Ponziani Opening (폰치아니 오프닝)

한국어

The Ponziani Opening family holds 16 lines. The boards below follow its shortest line from the first move.

The Korean name in brackets is ours, not an official translation. The original name is English.

Main line

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

One move per board, left to right. The two outlined squares are the move just played.

1. e4
1… e5
2. Nf3
2… Nc6
3. c3

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Ponziani Opening (C44)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

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Variations in this family

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  1. C44Ponziani Opening5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

  2. C44Jaenisch Counterattack6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6

  3. C44Ponziani Countergambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5

  4. C44Réti Variation6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nge7

  5. C44Romanishin Variation6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7

  6. C44Jaenisch Counterattack7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3

  7. C44Neumann Gambit7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4

  8. C44Spanish Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5

  9. C44Caro Gambit8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7

  10. C44Jaenisch Counterattack8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5

  11. C44Leonhardt Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6

  12. C44Steinitz Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6

  13. C44Jaenisch Counterattack9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2

  14. C44Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5

  15. C44Vukovic Gambit10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5

  16. C44Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4

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Data collected on 2026-09-07. The original is published as a public domain data set.