Dunst opening (Nc3) vs the Scandinavian

Do you think White has a chance to get an advantage from this position?

White can play c3 and get an extra centre pawn. So yes, he has decent chances. 

Kirsten?

This is a real variation, forgot what it's called.  White gets attacking chances on the kingside.

(Oh lol it's in the title, yeah the dunst).

2...dxe4 seems better as Black doesn't have to entomb his light-square bishop but 2...d4 is definitely a line too

I fail to see how playing 2...d4 entombs any of black's pieces.

I've only seen this online, never bothered to look it up.  Seems I've been giving white more of an attack than necessary.

I was wondering when somebody was gonna say that.

wafflemaster I was referring to 2...e6

@ Expertise
Oh, sorry, I misread powerlevel's post.  I thought he was saying "why would I play..." so I thought you were talking to the OP.

Yeah, e6 is completely unambitious.  If white wants to hand over the first move advantage, why would you hand it right back?

Thank you guys . I wanted something to force the Scandinavians away from their boring routines (c6,e6, Bf5 etc,etc...  ) but the problem is that the Scandinavian is damn forcing (2: e5 is crap and the BD gambit is risky at least as far as I know).

On Wikipedia there is this description:

"White's most common response to 1...d5 is 2.e4. This is the same position as 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3, an obscure branch of the Scandinavian Defense. Black has five plausible responses to 2.e4: 2...e6 and 2...c6 transpose to the French and Caro-Kann Defenses, and 2...Nf6 to a variation of Alekhine's Defence. The move 2...d4 gives Black a spatial advantage, which White may work to undermine along the lines of hypermodernism. Keilhack writes, "2...d4 is chosen either by somewhat naive players who are attracted by the fact that Black wins time and space ... or by strong players who are aware of the strategic risks but are striving for a complex battle."

Actually Black can insist on playing the Scandinavian unless White plays something else than Nc3 ...

as someone else mentioned, if this is played from the scandinavian move order , black can almost force a transposition by dxe4 nxd4 qd5 , where the original lines are all likely inferior to just playing nc3 and transposing to a main line scandinavian. When i play 1.nc3 and they try this, i just transpose to a scandinavian but play a line with d4 and early g3.

now as for the position after d4, ne2 (a van geet attack most likely unless white tries a quirky kia cousin known as the lizard attack), white gets VERY good counter attacking chances especially agaisnt an unprepared opponent. Even if the opponent has a vague idea of where the danger lies ,almost all of whites pieces end up in great squares.
i think though that if we being purely objective, there is bound to be some computer formations that gives a tiny edge to black. , probably one of the early be6 lines . They are also a line or two that while not theoretically dangerous force white to play for a formation unlike the normal bc4 or bb5 ideas. (e.g they are certain lines with very early a6 that require the light squared bishop to go to e2)and if you forget this and try to force the more common formation can get you in trouble.

but i think the Van geet attack is an excellent practical weapon. While you prob woudnt want to walk into a 20 move line prepped line agaisnt you, the positions are sufficiently rich to let the better player win . i certainly like it more than say, the jobava london which i think is practically easier to equalize agaisnt.