Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D09, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 771 times by this move order. White won 51%, 6% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 5… Bg4 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.58 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 5… Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5 8. Nxe5)
- ECO
- D09
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 44 | |
| 1500-1999 | 425 | |
| 2000+ | 302 | |
| All | 771 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Bg4 Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line | 279 (36%) | |
| 5… Nge7 | 177 (23%) | |
| 5… Be6 Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Be6 Line | 133 (17%) | |
| 5… Bb4+ | 64 (8%) | |
| 5… Bf5 Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line | 62 (8%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 23 (3%) | |
| 5… f6 | 15 (2%) | |
| 5… h6 | 5 (1%) |
Master games
482 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 17%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2769) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2770) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz Final · 2012-07-10
- GM Vladimir Belous (2584) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2731) 0-1 · Moscow Blitz Final 2014 · 2014-09-06
- GM Gukesh D (2725) – GM Abdulla Gadimbayli (2524) 1-0 · 8th Gashimov Mem Blitz · 2022-12-23
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2706) – GM Pavel Potapov (2515) 1-0 · TCh-RUS Blitz 2018 · 2018-10-10
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) – GM Abdulla Gadimbayli (2483) 1-0 · AimChess Rapid Play-In · 2023-06-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- orhanilu (2544) – f3_2 (2584) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- IM Tahaned2015 (2581) – IM Monkey_King (2546) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- SavitarTheGodOfSpeed (2579) – MisterBreadCrumb (2531) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 480 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Be6 Line D09 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line D09 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line D09 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4
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.