Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3. 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 5,343 times by this move order. White won 50%, 5% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4… Nc6 (76% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.65 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4… Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6. b4 Ng6 7. Bb2)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 852 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3,271 | |
| 2000+ | 1,220 | |
| All | 5,343 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Nc6 | 4,086 (76%) | |
| 4… c5 Albin Countergambit, Tartakower Defense | 722 (14%) | |
| 4… Bb4+ | 356 (7%) | |
| 4… Bc5 | 95 (2%) | |
| 4… Bg4 | 41 (1%) | |
| 4… f6 | 10 (0%) | |
| 4… Bf5 | 8 (0%) | |
| 4… Be6 | 7 (0%) |
Master games
1,221 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 16%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2809) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2751) 1/2-1/2 · 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 · 2018-03-05
- GM Boris Gelfand (2738) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2770) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz Final · 2012-07-09
- GM Quang Liem Le (2693) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2770) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz Final · 2012-07-09
- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2749) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2676) 0-1 · World Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-29
- GM Baadur Jobava (2702) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2676) 1-0 · World Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-30
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM iustin104 (2676) – kasparik_garik (2657) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Severus-Snape-1960 (2619) – Dr_Ragin (2665) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- AeroTraining (2654) – NM smurf42 (2595) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Tartakower Defense D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation D09 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line D08 · 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.