Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian
1. Nc3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4
The Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4. 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 110 times by this move order. White won 54%, 5% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 4… Nf6 (58% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.13 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 4… Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 30 | |
| 1500-1999 | 61 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 110 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Nf6 | 64 (58%) | |
| 4… d6 | 11 (10%) | |
| 4… d5 | 9 (8%) | |
| 4… Bb4 | 8 (7%) | |
| 4… Bc5 | 5 (5%) | |
| 4… Qf6 | 4 (4%) | |
| 4… g6 | 2 (2%) | |
| 4… a5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 64%, draw 7%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (2591) – IM Marco Materia (2430) 0-1 · Titled Tue 30th Jan Early · 2024-01-30
- IM Daniel Barria Zuniga (2341) – GM Vahap Sanal (2563) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 12th Jan · 2021-01-12
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2321) – GM Zurab Sturua (2556) 1-0 · World Senior 50+ 2016 · 2016-11-22
- IM Mikhail Ekdyshman (2307) – GM Nitzan Steinberg (2542) 0-1 · Titled Tue 2nd Aug Late · 2022-08-02
- IM Daniel Barria Zuniga (2341) – IM Leon Livaic (2507) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 9th Feb · 2021-02-09
Search all games of the Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Tabunok (2308) – Lomovka (2318) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- frenchstyle (2287) – srdrkd (2296) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Tabunok (2285) – Praseodym (2186) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
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.