Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2. 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 478 times by this move order. White won 59%, 5% were drawn and Black won 36%. The most popular continuation is 5… Bg4 (33% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.60 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 5… Nge7 6. Nb3 Ng6 7. Nbxd4 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 42 | |
| 1500-1999 | 264 | |
| 2000+ | 172 | |
| All | 478 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Bg4 | 158 (33%) | |
| 5… Nge7 | 107 (22%) | |
| 5… Bb4 | 91 (19%) | |
| 5… Bf5 | 38 (8%) | |
| 5… Be6 | 34 (7%) | |
| 5… f6 Albin Countergambit, Janowski Variation | 20 (4%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 15 (3%) | |
| 5… a5 | 10 (2%) |
Master games
325 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 54%, draw 17%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2766) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2757) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 · 2018-08-07
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2766) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2757) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 · 2018-08-07
- GM Alexey Sarana (2717) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2698) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Oct Late · 2024-10-08
- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2668) – GM Erwin L'Ami (2627) 1-0 · FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 · 2023-10-30
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM iustin104 (2676) – kasparik_garik (2657) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- FM sparking-genio (2581) – Dr_Ragin (2666) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- FM SD63 (2655) – KM2200 (2546) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 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, Balogh Variation D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Janowski Variation D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 f6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7
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.