Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 215 times by this move order. White won 47%, 4% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4. dxc5 (43% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.53 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Nxd2)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 52 | |
| 1500-1999 | 74 | |
| 2000+ | 89 | |
| All | 215 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. dxc5 | 93 (43%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 63 (29%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 28 (13%) | |
| 4. e4 | 18 (8%) | |
| 4. e3 | 8 (4%) | |
| 4. d6 | 2 (1%) | |
| 4. Bf4 | 1 (0%) | |
| 4. f3 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
152 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 32%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2783) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) 1/2-1/2 · American Cup Champ · 2025-03-23
- GM Liren Ding (2762) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2794) 0-1 · 12th Norway Chess 2024 · 2024-06-01
- GM So, W. (2751) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) 0-1 · Saint Louis Blitz 2024 · 2024-08-16
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2799) – GM So, W. (2747) 1/2-1/2 · Tata Steel India Blitz · 2024-11-17
- GM Quang Liem Le (2739) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 1st Apr Early · 2025-04-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- AnibalBarca7 (2692) – FM Brastrodamus (2675) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- CM The_chess_child (2597) – viewerman (2572) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- anhbutk (2659) – jim2600 (2485) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation D06 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5+
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: 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
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2… Nc6 3. Nc3) 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.