Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit › Normal Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit D08
- Normal Line D08
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D09 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3, after 9 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 3 notable variations — Be6 Line, Bf5 Line, Bg4 Line.
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- ECO code
- D09
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 3
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Statistics from Lichess
386,958 games · White 53.7% / Draw 5.1% / Black 41.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bg4 | 150,957 | |
| Nge7 | 88,825 | |
| Be6 | 60,521 | |
| Bb4+ | 32,173 | |
| Bf5 | 25,751 | |
| f6 | 11,227 | |
| Bc5 | 10,106 | |
| a5 | 1,655 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:08:06
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