Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, Anti-Winawer Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4
The Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, Anti-Winawer Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D10, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4. It is a line of the Slav Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4 times by this move order. White won 25%, 0% were drawn and Black won 75%. The most popular continuation is 4… dxe4 (25% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.64 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4… dxe4 5. Be3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Bxd4)
- ECO
- D10
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… dxe4 | 1 (25%) | |
| 4… exd4 | 1 (25%) | |
| 4… f5 | 1 (25%) | |
| 4… Bb4 | 1 (25%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- chessKudus (2028) – david6504 (2136) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
- djeenka (1758) – hadykindmitrij1977 (1749) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 3s
- Toshko55 (1709) – ate_arjun (1735) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5
More Slav Defense lines (all)
- Slav Defense (2. c4 c6) D10
- Slav Defense (2… c6 3. Nc3) D10
- Slav Defense (3. Nc3 dxc4) D10
- Slav Defense: Diemer Gambit D10
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (2… c6 3. cxd5) D10
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Boor Attack D10
- Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack D10
- Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit D11
- Slav Defense: Breyer Variation D11
- Slav Defense: Modern Line (2… c6 3. Nf3) D11
- Slav Defense: Modern Line (5. Bg2 g6) D11
- Slav Defense: Modern Line (5… e6 6. O-O) D11
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.