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Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.c3d54.Bb5dxe45.Nxe5Qd56.Qa4

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Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit3.6k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

2.1k57%

83335%

63945%

1726%

530%

450%

367%

20%

10%

10%

Famous games in this line30 master games

Lu Shanglei (2599) – Topalov, V. (2816)2015½–½ Lu Shanglei (2595) – Ni Hua (2703)20150–1 Hickl, Joerg (2552) – Jussupow, Artur (2636)1999½–½ Lukin, Andrei M (2420) – Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2615)1995½–½ Olsson, Anders (2383) – Hector, Jonny (2553)20030–1 Alekseev, Evgeny (2400) – Azarov, Sergei (2432)19990–1 Batsiashvili, Nino (2288) – Skatchkov, Pavel (2516)20040–1 Csonka, Attila Istvan (2384) – Bae, Torstein (2413)2012½–½

Heroes of this opening Ni Hua · Hector, Jonny · Azarov, Sergei · Skatchkov, Pavel

Family: Ponziani Opening
Category: Open
First move: 1.e4
ECO: C44
Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4

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