Van Geet Opening: Venezolana Variation
1. Nc3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3
The Van Geet Opening: Venezolana Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nc3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 33%, 0% were drawn and Black won 67%. The most popular continuation is 3… e5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.47 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 3… e5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Nb1 Bd6 6. Bg5)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. Nc3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… e5 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 43%, Black 14%). The strongest:
- IM Alejandro Alvarado Diaz (2484) – GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (2632) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 18th Mar Early · 2025-03-18
- GM Nihal Sarin (2687) – FM Barad Yeganegi (2347) 1-0 · Titled Tue 21st Jan Early · 2025-01-21
- IM Alejandro Alvarado Diaz (2484) – IM Chen Zou (2443) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 4th Mar Late · 2025-03-04
- GM Vladimir Hamitevici (2423) – FM Karsten Schuster (2255) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Feb Late · 2025-02-04
- IM Tangi Migot (2353) – FM Maksim Omariev (2304) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 6th Apr · 2021-04-06
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Mikerstein11 (1931) – Scultetus (1941) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- valk55577 (1612) – Rozhko_Dmitry (2101) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
- valk55577 (1556) – Soaring-Cliff (2024) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Van Geet Opening 1. Nc3
More Van Geet Opening lines (all)
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- Van Geet Opening: Düsseldorf Gambit A00
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- Van Geet Opening: Hergert Gambit A00
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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.