Library/Openings/Van Geet Opening/Grünfeld Defense/Steiner Gambit ECO C31
Opening· 7 plies

Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C31), reached after 7 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4.

Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit ECO C31
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About this opening

Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C31. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 7 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4.

It belongs to the Van Geet Opening family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Grünfeld Defense → Steiner Gambit line). The immediate parent line is Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, transitioned via 4.Nxe4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.f4 d5, 3.Nc3 dxe4, 4.Nxe4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.