A Beginner Lesson in the Ponziani Opening

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1. EN PASSANT IS FORCED 16:14

2. 12:04 How the fuck he does pawn to d6???????

3. What if f5 in the 3th move

4. At 7:14 what if black plays e4?

5. I've gained like 100 elo after switching to ponziani

6. I play with an engine who puts a knight on f6 and eats my pond on e4 every time snd gives 0 chance to develop a ponziani scheme! 😂

7. Magnus beat you. Why do you have a channel if you're not the best? I'll go watch a Magnus video.

8. Can someone plz explain what happened at 12:00

9. Thank you. This was awesome 👌

10. seen this session several times. I just started chess a month ago currently rated 800s".

    Thank you.

11. These scheme is quite clever. However, if I may make a suggestion. Ponziani is quite a mouthful for a lot of people so I may just shorten it to Ponzi going forward.

12. How to get lessons from u eric?😊

13. Black’s Responses:

    1. Bc5: 1:45
    2. d6: 2:55
    3. d5: 5:55
    4. Nf6: 10:00

14. FUNDY!

15. At 21:32 after you play d5 attacking the knight, what if black plays 5. Bc5? Setting up a check or potential fork on f2. Seems like good counter play. Is there a way to punish this?

16. Best Ponziani video on YouTube. Thank you so much for the class

17. ERIC, IF YOU EVER SEE THIS COMMENT COULD YOU GO THROUGH THIS LINE IN A VIDEO AT SOME POINT PLEASE? I feel it would be very entertaining and instructive coming from you!

    The line I analysed is Nxe4 on move 4, lichess suggested that black hangs their Knight and a Bishop for a very messy position with white unable to castle having their King on e2 and Rook on g1 and black temporarily down two pieces but a castled king, yet it's equal according to the computer evaluation.

    Here's the line up to move 13:

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Bb6 8. Qd5 Nf2 9. Rg1 O-O 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qf6 12. Na3 e4 13. Nc4

    From here there are a couple options, I thought you might have fun going through the possibilities in this line and I'm sure your viewers would have fun watching. 😎

18. I loved this, thank you!

19. I tried your advice playing a 1750 and followed your instruction and got owned!!! Because blacks first move is not e5 but c6. You never mention that. If you open with e4 black will open with c6. White second move is c3. Black second move is Nc3. White is done.

20. I don't want to give a thumbs down but you don't cover some of blacks opening moves. Also, you spend too much time in the middle moves and not enough in the first 4 moves.

21. man, i don't know like everyone is watching those video so i never get those positions in game, only the best responses. or maybe bunch of cheaters i dont know

22. Thank you Eric you are making me REALLY enjoy my chess learning experience right now. You are doing everything right. Much love from Canada

23. The move opponent always plays is Bd7 and it blocks the attack. I dont see that line in any video but its seems to be the one that comes up
    Everytime. How do you address?

24. In the initial opening, what if black plays d5 after Kf6?

25. is that fundy.?

26. He damn near copied Gotham chess step for step

27. Thanks!

28. You are the best Chess content creator out there. I love your videos Eric. Following your speedrun journey has been so education – I’m on the Ponziani episode (ep ~22) which lead me here. I hope to meet you one day if you’re ever in the UK!

29. I'm a King's Gambit player, but I'm thinking of switching to the Ponziani Opening

30. Just tried this opening, super solid ^^

31. hahahaha Nemo says "Dont play it " Proceeds to fall for the Ponziani

32. Wow! Such a great lesson, thanks Eric!❤

33. The problem is all of us 300 player ply like random shit and this tactic never works 😅

34. Most of the times I try and do this, the opponent never does any of these moves. However, 2:29 is the most common I see, but they always bring their other horse out to f6. What is the best move then?

35. What if the blacks f pawn plays f6? How do you move the queen and checkmate then!?

36. 1. Bc5: 1:45
    
    2. d6: 2:55
    
    3. d5: 5:55
    
    4. Nf6: 10:00

37. 1. Bc5: 1:45
    
    2. d6: 2:55
    
    3. d5: 5:55
    
    4. Nf6: 10:00

38. Guys what should I do if black plays pawn f6 after the queen a4 in 6:05?

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44. Great ideas, I’ll forget everything as soon as I start a game

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50. What an amazingly instructive video – thank you!

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