<?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-6732408957841982851</id><updated>2012-01-12T15:03:35.362-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nimzo-Indian Defense: Beyond the Basics</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chessnimzo-indiandefence.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6732408957841982851/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chessnimzo-indiandefence.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-6732408957841982851.post-1669544088200298162</id><published>2007-11-10T10:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T12:00:12.290-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chess: Pirc Defense (Austrian Attack)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX4_hQRGgI/AAAAAAAAkyE/FES7IHZao-s/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian5c5.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131281120600594946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX4_hQRGgI/AAAAAAAAkyE/FES7IHZao-s/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian5c5.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Position after 5 ... c5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX4_hQRGgI/AAAAAAAAkyE/FES7IHZao-s/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian5c5.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131281120600594946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX4_hQRGgI/AAAAAAAAkyE/FES7IHZao-s/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian5c5.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What's behind 6 dxc5?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 ... Qa5 7 Bd3 Qxc5 8 Qe2:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131282091263203858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Position After 8 Qe2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;White's focus is an attack on the kingside.&lt;br /&gt;Black, on the other hand, seeks to exploit&lt;br /&gt;the g7 bishop, which was empowered along&lt;br /&gt;h8-a1 by 6 dxc5.&lt;/strong&gt; To give it even more control&lt;br /&gt;of the dark squares, he wants to eliminate&lt;br /&gt;the f3 knight's d4-e5 influence via 8 ... Bg4&lt;br /&gt;and a timely ... Bxf3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131282091263203858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 Qe2 Bg4 9 Be3 Qa5 10 O-O O-O 11 h3 Bxf3&lt;br /&gt;12 Qxf3 Nc6 13 a3 Nd7 14 Bd2 Qd8 15 Kh1 e6 &lt;br /&gt;16 Bc4 (with f4-f5 in mind) 16 ... Nd4 &lt;br /&gt;17 Qd1 d5 18 exd5 18 ... Nb6 19 Ba2 exd5,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;and White's position looks suspect due to &lt;br /&gt;the inactive a2 bishop and his inability &lt;br /&gt;to easily destroy Black's isolated d5 pawn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131282091263203858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 Qe2 Bg4 9 Be3 Qa5 10 O-O O-O &lt;br /&gt;11 h3 Bxf3 12 Qxf3 Nc6 13 a3 Nd7 14 Bd2 &lt;br /&gt;14 ... Qd8 15 Kh1 e6 16 Qg3 a6 17 f5 Be5 &lt;br /&gt;18 Bf4 Nf6 19 Bxe5 Nxe5 20 Qh4 Kg7 &lt;br /&gt;21 Ne2 h6.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s1600-h/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX54BQRGhI/AAAAAAAAkyM/regCw6cvZIs/s320/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian8Qe2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131282091263203858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[8 Qe2 O-O 9 Be3 Qa5 10 O-O Bg4&lt;br /&gt;11 h3 Bxf3 12 Qxf3 Nc6 13 a3 Nd7&lt;br /&gt;14 Bd2 Qb6+ 15 Kh1 Nc5 16 Rab1 Nxd3&lt;br /&gt;17 cxd3 f5 18 g4 e6 19 gxf5 exf5&lt;br /&gt;20 Nd5 Qb3 21 Bc3 Rae8 22 Qg2 Ne7&lt;br /&gt;23 Bxg7 Kxg7 24 Nc7 Rc8 25 Rbc1 Nc6&lt;br /&gt;26 Rc3]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6732408957841982851-1669544088200298162?l=chessnimzo-indiandefence.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chessnimzo-indiandefence.blogspot.com/feeds/1669544088200298162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6732408957841982851&amp;postID=1669544088200298162&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6732408957841982851/posts/default/1669544088200298162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6732408957841982851/posts/default/1669544088200298162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chessnimzo-indiandefence.blogspot.com/2007/11/chess-pirc-defense-austrian-attack.html' title='Chess: Pirc Defense (Austrian Attack)'/><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://bp2.blogger.com/_CI0KzYC0xAs/RzX4_hQRGgI/AAAAAAAAkyE/FES7IHZao-s/s72-c/ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUPircAustrian5c5.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
