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, Modern Line
- Caissa 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, Modern Line
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D08, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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. Nbd2, after 9 plies of opening development.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation, Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Janowski Variation, Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation.
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- ECO code
- D08
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 3
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Statistics from Lichess
200,437 games · White 53.1% / Draw 5.4% / Black 41.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bg4 | 70,829 | |
| Nge7 | 50,462 | |
| Bb4 | 28,743 | |
| Be6 | 17,241 | |
| Bf5 | 13,729 | |
| f6 | 7,359 | |
| a5 | 3,529 | |
| Bc5 | 3,476 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:08:03
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