Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5
The Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit, Schmidt Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C44, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5. It is a line of the Ponziani Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 12 times by this move order. White won 42%, 0% were drawn and Black won 58%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nce7 (83% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.51 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5… Nce7 6. exf5 Nxf5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+)
- ECO
- C44
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 8 | |
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| All | 12 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nce7 | 10 (83%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 1 (8%) | |
| 5… Na5 | 1 (8%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- liwqurt (1876) – rusuro (1818) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Triquery (1747) – trovador2128 (1803) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
- pin2vip (1594) – Make07 (1674) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Ponziani Opening: Ponziani Countergambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5
More Ponziani Opening lines (all)
- Ponziani Opening C44
- Ponziani Opening: Caro Gambit C44
- Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (3. c3 Nf6) C44
- Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (3… Nf6 4. d3) C44
- Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (4. d3 d5) C44
- Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (4… d5 5. Nbd2) C44
- Ponziani Opening: Leonhardt Variation C44
- Ponziani Opening: Neumann Gambit C44
- Ponziani Opening: Romanishin Variation C44
- Ponziani Opening: Réti Variation C44
- Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation C44
- Ponziani Opening: Spanish Variation, Harrwitz Attack, Nikitin Gambit C44
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.