Ponziani Opening

C44

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

How it went

180 ours · 429 masters

White wins 44% Draws 19% Black wins 37%

Continuations

8

Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 120 Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 2 Ponziani Opening: Réti Variation C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nge7 1 Ponziani Opening: Romanishin Variation C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7 Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 2 Ponziani Opening: Caro Gambit C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7 8 Ponziani Opening: Leonhardt Variation C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6 3 Ponziani Opening: Steinitz Variation C44 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 15

Master games

Morozevich, Alexander — Michalik, Peter 1-0 · 2014
Ljubojevi?, Ljubomir — Karpov, Anatoly 1/2-1/2 · 1975
Bauer, Christian — Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Lagarde, Maxime — Firouzja, Alireza 1-0 · 2019
Meister, Jakob — Kritz, Leonid 1/2-1/2 · 2008

Games in Spain

Terry,R (2521) — Shirov,A (2660) 1/2-1/2
Mendes Aaron Reeve (2309) — Shirov,A (2658) 0-1
Koshulyan,Egor A. (2136) — Chigaev,M (2622) 1-0
Jobava,Ba (2603) — Chigaev,M (2598) 1-0
Jobava,Ba (2603) — Chigaev,M (2598) 1-0
Ponce Cano,Adrian (2197) — Seo,Jung Min (2505) 0-1
Ponce Cano,Adrian (2210) — Fernandez Guillen,E (2477) 1-0
Ponce Cano,Adrian (2197) — Sai,KG (2366) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 c3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 c3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, c3