Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz 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 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 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 3 times by this move order. White won 67%, 0% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 9. Bxb4 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.72 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bg2 Nxe5 11. O-O Nxf3+)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
r3k1nr/ppp1qppp/2n5/4P3/1bPp4/5N1P/PP1BPPP1/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 3 9- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9. Bxb4 | 2 (67%) | |
| 9. a3 | 1 (33%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Jha Sriram (2417) – FM Oskar Von Bahr (2304) 1-0 · Visma IMA 2013 · 2013-06-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM iustin104 (2676) – kasparik_garik (2657) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- PORTUGUES63 (2144) – cuniveja (2012) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
- RaadMehr39 (1687) – JOOTpyo (1757) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 3s
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.