<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog.atom" /><title>EnGot12's Blog</title><updated>2025-10-07T17:27:49.847Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog/unknown-chess-openings-that-suck/DENlKBkN</id><published>2025-10-07T17:27:49.847Z</published><updated>2025-10-07T17:27:49.847Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog/unknown-chess-openings-that-suck/DENlKBkN" /><title>Unknown chess openings that suck</title><category term="Opening" label="Opening" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Opening"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:DENlKBkN:fP1pP664.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=84596b24c00791c642a46e0187fc826f23bb815d&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some unknown chess openings aren’t underrated—they're just bad.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:DENlKBkN:fP1pP664.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=84596b24c00791c642a46e0187fc826f23bb815d"></media:thumbnail><author><name>EnGot12</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog/known-chess-openings-that-suck/OaauoMmH</id><published>2025-10-07T13:28:58.815Z</published><updated>2025-10-07T13:28:58.815Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog/known-chess-openings-that-suck/OaauoMmH" /><title>Known chess openings that suck</title><category term="Opening" label="Opening" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Opening"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:OaauoMmH:GSIFqaNw.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=2c81294b88caa2db2e2d416540ac5c447bfaab6b&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, we’re looking at some of the worst chess openings you can play — weak, risky, and often punished fast. Let’s break down why this openings are a bad idea.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:OaauoMmH:GSIFqaNw.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=2c81294b88caa2db2e2d416540ac5c447bfaab6b"></media:thumbnail><author><name>EnGot12</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog/the-longest-chess-opening/izlXnwCg</id><published>2025-10-02T17:28:33.026Z</published><updated>2025-10-02T17:28:33.026Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/EnGot12/blog/the-longest-chess-opening/izlXnwCg" /><title>The longest chess opening</title><category term="Opening" label="Opening" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Opening"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:izlXnwCg:M4o3mTHY.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=b1c5b36643f0819d2125da5a0ff4dc7b0e478322&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many moves does it take to leave the opening? 10? 15? What if I told you some lines go beyond 30 moves... and you're still just 'in book'? In this blog, we dive into the deepest rabbit holes of chess opening theory — the lines so long they feel more like scripts than games.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:izlXnwCg:M4o3mTHY.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=b1c5b36643f0819d2125da5a0ff4dc7b0e478322"></media:thumbnail><author><name>EnGot12</name></author></entry></feed>