Dunst Opening

Dunst Opening
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Moves1.Nc3
ECOA00
OriginBlackburneNoa, London 1883
Named afterTed A. Dunst
Synonym(s)
  • Heinrichsen Opening
  • Baltic Opening
  • Van Geet Opening
  • Sleipnir Opening
  • Kotrč's Opening
  • Meštrović Opening
  • Romanian Opening
  • Queen's Knight Attack
  • Queen's Knight Opening
  • Millard's Opening
  • Knight on the Left
  • der Linksspringer

The Dunst Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with the move:

1. Nc3

This fairly uncommon opening may have more names than any other: it is also called the Heinrichsen Opening, Baltic Opening, Van Geet Opening, Sleipnir Opening, Kotrč's Opening, Meštrović Opening, Romanian Opening, Queen's Knight Attack, Queen's Knight Opening, Millard's Opening, Knight on the Left, and (in German) der Linksspringer.