Ponziani Opening

little   that is unusual. 

After 1. e4  e5  2, Nf3   Nc6  3. c3   f5   4, d4 is good but  4. exf5! is even better. White shouild expect to win vs, 3. c3  f5.   

just play d5 against ponzaini easy win

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I've revisited your book and played through the illustrative games. It is a genuine principled opening text and as such is in a minority of the overall books on openings churned out. It reminds me of Tony Kosten's book on the Philidor in this respect.

I don't know why but there now ARE a lot of articles on the Ponziani on youtube. almost all favorable to the Ponziani.