Van Geet Opening: Damhaug Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code A00, part of the Van Geet Opening family. It goes 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 e5. White opens with 1. Nc3 (the Dunst/Van Geet knight move) and Black answers 1... d5. After 4 moves it is White to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. Nc3 – White plays the knight to c3
1... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
2. f4 – White plays the pawn to f4
2... e5 – Black plays the pawn to e5
About the Van Geet Opening
White starts with 1.Nc3, an offbeat but sound move. It develops a knight and can later turn into a Vienna, a Pirc-like or a d4 game.
The knight controls e4 and d5; White often follows with e4.
It blocks the c-pawn, so plans with c4 are harder.
Black can take the centre with ...d5 and ...e5; White plays for surprise.
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