<?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-2197784376681053043</id><updated>2012-01-12T15:03:30.018-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Caro-Kann Defense: Beyond the Basics</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chesscaro-kanndefence.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2197784376681053043/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chesscaro-kanndefence.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-2197784376681053043.post-8058852384449865567</id><published>2007-11-10T05:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T23:39:21.377-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chess: The Unsounded Center</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4&lt;br /&gt;Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Bc4 O-O 8 Ne2 c5 9 O-O &lt;br /&gt;9 ... Nc6 10 Be3 Qc7 11 Rc1 Rd8 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12 Qd2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3oBQRDoI/AAAAAAAAkbs/eI1nynYD-OY/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter12Qd2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3oBQRDoI/AAAAAAAAkbs/eI1nynYD-OY/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter12Qd2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209248617860738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arranging for the comfortable defense&lt;br /&gt;of his center (12 Qd2 followed by 13 Rfd1). &lt;br /&gt;Black now needs to find a way forward. &lt;br /&gt;The solution is not to keep hitting at &lt;br /&gt;White's formation but to force it to &lt;br /&gt;advance or dissolve and then exploit &lt;br /&gt;the resulting weak squares.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12 f3&lt;br /&gt;12 f4&lt;br /&gt;12 Bf4&lt;br /&gt;12 Kh1&lt;br /&gt;12 Qa4&lt;br /&gt;12 h3&lt;br /&gt;12 Qe1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12 ... a6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3phQRDpI/AAAAAAAAkb0/LTY88jDCXWw/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter12a6.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3phQRDpI/AAAAAAAAkb0/LTY88jDCXWw/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter12a6.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209274387664530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12 ... b6&lt;br /&gt;12 ... Bd7&lt;br /&gt;12 ... Ne5&lt;br /&gt;12 ... Qa5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13 f4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3pxQRDqI/AAAAAAAAkb8/qR5maUYr4jM/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter13f4.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3pxQRDqI/AAAAAAAAkb8/qR5maUYr4jM/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter13f4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209278682631842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13 a4&lt;br /&gt;13 Bh6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13 ... b5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3qBQRDrI/AAAAAAAAkcE/6RPLCG2vFDU/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter13b5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3qBQRDrI/AAAAAAAAkcE/6RPLCG2vFDU/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter13b5.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209282977599154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14 Bd3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3qRQRDsI/AAAAAAAAkcM/U1hVKi_BZag/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter14Bd3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3qRQRDsI/AAAAAAAAkcM/U1hVKi_BZag/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter14Bd3.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209287272566466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14 ... f5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW4IhQRDtI/AAAAAAAAkcU/GjYOZ7aD0R8/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter14f5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW4IhQRDtI/AAAAAAAAkcU/GjYOZ7aD0R8/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter14f5.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209806963609298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15 exf5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW4LBQRDuI/AAAAAAAAkcc/6IQMHtIqQqg/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter15exf5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW4LBQRDuI/AAAAAAAAkcc/6IQMHtIqQqg/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter15exf5.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209849913282274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15 ... c4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW4LRQRDvI/AAAAAAAAkck/YID3QtTHHao/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter15c4.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW4LRQRDvI/AAAAAAAAkck/YID3QtTHHao/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter15c4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131209854208249586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2197784376681053043-8058852384449865567?l=chesscaro-kanndefence.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chesscaro-kanndefence.blogspot.com/feeds/8058852384449865567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2197784376681053043&amp;postID=8058852384449865567&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2197784376681053043/posts/default/8058852384449865567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2197784376681053043/posts/default/8058852384449865567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chesscaro-kanndefence.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://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzW3oBQRDoI/AAAAAAAAkbs/eI1nynYD-OY/s72-c/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyDUnsoundedCenter12Qd2.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
