Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit

1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 f5 4. Nf2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. b4

Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit after 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 f5 4. Nf2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. b4 87654321abcdefgh

The Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 f5 4. Nf2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. b4. 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: −0.55 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 6… cxb4 7. g3 e6 8. a3 a5 9. Bg2)

ECO
A00
Moves
11 plies
FEN
rnbqkb1r/pp2p1pp/5n2/2p2p2/1P1p1P2/5N2/P1PPPNPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 6
PGN
1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 f5 4. Nf2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. b4

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Van Geet Opening 1. Nc3

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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.