Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 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 Bg4. 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 279 times by this move order. White won 52%, 5% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bg2 (85% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.36 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. Nbd2 Bh3 8. O-O O-O-O)
- ECO
- D09
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 20 | |
| 1500-1999 | 179 | |
| 2000+ | 80 | |
| All | 279 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bg2 | 236 (85%) | |
| 6. Nbd2 | 35 (13%) | |
| 6. Bf4 | 4 (1%) | |
| 6. a3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 6. Bg5 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
99 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 13%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2640) – GM Vugar Rasulov (2478) 1/2-1/2 · PNWCC Opening Blitz QG · 2020-11-21
- IM Guha Mitrabha (2445) – GM Vugar Rasulov (2478) 0-1 · PNWCC Opening Blitz QG · 2020-11-21
- FM Anatoliy Emeliantsev (2359) – GM Evgeny Postny (2551) 0-1 · Titled Tue 18th Feb Early · 2025-02-18
- GM Gareev, T. (2606) – FM Gleb Golovchenko (2260) 1-0 · Amir Cup Blitz 2021 · 2021-05-23
- IM Krzysztof Chojnacki (2441) – FM Robert Kula (2341) 1-0 · 27th Gniota Memorial · 2012-07-19
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MrTroutstanding (2505) – KM2200 (2499) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- AleksandrTl3003 (2420) – CapitanAfrica (2480) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
- AleksandrTl3003 (2369) – CapitanAfrica (2484) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 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.