Van Geet Opening: Napoleon Attack
1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
The Van Geet Opening: Napoleon Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4. 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 1,048 times by this move order. White won 52%, 6% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 3… exd4 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.28 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 3… exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nxc6)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 467 | |
| 1500-1999 | 398 | |
| 2000+ | 183 | |
| All | 1,048 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… exd4 | 677 (65%) | |
| 3… e4 | 117 (11%) | |
| 3… d6 | 99 (9%) | |
| 3… f6 | 40 (4%) | |
| 3… Bd6 | 28 (3%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 25 (2%) | |
| 3… Bb4 | 23 (2%) | |
| 3… d5 | 17 (2%) |
Master games
386 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 13%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2744) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2720) 0-1 · SuperUnited CRO Rapid 2024 · 2024-07-12
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2720) – GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (2710) 1-0 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-14
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2718) – GM Praggnanandhaa R (2678) 1-0 · Meltwater Tour Final 2022 · 2022-11-20
- GM Shanglei Lu (2607) – GM Yue Wang (2737) 1/2-1/2 · ch-CHN Blitz 2016 · 2016-08-26
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2702) – GM Laurent Fressinet (2633) 1-0 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2020-03-03
Search all games of the Van Geet Opening: Napoleon Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- LDBoutens (2334) – Blitzek (2580) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Sturmtrinker (2396) – Unyen (2419) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Sturmtrinker (2390) – ThePhoenixRises (2402) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch 1. Nc3 e5
More Van Geet Opening lines (all)
- Van Geet Opening A00
- Van Geet Opening: Battambang Variation A00
- Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit A00
- 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
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.