Van Geet Opening: Melleby Gambit
1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 c5
The Van Geet Opening: Melleby Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 c5. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 4. d3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. d3 | 1 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Techie_95 (2097) – zaiah9 (2122) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Van Geet Opening 1. Nc3
More Van Geet Opening lines (all)
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- Van Geet Opening: Dougherty Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Dunst-Perrenet Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Düsseldorf Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Gladbacher Gambit A00
- Van Geet Opening: Hector Gambit A00
- 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.