ECO C44: Scotch Game, Ponziani Opening & more
ECO C44 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 53 named lines under it, from 7 different openings.
The shortest is King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6.
That position has come up in 229,187,548 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.7%, 4.7% were drawn and Black won 44.6%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 |
4 |
| Irish Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5 |
5 |
| King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 |
5 |
| King's Pawn Game: Dresden Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 |
5 |
| King's Pawn Game: Pachman Wing Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 |
5 |
| King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 |
5 |
| Ponziani Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 |
5 |
| Scotch Game | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 |
5 |
| Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 |
6 |
| Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 |
6 |
| Ponziani Opening: Romanishin Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7 |
6 |
| Ponziani Opening: Réti Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nge7 |
6 |
| Scotch Game | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 |
6 |
| Scotch Game: Lolli Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 |
6 |
| Dresden Opening: The Goblin | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nxe5 |
7 |
| King's Pawn Game: Schulze-Müller Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5 Nxe5 4. d4 |
7 |
| King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 |
7 |
| Latvian Gambit: Clam Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 f5 4. exf5 |
7 |
| Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 |
7 |
| Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 |
7 |
| Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 |
7 |
| Scotch Game: Göring Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 |
7 |
| Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5 |
7 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 |
7 |
| Ponziani Opening: Caro Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7 |
8 |
| Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 |
8 |
| Ponziani Opening: Leonhardt Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6 |
8 |
| Ponziani Opening: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 |
8 |
| Scotch Game: Benima Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 |
8 |
| Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 |
8 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Dubois Réti Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 |
8 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Göring Gambit Declined | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 |
8 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, London Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ |
8 |
| King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Basman Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 |
9 |
| King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Inverted Hanham | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 |
9 |
| Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 |
9 |
| Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5 |
9 |
| Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 |
9 |
| Scotch Game: Lolli Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4 |
9 |
| Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 |
9 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 |
9 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Sarratt Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 |
9 |
| Ponziani Opening: Vukovic Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 |
10 |
| Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Main Line | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 |
10 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Kingside Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 |
10 |
| Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4 |
11 |
| Scotch Game: Vitzthum Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 |
11 |
| Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 |
12 |
| Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Cochrane-Anderssen Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 |
12 |
| Scotch Game: Cochrane Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5 |
13 |
| Scotch Game: Cochrane-Shumov Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 |
18 |
| Scotch Game: Hanneken Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Nf6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. e5 Nxe5 |
18 |
| Scotch Game: Sea-Cadet Mate | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5# |
19 |