Annotated by captaint (1200): Sicilian defense so far! Here's a strange reply, Nf3 would have been better. The idea is to reposition the knight on g3 so that it can defend the e4 pawn allowing c3 - d4 advance, but his just loses a tempo! Now black took complete control of the d4 and e5 squares, this is due to the loss of a tempo by the white with his knight moving twice in the opening, a general guidline that's usually… |