ECO family guide

Ponziani Opening — all variations and ECO codes

16 named lines across 1 ECO code (C44). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 (C44). Open this line on Lichess → · Ponziani Opening on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3, playing as white — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for white
1400-1600	4,523,169	50.3% / 3.7% / 46.0%	52.1%
1600-1800	4,226,821	50.3% / 3.9% / 45.8%	52.3%
1800-2000	2,717,096	49.6% / 4.3% / 46.1%	51.7%
2000+	1,087,823	48.6% / 5.2% / 46.2%	51.2%

All 16 named variations

Every named line in the Ponziani Opening family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

C44Ponziani Opening (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3
C44Caro Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Bd7
C44Jaenisch Counterattack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6
C44Jaenisch Counterattack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3
C44Jaenisch Counterattack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5
C44Jaenisch Counterattack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2
C44Leonhardt Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Nf6
C44Neumann Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bc4
C44Ponziani Countergambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5
- C44Schmidt Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 d6 5.d5
C44Romanishin Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Be7
C44Réti Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nge7
C44Spanish Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5
- Harrwitz Attack
  - C44Nikitin Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4
C44Steinitz Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6
C44Vukovic Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.d5 Bc5