Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D08, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 17,428 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 3. dxe5 (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.65 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 3. dxe5 Ne7 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Qxd5 Nxd5)
- ECO
- D08
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4,659 | |
| 1500-1999 | 9,960 | |
| 2000+ | 2,809 | |
| All | 17,428 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. dxe5 | 8,968 (51%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 2,823 (16%) | |
| 3. cxd5 | 2,383 (14%) | |
| 3. e3 | 2,169 (12%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 743 (4%) | |
| 3. e4 | 114 (1%) | |
| 3. c5 | 73 (0%) | |
| 3. a3 | 47 (0%) |
Master games
1,072 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 18%, Black 41%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2751) – GM Jeffery Xiong (2656) 1-0 · 3rd 3-0 Thu 14th May 2026 · 2026-05-14
- GM Andrew Tang (2538) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) 0-1 · Carlsen-Tang Bullet 2021 · 2021-02-22
- GM Sam Shankland (2691) – GM Daniil Dubov (2710) 0-1 · Opera Euro Rapid Prelim · 2021-02-07
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2725) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2659) 1-0 · Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 · 2021-03-06
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM iustin104 (2676) – kasparik_garik (2657) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Caminero85 (2723) – ALBING0 (2581) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Severus-Snape-1960 (2619) – Dr_Ragin (2665) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Spassky Variation D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap D08 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3
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.