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Ponziani Opening

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3. ECO C44, 16 named variations.

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Ponziani Opening

Analyze with Stockfish
Tactics from the Ponziani Opening 200 puzzles

All Ponziani Opening variations

ECOVariation
C44 Ponziani Opening
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3
C44 Jaenisch Counterattack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6
C44 Ponziani Countergambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5
C44 Réti Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nge7
C44 Romanishin Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Be7
C44 Jaenisch Counterattack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3
C44 Neumann Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bc4
C44 Spanish Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5
C44 Caro Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Bd7
C44 Jaenisch Counterattack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5
C44 Leonhardt Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Nf6
C44 Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6
C44 Jaenisch Counterattack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2
C44 Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 d6 5.d5
C44 Vukovic Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.d5 Bc5
C44 Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4

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