WIN FAST! | Easy guide to the Ponziani Opening
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, I teach the Ponziani opening! This is a great opening that I stumbled upon due to some videos from Eric Rosen, and my friend Jay, who released a chessable course on the opening (that you can find right here: www.chessable.... ). I have taken a lot of inspiration from Jay's chessable course, so if you feel that you need to explore some lines in greater detail, check it out, it is completely free as well!
I really enjoy the simplicity of this opening, and the sneaky traps that come with seemingly innocuous moves. It is my great pleasure to perhaps introduce you to this wonderful opening :D.
00:21 Introduction
00:35 Line #1 (3... Bc5)
03:22 Line #2 (3... Nf6)
09:07 Line #3 (5... Bc5!)
11:32 Line #4 (3... f5)
13:49 Line #5 (3... e5)
Please enjoy this video! Thankyou so much for watching :D
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00:21 Introduction
00:35 Line #1 (3... Bc5)
03:22 Line #2 (3... Nf6)
09:07 Line #3 (5... Bc5!)
11:32 Line #4 (3... f5)
13:49 Line #5 (3... e5)
I've been playing the d4 openings for almost 2-3 years😅. This opening looks very cool and fun to try out! I hope to try it in the future. Thank you for the awesome video. The video was well-planned, and the explanation was on top, making it easier to understand and learn! Cheers.😄
Thankyou! Added the timestamps to the video, and thankyou for the great positive feedback aswell :D
Please make more vids like these! Your content is entertaining, to the point and very easy to follow!
Thanks Chris, definitely enjoy making this kind of content the most :D
Thank you very much! The Ponziani was already my favorite opening and I still learned a ton from this video!
Yay! That is great :D.
This is a nice addition for Italian players it seems, as I usually am fighting for centre control with my c and d pawns but with the light squared bishop on c4. Thanks for the quick overview!
yes! I play this opening as well as the spanish and find there are some common thems between the two, and I expect this would be the same with the italian. It is nice to have the ponziani as an additional weapon :D.
Wow sooooo much information! Great video Hannah. As a lower rated player this helped me to see ideas a few moves ahead! Thanks
You're so welcome!
Note that 4:23 is a trade-off mechanic. Black has a compromised king-side pawn structure but is able to involve the rook very fast into the game with the g-file being semi-open for black. This is especially relevant, when White castles on the king-side. Black himself is only 2 moves away from castling long. White has to play this extremely accurately for this pawn structure to be an advantage in the endgame for White. So, White should probably look to convert into an endgame as soon as possible.
I usually play the Italian game but it I want to expand my opening repertoire with the Ponziani and the Scotch game .This video couldn't come at a better time. Now I have to watch it other times and try it on an analysis board. I have my work cut out for me . Thank you for this video. I really like it a lot.
Good luck and happy to hear that you found it useful! :)
I'm in a similar boat, only my usual opening with the white pieces is the Scotch. Eventually we'll both be comfortable with all 3 openings (Italian, Ponziani, and Scotch). 😄
I've been feasting with this for the past few months, opponents in my rating have no idea how to handle it. I had to go over the lichess study for a while to get all the main lines down though
It's awesome! Even at 2200 blitz, people are still falling into some of the well-known traps!!
Thanks Hannah! I just tried this opening for the first time ever today. Was an immediate win.
I've been in a bit of a rut lately with the Italian so it's wonderful to have something Fresh for E4
Great job!
Thanks for the vid Hannah this seems like a risky but strong opening I'm definitely using this
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I like that the ponziani takes some risk without gambiting material, so it is still playable in slower time controls :D.
Very informative and inspirational! 👏🙏
Thankyou so much! Glad you enjoyed it :D
Awesome content & thumbnail great stuff keep going!
Appreciate it!
beautiful
10:12
Forced bongcloud. Hasn't there been a meme for seemingly forever that the bongcloud is an automatic win for the first player to do so?
10:33
You, um... might have misspoke here. I'm not seeing how the Black Queen is threatened, so how is White trying to trade Queens?
15:58
Ben Finegold's not going to like this.
Jokes at the corresponding timestamps aside, I do enjoy learning what I can about the Ponziani, as I'm generally a Scotch player after e4 e4 Nf3 Nc6, making the Ponziani a nice alternative.
Great video! I found your channel through your how I got to 2000 in two years video and I must say you make some great content, though your arrow drawing will need some work ;)
Lol the arrows are a bit dodgy sometimes :D
I've been saying Ponziani wrong this the whole time! You should do a video where you tell Australians how to pronounce openings. Great video.
And the word "fianchetto" :)
As an Italian, I know the "ch" is pronounced as a "k" sound (unlike it would be if it was Spanish).
Yes, it's all very confusing. I guess it doesn't make much of a difference, but I often feel like a fool for not knowing how to say it (even if I know how to play it!) @@rv706
I would love to see a Queens Gambit Series by you. :D There is a book called "50 Grandmaster Matches in the Queens Gambit", it has very interesting lines and piece sacs and include classic/basic ideas like poison pawns and greek gifts in different situations.
Yes, I would love some more suggestions for openings or ideas to cover in future :). Queens Gambit is definitely a great opening to cover!
Amazing video!
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Thankyou ! :D
Good video, Madame Husky! :D
Thank you! 😁
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Seems very fun! But what happens when black doesn't play 1..e5? Can we still go for this c3 - d4 plan against, for example, 1..c5?
Yes you can, that's the Alapin Sicilian. It's a separate opening, but there's going to be common themes with the Ponziani. So if you play one the other should feel more familiar.
If black doesn't play 1... e5, you resign and hope your next opponent plays e5 ;). Kidding, yes, the themes definitely cross over with the alapin sicilian, perhaps I could make a video on this opening sometime too!
Official YT Hannah is so wholesome, not even roasting the Alapin after a perfect setup 😂
Could you do a video on solving 2200 rated puzzles.
Sure, great idea!
@@hannahsayce1 Thanks. The ones where there's no checkmate or material gain I find them very difficult. Do include some tips on how to solve those
Can we play sometimes?
So I can learn things from you.
Though I'm low rated players and only play 15|10. 😁
GM Sayce > 2024
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not a d4 opening. Insta dislike! JK nice video Hannah!
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Who else is on this channel because of Hans?
A pretty lady who is really good at chess. It does not get more attractive than that I think.
playing against this opening is so disgusting and annoying
the problem with this opening is that white immediately surrenders the opening advantage.
even the most basic opening theory will tell you that the immediate response should be ... d5 ! with an equal game.
You'd be surprised by how little it is played. Furthermore, I have beaten stronger players with the ponziani when they play d5. Not easy :D