Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4. 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 901 times by this move order. White won 47%, 4% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 4. b4 a5 5. b5 e5 6. Nf3 Nd7)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 237 | |
| 1500-1999 | 575 | |
| 2000+ | 89 | |
| All | 901 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 583 (65%) | |
| 4. e3 | 179 (20%) | |
| 4. b4 | 72 (8%) | |
| 4. e4 | 18 (2%) | |
| 4. a3 | 11 (1%) | |
| 4. Bf4 | 11 (1%) | |
| 4. g3 | 8 (1%) | |
| 4. Bd2 | 5 (1%) |
Master games
67 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 12%, Black 49%). The strongest:
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2559) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770) 1-0 · Chess.com Bullet Open 1 · 2020-12-19
- IM Harshavardhan G B (2397) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov · 2020-11-03
- GM Bartosz Socko (2619) – GM Axel Smith (2461) 1-0 · TCh-SWE Elitserien · 2020-10-20
- IM Meri Arabidze (2457) – GM Jan Gustafsson (2597) 1-0 · Titled Tue 18th Feb Late · 2025-02-18
- IM Vadim Moiseenko (2475) – GM Ulibin, M. (2501) 1-0 · 24th Heart of Finland Open 2014 · 2014-07-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MiniSip (2599) – WOW_PEDRO (2585) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Mahdi-313 (2322) – FM HundimBuero (2484) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Riddik345 (2340) – fedyaivanov (2390) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav D02
- 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
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2. c4 Nc6) D07
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.