The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3 - PAPERBACK Chess Life Annual as correspondence games often herald

as correspondence games often herald the development of opening theory

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The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3 - PAPERBACK Chess Life Annual as correspondence games often heraldThe 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