Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Spassky Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Spassky Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 197 times by this move order. White won 44%, 2% were drawn and Black won 54%. The most popular continuation is 4… Nc6 (59% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 4… Nc6 5. a3 Nxe5 6. f4 Bg4 7. Be2)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 24 | |
| 1500-1999 | 111 | |
| 2000+ | 62 | |
| All | 197 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Nc6 | 116 (59%) | |
| 4… Bb4+ | 38 (19%) | |
| 4… c5 | 26 (13%) | |
| 4… dxe3 | 9 (5%) | |
| 4… Be6 | 3 (2%) | |
| 4… f5 | 2 (1%) | |
| 4… f6 | 2 (1%) | |
| 4… Qh4 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
37 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 51%, draw 17%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2733) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2698) 1/2-1/2 · 10th Gashimov Mem Rapid · 2024-09-27
- GM Daniil Dubov (2699) – IM Abdulla Gadimbayli (2470) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 30th June · 2020-06-30
- GM Daniil Dubov (2638) – IM Pavel Potapov (2460) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Rapid 2013 · 2013-06-08
- GM Stelios Halkias (2508) – IM Augustin Droin (2478) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Mar Early · 2024-03-05
- GM Dmitry Kryakvin (2529) – IM German Pankov (2404) 1-0 · European Blitz 2015 · 2015-12-18
Highest-rated Lichess games
- satlan (2675) – viewerman (2577) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- NM toninhojit (2500) – CM ArnieChipmunk (2376) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM purepecha1 (2319) – CapitanAfrica (2480) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 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.