf3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 ... c5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUOKxQRBwI/AAAAAAAAkNk/8xKMW3DBw-w/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter5c5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzUOKxQRBwI/AAAAAAAAkNk/8xKMW3DBw-w/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter5c5.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131022928641591042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting a quick offensive against&lt;br /&gt;White's center.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5 ... b6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6433448807477405082-1031024252622981805?l=howtostudychessopenings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://howtostudychessopenings.blogspot.com/feeds/1031024252622981805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6433448807477405082&amp;postID=1031024252622981805&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6433448807477405082/posts/default/1031024252622981805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6433448807477405082/posts/default/1031024252622981805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howtostudychessopenings.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/RzUNzRQRBqI/AAAAAAAAkM0/uoWJ7Of8DA8/s72-c/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyBUnsoundedCenter2d5.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
