Ponziani opening traps

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Im sorry.. I don't understand. 
Do you mean my opponent didn't play the expected reaction to my opening of e4/kf3/c3?

My understanding is that the Ponziani was these 3 beginning moves followed by the appropriate 'line' depending on the enemies moves. Does my opponents moves change my play, I thought that would just require a different line. 

Perhapse when he moved Nc3 i should have did a different strategy? Which would you suggest there? 

Let's say it was a quasi -Ponzani...

Because black did not play e5, the game is not a Ponziani

The game was similar to some Ponziani lines but it was not a Ponziani as Black did not move e5.

Oh, ok! Sorry I just started to learn chess competitively like 2 days ago.

Most (maybe all) openings are defined by pawn structures... both black's and white's.

This variation indeed leads to a drawish endgame, though there is some room for both sides to win...

But all this is not forced and white can deviate earlier with 7.Nxg6 and other moves.

I played against someone who played 7. Nxg6 and I won. After 7... hxg6 the h file gets opened and it can get annoying sometimes

@pfren your recommended move exd4 instead of Nxe4 looks interesting 

Here is a line in the Ponziani which has been declared a draw. Maybe so but a strong player can play for a win:

Herre is the final position of the above game

Thank you pfren--you are correct i posted wrongly and you also caught my mistake. Here was the final position:

This is a bit random but what should white do if black plays g6 after c3?

after 3. c3  g6  4. Bc4! is strong for White

We just transpose into a respectable way to play against italian as black.

Nothing wrong with it, Mamedyarov gave it a try some games with very good results.

i want play

Ok thank you

interesting stuff