The Scotch Game
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This opening is called the Scotch Game: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4. It is named after a match played by letter in the 1800s between London and Edinburgh, a city in Scotland. White doesn't wait: d4 attacks e5 and opens the centre.
Watch the Scotch Game. Black attacks the knight on d4 and White guards it.
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Play White: e4, Nf3, d4, Nxd4 and Be3 in turn. Black makes its own moves.
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Now play Black. This time Black attacks e4 with Nf6: e5, Nc6, exd4 and Nf6 in turn. When White takes your knight on c6, take back with bxc6.
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White played 3.d4. What does this move do?
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Three black pieces attack your knight on d4, and two white pieces guard it. Guard your knight once more, with a pawn.
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