Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 5 times by this move order. White won 80%, 0% were drawn and Black won 20%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nb3 (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6. g3 h5 7. h4 f6 8. Bg2 fxe5)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nb3 | 3 (60%) | |
| 6. g3 | 1 (20%) | |
| 6. a3 | 1 (20%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 75%, draw 25%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Sergei Iskusnyh (2443) – FM Mihailo Vujic (2311) 1-0 · Titled Tue 12th Apr Late · 2022-04-12
- FM Daniel Shapiro (2284) – FM Mihailo Vujic (2311) 1-0 · Titled Tue 30th Aug Late · 2022-08-30
- Jinshi Bai (2250) – Hanbin Li (2277) 1-0 · zt 3.5 China Men 2012 · 2012-09-15
- Stephan Tschann (2208) – FM Thomas Thiel (2297) 1-0 · Basel Masters 2017 · 2017-01-05
- Lennert Lenaerts (2329) – FM Luc Henris (2155) 1-0 · TCh-BEL 2014-15 · 2015-01-25
Highest-rated Lichess games
- RadosCal (2492) – Winquitter (2480) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- vvn59 (2455) – weakend23 (2511) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- ilhooq (2052) – lorb (2062) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav D02
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack Deferred D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense, Tan Gambit D06
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.