Chess: The Unsounded Center

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4 c5
6 c3 Nc6 7 Ndf3 Qb6 8 Ne2 f6 9 g3 cxd4


10 cxd4



10 Nexd4

10 ... Bb4+



10 ... fxe5

11 Nc3



11 Bd2

11 ... O-O



White's mighty center has come at a price.
His king is still in the middle of the board
and potentially exposed to Black's well
developed pieces. These advanced men may
come for him, by first breaking apart his
big bold center.


12 a3



12 ... Be7



13 Na4



13 ... Qc7



14 Be3



14 ... g5



15 exf6



15 ... Nxf6

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