Sicilian Defence

from our dear friend Wikipedia:
(The Sicilian Defense is popular because of) "its combative nature; in many lines Black is playing not just for equality, but for the advantage." ~ John Nunn.

When taking this idea and putting it into image form, I came up with this. It's definitely not my favorite, but that just made me more convinced that I had it right - the actual Sicilian isn't something I like very much, either.

The thing that interested me most here was trying to capture the balance between using a single defensive 'piece' and that piece being a single (and since it's a pawn, lowest valued,) part of an army. The 'combative counterattack' fell quickly into place after that.