Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit
1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5
The Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5. It is a line of the Van Geet Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.12 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 4. fxe5 Nc6 5. e3 Nxe5 6. exd4 Qxd4)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5
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Comes from
Van Geet Opening 1. Nc3
Continuations
- Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit, Sleipnir Countergambit A00 · 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5 4. Nf3
More Van Geet Opening lines (all)
- 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
- 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.