Van Geet Opening: Sicilian Two Knights is a chess opening with the ECO code A00, part of the Van Geet Opening family. It goes 1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4. White opens with 1. Nc3 (the Dunst/Van Geet knight move) and Black answers 1... c5. After 7 moves it is Black 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... c5 – Black plays the pawn to c5
2. Nf3 – White plays the knight to f3
2... Nc6 – Black plays the knight to c6
3. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
3... cxd4 – Black captures on d4 with the c-pawn
4. Nxd4 – White takes on d4 with the knight
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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