The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3 - PAPERBACK Sicilian Defense Chess Opening Software background-attachment:scroll} Playing styles in chess

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Black fianchettoes his bishop and blocks it with e5-pawn

With more than 75 practical opening exercises to test your understanding

In the second half of the DVD you are tested on what you have learned about protected squares with a series of exercises of increasing difficulty

The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3 - PAPERBACK Sicilian Defense Chess Opening Software background-attachment:scroll} Playing styles in chessThe idea of the move 1. Nc3 is to confuse the second player, as White plays a supposedly unambitious move to mislead Black. This is why we found the name "Trojan Horse" very appropriate for the move 1. Nc3, just as the gift from Ulysses to the Trojans appeared to be a tricky and poisoned gift. The appropriate term for chess will, therefore, be the Trojan Knight to refer to the Trojan Horse. 1. Nc3 became popular among professional players, and many