Van Geet Opening
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Van Geet Opening
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Sequence
1.Nc3
Possible Variations28
1... d511 variations
1... e58 variations
1... c54 variations
1... b5Laroche Gambit1... b5
1... d6Hergert Gambit1... d6 2. f4 2... e5 3. fxe5
1... f5Kluever Gambit1... f5 2. e4 2... fxe4 3. d3
1... g6Myers Attack1... g6 2. h4
1... Nf6Tübingen Gambit1... Nf6 2. g4
About this opening
With 1.Nc3 White develops a knight toward the center without committing the pawn structure: the Van Geet Opening is arguably the soundest of the rare first moves. It readily transposes into a Vienna Game or a Closed Sicilian, while the Tübingen Gambit 1...Nf6 2.g4 and the Reversed Nimzowitsch 1...e5 stay independent. The Dutch IM Dirk Daniël van Geet championed it throughout his career, especially in correspondence chess; in the United States it is also known as the Dunst Opening.