Van Geet Opening: Myers Attack
1. Nc3 g6 2. h4
The Van Geet Opening: Myers Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 g6 2. h4. It is a line of the Van Geet Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 62 times by this move order. White won 48%, 7% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 2… Bg7 (66% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 2… d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bf4 h5 5. e3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 g6 2. h4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4 | |
| 1500-1999 | 26 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 62 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… Bg7 | 41 (66%) | |
| 2… h5 | 11 (18%) | |
| 2… h6 | 3 (5%) | |
| 2… d6 | 3 (5%) | |
| 2… e5 | 1 (2%) | |
| 2… e6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 2… c5 | 1 (2%) | |
| 2… d5 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
105 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 63%, draw 8%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2720) – GM Stanislav Novikov (2536) 1-0 · 69th Moscow Blitz · 2015-09-06
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2720) – IM Maxim Vavulin (2441) 1-0 · 69th Moscow Blitz · 2015-09-06
- IM Lawrence Trent (2409) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2738) 0-1 · LCC Superblitz GpC · 2024-12-07
- GM Boris Savchenko (2562) – GM Adam Tukhaev (2527) 1-0 · World Blitz 2018 · 2018-12-30
- GM Rustam Khusnutdinov (2441) – GM Mahammad Muradli (2540) 0-1 · World Blitz 2022 · 2022-12-29
Search all games of the Van Geet Opening: Myers Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Protonteampro (2527) – lmc1997 (2508) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- Sturmtrinker (2394) – LeSabroso (2501) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Le-Cheval-de-Troie (2426) – swiftton (2411) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Van Geet Opening 1. Nc3
More Van Geet Opening lines (all)
- Van Geet Opening: Battambang Variation A00
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- Van Geet Opening: Damhaug Gambit A00
- 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.