Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch

Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch is a chess opening with the ECO code A00, part of the Van Geet Opening family. It goes 1. Nc3 e5. White opens with 1. Nc3 (the Dunst/Van Geet knight move) and Black answers 1... e5. After 2 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... 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.

Related openings

It extends: Van Geet Opening (1. Nc3)
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit – adds 2. Nf3 Bc5
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Gladbacher Gambit – adds 2. b3 d5 3. e4 dxe4
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Hulsemann Gambit – adds 2. e3 d5 3. Qh5 Be6
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Liebig Gambit – adds 2. e3 d5 3. Qh5 Nf6
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Napoleon Attack – adds 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Nowokunski Gambit – adds 2. f4 exf4 3. e4
Continues with: Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian – adds 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6
Related line: Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit, Sleipnir Countergambit (1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5 4. Nf3)
Related line: Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian (1. Nc3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4)
Related line: Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit (1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5)
Related line: Van Geet Opening: Sicilian Two Knights (1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4)
Related line: Van Geet Opening: Nowokunski Gambit (1. Nc3 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. e4)
Related line: Van Geet Opening: Sleipnir Gambit (1. Nc3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. d4 Bb4)

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