ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 1.Nc3 · Black to move

Van Geet Opening

The list files 33 lines under the name Van Geet Opening, spread over four codes (A00, B00–B01, C31). A00 alone holds 30 of them. From the starting position of Van Geet Opening, the most-travelled continuation is 1...d5, with 11 lines. The deepest, Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit, runs to 6.b4. At the end of eight lines one side is ahead on material; 22 names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
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1Nc3

Where the lines split

Twenty-eight of the 33 lines continue from 1.Nc3; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other four reach the opening by a different move order.

  1. 1...d511
    1. 2.f46
    2. 2.e43
    3. 2.e31
    4. 2.d31
  2. 1...e58
    1. 2.Nf32
    2. 2.e32
    3. 2.b31
    4. 2.f41
  3. 1...c54
    1. 2.b41
    2. 2.d41
    3. 2.Nf31
    4. 2.Rb11
  4. 1...Nf61
    1. 2.g41
  5. 1...b51
  6. 1...d61
    1. 2.f41
  7. 1...f51
    1. 2.e41
  8. 1...g61
    1. 2.h41

Codes holding Van Geet Opening lines

CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
A00Van Geet Opening30Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit (11)
B00King’s Pawn Game1Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit (7)
B01Scandinavian Defense1Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense (6)
C31King’s Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit1Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit (7)

Longest Van Geet Opening lines

  1. Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit 11
  2. Van Geet Opening: Gladbacher Gambit 7
  3. Van Geet Opening: Novosibirsk Variation 7
  4. Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit, Sleipnir Countergambit 7
  5. Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian 7
  6. Van Geet Opening: Sicilian Two Knights 7
  7. Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit 7
  8. Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit 7