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for the pieces, aiming in particular for vulnerable points such as the f2 or f7 square. No importance is attached to formation or maintenance of a pawn center—pawns are used to drive back enemy pieces.
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around 1497. His name is properly attached to the
Ponziani Countergambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5) in the Ponziani Opening as he published the first analysis in 1782.
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Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the
Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli, Ponziani deals only with the
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from 1742 to 1772 when he retired taking a pension and the title of honorary professor. In 1764 Ponziani took
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in 1785. Ponziani died in Modena and is buried in the Modena
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Ponziani was born in Modena in 1719. In 1742 he graduated in law at the
22:(9 November 1719 – 15 July 1796) was an Italian law professor, priest,
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Ponziani was friend with fellow
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In the opening, Ponziani is best known as the eponym of the
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as exemplified by 17th-century
Italian masters such as
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Italian priest, academic, and chess master (1719–1796)
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742:5. Kf6 Kg8
721:2. Kf5 Kh8
718:1. Kf4 Kg7
146:middlegame
745:6. g7 Kh7
730:stalemate
704:Desperado
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56:priest
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60:canon
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