Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit
1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5
The Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5. It is a line of the Van Geet Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 165 times by this move order. White won 47%, 4% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 3. Nxe5 (45% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.45 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 d6)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 126 | |
| 1500-1999 | 36 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 165 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Nxe5 | 75 (45%) | |
| 3. e4 | 29 (18%) | |
| 3. d4 | 24 (15%) | |
| 3. e3 | 21 (13%) | |
| 3. Na4 | 5 (3%) | |
| 3. d3 | 4 (2%) | |
| 3. a4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 3. Ne4 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 50%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Nuno Guerreiro (2086) – Paulo Felizes (2100) 1/2-1/2 · 8th Figueira da Foz Open · 2014-11-28
Search all games of the Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- leeksoup (2218) – Zhenya1977 (2144) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- BigglesPlaysChess (2064) – Alexeyrokky (2064) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
- feature_flags (2095) – darwin_samson1977 (2000) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch 1. Nc3 e5
More Van Geet Opening lines (all)
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- Van Geet Opening: Hergert Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Hulsemann Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Kluever Gambit A00
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.