More on the Ponziani

This is part two to my "Great opening..." video where I go over a couple more lines of the Ponziani, as well as black's main refutation.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• ponziani
• chess
• opening
• lesson
• trap

[belzeubub]

What is your Fide rating?

[Rickdd2]

@belzeubub I'm currently 2024 USCF (I don't have FIDE)

[Thermikus]

7:08 Why not Knight d4 ?

[Rickdd2]

@Thermikus So 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.O-O e4 and now 8.Nd4 instead of 8.Ne1. Well that's okay and it's just style I guess. The idea with Ne1 is you have to move the d pawn to free your other pieces anyway, and Nd4 limits you to just a later d3 and the possibility of a hanging bishop after exd3 Bxd3 then Nf5. Tactically 8. Nd4 is okay but just not my own style.

[shivitar]

I would love to see more videos from you.

[johnmrrs]

you would be shocked to see how many 2000+ players play this opening poorly as black one of my favorites if black will let me set it up

[FromMuToYou]

@patrckhh20

@RapidGeneralX

Any number of lines...

Perhaps 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Re1 Ne4 [To save the pinned queen]

After the recapture in that line, material is even but white has a pawn on both e4 and d4 and neither is developed much.

The thing that makes trading so dangerous is the potential queen pin.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a better line that wins the queen that I haven't found.

[patrckhh20]

Maybe a stupid a question... but at 2:03, what happens if 9... Nxe5?

[esfspf]

7:30... No trading, just trusting forward. That way, it's a sort of pawn sacrifice for worse structure. It's not perfect though.

[zatnicatienth]

just watch out for the Ng4 move for black, it's the initiative for a checkmate if you kill it with the H pawn, this might happen: Nf6-g4, h2-h3,h7-h5 h3xg4, h5xg4, and maybe Qb4+ to stall, then for black, Qe7-h4, depending on moves. it all depends on if the queen still has that diagonal to move to the spot, or is not.... indisposed where she's at....

[RapidGeneralX]

at 2:10 why not Nxe5 for black?

[quienjodeaquien]

HI AND WHATS YOUR FAVORITE OPENING OR DEFENSE WITH THE BLACK FOR BEAT SUB-2000 PLAYERS???? ANSWER PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chess1941]

After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 then 6. dxc6  Bxf2+

[6. ...Nxf2 loses to 7. Qd5] 7. Ke2 bxc6 8.Qa4 and if White plays correctly from

here then White will win.

[ChessMachinations]

I'd love to see some more of your opening videos. I could use some more stuff like this for class level play.