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 idea

White develops the queenside knight before touching a single pawn, keeping the position maximally flexible and ready to transpose into almost any structure depending on Black’s reply. Its entire appeal is unpredictability rather than any one fixed strategic plan.

The main line

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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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 Variation1.a3 e5 2.Nc3
• A00Billockus-Johansen Gambit1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5
• A00Damhaug Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 e5
• A00Dougherty Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3
• A00Dunst-Perrenet Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.d3
• A00Düsseldorf Gambit1.Nc3 c5 2.b4
• A00Gladbacher Gambit1.Nc3 e5 2.b3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d3
• A00Hector Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Bc4
• A00Hergert Gambit1.Nc3 d6 2.f4 e5 3.fxe5 Nc6
• A00Hulsemann Gambit1.Nc3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.Qh5 Be6
• A00Jendrossek Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 f5 4.Nf2 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.b4
• A00Kluever Gambit1.Nc3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.d3
• A00Laroche Gambit1.Nc3 b5
• A00Liebig Gambit1.Nc3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.Qh5 Nf6
• A00Melleby Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 c5
• A00Myers Attack1.Nc3 g6 2.h4
• A00Napoleon Attack1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4
• A00Novosibirsk Variation1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4
• A00Nowokunski Gambit1.Nc3 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.e4
• A00Pfeiffer Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 e5
  • A00Sleipnir Countergambit1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 e5 4.Nf3
• A00Reversed Nimzowitsch1.Nc3 e5
• A00Reversed Scandinavian1.Nc3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4
• A00Sicilian Two Knights1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
• A00Sleipnir Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.e3 e5 3.d4 Bb4
• A00Twyble Attack1.Nc3 c5 2.Rb1
• A00Tübingen Gambit1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4
• A00Venezolana Variation1.Nc3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.g3
• A00Warsteiner Gambit1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 g5
• B00Berlin Gambit1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5
• B01Grünfeld Defense1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5
  • C31Steiner Gambit1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4

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