Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D09, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5. 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 62 times by this move order. White won 42%, 2% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bg2 (82% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.01 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. a3 O-O-O 8. b4 f6)
- ECO
- D09
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
r2qkbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/4Pb2/2Pp4/5NP1/PP2PP1P/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 1 6- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 36 | |
| 2000+ | 24 | |
| All | 62 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bg2 | 51 (82%) | |
| 6. a3 | 7 (11%) | |
| 6. Nbd2 | 2 (3%) | |
| 6. Bf4 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6. Bg5 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
22 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 59%, draw 18%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (2440) – GM Boris Savchenko (2535) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Mar Early · 2022-03-01
- GM Gennady Tunik (2435) – Ivan Frolov (2327) 1/2-1/2 · Polugaevsky Mem 2013 · 2013-07-07
- Justo Reinaldo Chemin (2153) – GM Everaldo Matsuura (2487) 0-1 · II Brazil Maringa Open · 2012-08-11
- FM Luka Karlusic (2238) – FM Marcetic, P. (2198) 1/2-1/2 · 35th TCh-SLO 2025 · 2025-09-27
- IM Krishna C R G (2446) – Begimai Zairbek kyzy (1989) 1-0 · SCO Teams 2019 · 2019-09-15
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM straybullet (2345) – sanjuandennis31 (2303) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Risikoaffin (2388) – Microphone_Theory (2232) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- adka (2291) – sanjuandennis31 (2299) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3
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.