Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ponziani Opening › Jaenisch Counterattack › Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ponziani Opening C44
- Jaenisch Counterattack C44
- Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit C44 you are here
Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit
Overview
Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C44, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4, after 7 plies of opening development.
The line refines Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C44
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
1,168,383 games · White 48.2% / Draw 3.7% / Black 48.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bc5 | 412,121 | |
| Nxe4 | 254,930 | |
| Be7 | 172,551 | |
| d5 | 123,693 | |
| d6 | 93,830 | |
| h6 | 74,196 | |
| a6 | 14,250 | |
| Na5 | 9,064 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:39:39
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