Tree path 3 levels Van Geet Opening › Reversed Nimzowitsch › Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit
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Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit
Overview
Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A00, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It is reached after 4 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5.
The line refines Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch, which traces back to the root opening Van Geet Opening.
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- ECO code
- A00
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
12,030 games · White 54.5% / Draw 4.1% / Black 41.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxe5 | 5,306 | |
| d4 | 2,400 | |
| e4 | 2,286 | |
| e3 | 1,188 | |
| d3 | 285 | |
| Ne4 | 213 | |
| g3 | 114 | |
| b3 | 53 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:30:19
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