ECO family guide

Van Geet Opening — all variations and ECO codes

33 named lines across 4 ECO codes (A00–C31), spanning ECO volumes A, B, C. Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.Nc3 (A00). Open this line on Lichess → · Van Geet Opening on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.Nc3, playing as white — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for white
1400-1600	3,493,959	46.9% / 4.1% / 49.0%	49.0%
1600-1800	3,348,286	48.4% / 4.2% / 47.4%	50.5%
1800-2000	3,073,554	50.1% / 4.5% / 45.4%	52.4%
2000+	3,342,461	50.3% / 5.6% / 44.1%	53.1%

All 33 named variations

Every named line in the Van Geet Opening family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

A00Van Geet Opening (main line) — 1.Nc3
A00Battambang Variation — 1.a3 e5 2.Nc3
A00Billockus-Johansen Gambit — 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5
A00Damhaug Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 e5
A00Dougherty Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3
A00Dunst-Perrenet Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.d3
A00Düsseldorf Gambit — 1.Nc3 c5 2.b4
A00Gladbacher Gambit — 1.Nc3 e5 2.b3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d3
A00Hector Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Bc4
A00Hergert Gambit — 1.Nc3 d6 2.f4 e5 3.fxe5 Nc6
A00Hulsemann Gambit — 1.Nc3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.Qh5 Be6
A00Jendrossek Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 f5 4.Nf2 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.b4
A00Kluever Gambit — 1.Nc3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.d3
A00Laroche Gambit — 1.Nc3 b5
A00Liebig Gambit — 1.Nc3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.Qh5 Nf6
A00Melleby Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 c5
A00Myers Attack — 1.Nc3 g6 2.h4
A00Napoleon Attack — 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
A00Novosibirsk Variation — 1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4
A00Nowokunski Gambit — 1.Nc3 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.e4
A00Pfeiffer Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 e5
- A00Sleipnir Countergambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 e5 4.Nf3
A00Reversed Nimzowitsch — 1.Nc3 e5
A00Reversed Scandinavian — 1.Nc3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4
A00Sicilian Two Knights — 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
A00Sleipnir Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.e3 e5 3.d4 Bb4
A00Twyble Attack — 1.Nc3 c5 2.Rb1
A00Tübingen Gambit — 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4
A00Venezolana Variation — 1.Nc3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.g3
A00Warsteiner Gambit — 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 g5
B00Berlin Gambit — 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5
B01Grünfeld Defense — 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5
- C31Steiner Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4