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Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.c3d54.Bb5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation66k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
60%39k57%
14%9.1k47%
7%4.6k56%
5.2%3.4k46%
3.4%2.3k42%
3.4%2.2k50%
2.2%1.4k51%
1.7%1.1k39%
1.5%95244%
0.9%57139%
Famous games in this line58 master games
Lu Shanglei (2599) – Topalov, V. (2816)2015½–½Lu Shanglei (2595) – Ni Hua (2703)20150–1Jussupow, Artur (2655) – Sokolov, Ivan (2625)19940–1Lu Shanglei (2607) – Zhao Jun (2616)2015½–½Hickl, Joerg (2552) – Jussupow, Artur (2636)1999½–½Lukin, Andrei M (2420) – Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2615)1995½–½Nikolov, Sasho (2403) – Radulski, Julian (2577)20100–1Schaefer, Markus (2455) – Timoshenko, Georgy (2505)1993½–½
Heroes of this opening Ni Hua · Sokolov, Ivan · Radulski, Julian
Family
Ponziani Opening
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C44
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5
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Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit4…dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4
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