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Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit
Overview
Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Ne4 e5, after 6 plies of opening development.
The line is a first-level refinement of Van Geet Opening.
It continues primarily into one named line, Sleipnir Countergambit.
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- ECO code
- A00
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Van Geet Opening
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
241 games · White 49.4% / Draw 5.0% / Black 45.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| fxe5 | 147 | |
| d3 | 38 | |
| Nf3 | 28 | |
| e3 | 11 | |
| Nf2 | 7 | |
| Ng3 | 5 | |
| g3 | 2 | |
| f5 | 2 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:30:56
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