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⚖ Strict move orders

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 ◀ Undo move

♞ You have reached Ponziani Opening C44 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.

Book continuations win% from 1.5M rated games

Nf6 6 48% · 2k d5 5 54% · 455 f5 2 54% · 131 Be7 1 Nge7 1

Matching openings 16

Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack C44 1 ply deeper
Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit C44 1 ply deeper
Ponziani Opening: Réti Variation C44 1 ply deeper
Ponziani Opening: Romanishin Variation C44 1 ply deeper
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack C44 2 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit C44 2 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation C44 2 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Caro Gambit C44 3 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack C44 3 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Leonhardt Variation C44 3 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Steinitz Variation C44 3 plies deeper
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack C44 4 plies deeper

…and 4 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.

3810 catalogued lines in total · openings encyclopedia