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Van Geet Opening

Düsseldorf Gambit

A00gambitoffbeataggressive

  1. 1.Nc3c5
  2. 2.b4

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An offbeat Van Geet gambit in which White meets 1...c5 with an immediate b-pawn sacrifice, aiming to deflect Black's c-pawn from the center.

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About the Düsseldorf Gambit

The Düsseldorf Gambit answers 1...c5 with 2. b4. It forgoes the transposition to a Closed Sicilian and instead offers a wing pawn. The idea resembles the Sicilian Wing Gambit. If Black captures, the c-pawn is drawn away from d4. White then hopes to build a broad center with the e- and d-pawns and to use the opened queenside files for quick development. It is a rare sideline of an already uncommon opening.

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