C44
Ponziani Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 About This Opening
The Ponziani (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3) prepares to build a big pawn center with d4. Long dismissed as harmless, it hides trap-laden lines that score remarkably well in faster time controls and at club level.
Variations
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Ponziani; Staunton; English Knights
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Ponziani Counter-Gambit
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 f5 Jaenisch Counterattack, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 Spanish Variation, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Bb5 Neumann Gambit, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 Bc4 Caro Variation, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Qa4 Bd7 Steinitz Variation, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Qa4 f6 Leonhardt Variation, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Qa4 Nf6 Schmidt Attack, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 f5 d4 d6 d5 Breyer Opening, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d3 Be7 b4 Ponziani: Central Claim
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d6 d4 exd4 cxd4 Vukovic Gambit, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 d5 Bc5 Nikitin Gambit, Ponziani
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Bb5 dxe4 Nxe5 Qd5 Qa4 Ponziani: Pawn Phalanx
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 exd4 e5 Ng4 cxd4 Ponziani: Queen's Foray
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Qa4 dxe4 Nxe5 Qd5 Nxc6 Ponziani: Center Charge
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 exd4 e5 Nd5 cxd4 Ponziani: Flank Riposte
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d6 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bg4 Qa4 Bxf3 gxf3 Ponziani: Pinpoint Defense
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 exd4 e5 Qe7 cxd4 d6 Bb5 Ponziani: Pawn Pounce
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Qa4 dxe4 Nxe5 Bd7 Nxd7 Qxd7 Qxe4+ Be7 d4 Ponziani: Crumbling Defense
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d6 d4 Bg4 Qb3 Bxf3 gxf3 exd4 Qxb7 Nge7 Bb5 Ponziani: Pawn Clamp
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb4+ Nc3 Nf6 d5 Ne7 Bd3 Ponziani: Central Fortress
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb4+ Nc3 d6 d5 Bxc3+ bxc3 Ponziani: Pawn Advantage
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d5 Qa4 Bd7 exd5 Nd4 Qd1 Nxf3+ Qxf3 Nf6 Bc4 Ponziani: Bishop Snatch
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb4+ Nc3 d6 d5 Ne5 Qa4+ Bd7 Qxb4 Ponziani: Knight's Escape
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 d5 Ne7 Nxe5 d6 Bb5+ c6 dxc6 bxc6 Nxc6 Qb6 Nd4+ Ponziani: Bishop Heist
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb4+ Nc3 Nf6 d5 Ne7 Bd3 d6 Qa4+ Bd7 Qxb4 Ponziani: Vicious Fork
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 d5 Ne7 Nxe5 d6 Bb5+ c6 dxc6 bxc6 Nxc6 Nxc6 Bxc6+ Bd7 Bxe4 Ponziani: Knight Lockdown
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 d6 d4 Bg4 Qb3 Bxf3 gxf3 exd4 Qxb7 Ne5 f4 Nf3+ Ke2 Nh4 Qc6+ Ke7 f5 Ponziani: Knight Humiliation
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb6 Nc3 Nf6 e5 Ng4 h3 Nh6 d5 Nb4 Bg5 f6 exf6 gxf6 Bxh6 Ponziani: Knight Purge
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb6 Nc3 Nf6 e5 Ng4 h3 Nh6 d5 Ne7 d6 Nc6 Bg5 f6 exf6 gxf6 Bxh6 Ponziani: Paralysis Play
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3 Bc5 d4 exd4 cxd4 Bb6 Nc3 Nf6 e5 Ng4 h3 Nh6 d5 Ne7 d6 cxd6 exd6 Nef5 Bg5 f6 Bxh6 Nxh6 Bc4