Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Tartakower Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Tartakower Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5. 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 722 times by this move order. White won 53%, 4% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 5. e3 (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.49 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 5. e3 Nc6 6. exd4 cxd4 7. Bd3 Bb4+)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 119 | |
| 1500-1999 | 439 | |
| 2000+ | 164 | |
| All | 722 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. e3 | 290 (40%) | |
| 5. g3 | 113 (16%) | |
| 5. Bf4 | 67 (9%) | |
| 5. b4 | 60 (8%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 57 (8%) | |
| 5. a3 | 48 (7%) | |
| 5. Nbd2 | 40 (6%) | |
| 5. Bd2 | 14 (2%) |
Master games
27 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 78%, draw 11%, Black 11%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2790000 (3642) – Stockfish dev-20231010-00263636 (3673) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-10-12
- Stockfish dev-20231010-00263636 (3673) – LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2790000 (3642) 1-0 · TCEC 25 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-10-12
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2559) – GM Pavel Ponkratov (2631) 1-0 · PNWCC Bullet (1+1) 2020 · 2020-08-09
- GM Yuri Gonzalez Vidal (2523) – GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza (2490) 1-0 · 7th Univ Cent Open 2013 · 2013-10-12
- FM Daniel Shapiro (2255) – GM Gennadi Gutman (2445) 0-1 · Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 2026-09-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- tonistark08 (2402) – Annaly-Annalyew1979 (2405) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- esposita (2373) – Annaly-Annalyew1979 (2375) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- SiegbertT (2427) – kraken76 (2275) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3
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.