Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Janowski Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 f6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Janowski 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 f6. 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 20 times by this move order. White won 70%, 0% were drawn and Black won 30%. The most popular continuation is 6. exf6 (95% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.78 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. g3 Bf5 8. Bg2 Be7)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 f6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4 | |
| 1500-1999 | 7 | |
| 2000+ | 9 | |
| All | 20 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. exf6 | 19 (95%) | |
| 6. Nb3 | 1 (5%) |
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 71%, draw 0%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- IM Leandro Krysa (2422) – IM Lucas Liascovich (2447) 0-1 · 88th ch-ARG Superior 2013 · 2013-08-29
- IM Hernando Rodrigo, Ju. (2207) – GM Evgeny Postny (2597) 0-1 · Titled Tue 30th Jan Early · 2024-01-30
- IM Adam Szeberenyi (2317) – FM Juergen Brustkern (2257) 1-0 · FSIM December 2013 · 2013-12-07
- GM Roman Ovetchkin (2483) – CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (2086) 1-0 · Titled Tue 29th Oct Early · 2024-10-29
- FM Andreas, Dr. Brenke (2349) – FM Carlos Eduardo Cardozo Munar (2060) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early · 2024-10-22
Highest-rated Lichess games
- DennyFeoMF (2390) – rusert13 (2464) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Szakal107 (2332) – tomcio1986 (2250) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- Stalkfishy (2327) – Muratt1_Chess9 (2181) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
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.