Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › Nimzowitsch Defense › Nimzowitsch Defense › Scandinavian Variation › Bogoljubow Variation › Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation › Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Nimzowitsch Defense B00
- Nimzowitsch Defense B00
- Scandinavian Variation B00
- Bogoljubow Variation B00
- Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation B00
- Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit B00 you are here
Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit
Overview
Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B00, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It is reached after 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5.
The line refines Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Nimzowitsch Gambit, Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Richter Gambit.
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- ECO code
- B00
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 2
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