Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit, Sleipnir Countergambit
1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5 4. Nf3
The Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit, Sleipnir Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5 4. Nf3. 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: −1.32 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 4… exf4 5. c3 Nc6 6. cxd4 Nxd4 7. Qa4+)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5 4. Nf3
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Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 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.