Van Geet Opening: Gladbacher Gambit
1. Nc3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d3
The Van Geet Opening: Gladbacher Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d3. It is a line of the Van Geet Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.85 (Stockfish, depth 33; best line 4… Bb4 5. Bd2 exd3 6. Bxd3 Nf6 7. Nf3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d3
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Comes from
Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch 1. Nc3 e5
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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.