Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3. 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 439 times by this move order. White won 31%, 4% were drawn and Black won 65%. The most popular continuation is 6. fxe3 (59% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.03 (Stockfish, depth 51; best line 6. fxe3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4 8. Nf3 Bxd2+)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 83 | |
| 1500-1999 | 300 | |
| 2000+ | 56 | |
| All | 439 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. fxe3 | 258 (59%) | |
| 6. Bxb4 | 150 (34%) | |
| 6. Qa4+ | 31 (7%) |
Master games
31 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 19%, draw 16%, Black 65%). The strongest:
- IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (2441) – GM Abdulla Gadimbayli (2483) 0-1 · Titled Tue 20th Jun Early · 2023-06-20
- FM Wojciech Przybylski (2308) – FM Moritz Weishaeutel (2401) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Oct Early · 2024-10-01
- FM Ilya Gutkin (2285) – FM Moritz Weishaeutel (2401) 0-1 · Titled Tue 17th Sep Early · 2024-09-17
- FM Zoey Tang (2356) – IM Alexander Reprintsev (2283) 1-0 · Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 · 2025-12-23
- FM Cristian Robledo (2206) – CM Tomasz Jaskolka (2238) 0-1 · Titled Tue 10th Sep Early · 2024-09-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- jackalgambit (2318) – Klark64 (2320) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- tonki (2284) – Vadim_Valerievich (2264) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Mimessi (2296) – Autistofanto (2222) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5
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.