Van Geet Opening: Tübingen Gambit

Van Geet Opening: Tübingen Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code A00, part of the Van Geet Opening family. It goes 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. g4. White opens with 1. Nc3 (the Dunst/Van Geet knight move) and Black answers 1... Nf6. After 3 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... Nf6 – Black plays the knight to f6
• 2. g4 – White plays the pawn to g4

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)
• Related line: Van Geet Opening: Twyble Attack (1. Nc3 c5 2. Rb1)
• Related line: Van Geet Opening: Venezolana Variation (1. Nc3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3)
• Related line: Van Geet Opening: Sleipnir Gambit (1. Nc3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. d4 Bb4)
• Related line: Van Geet Opening: Warsteiner Gambit (1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 g5)
• Related line: Van Geet Opening: Sicilian Two Knights (1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4)
• Related line: Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit (1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5)

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