Chess Opening Theory/1. Nc3/1...Nf6

2...Nf6

Black isn't trying to capture White's knight, but plays more reliably. The Singha Opening gives the following result: e4 c6 (e5 Nd5 & Black wants to exchange the knight and get a central pawn or weaken Black's pawn structure, while the e5 pawn becomes an insulator): Nf3 g6 Bc4 d5!