D08 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line
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1.d4d52.c4e53.dxe5d44.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line1.8M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%1.5M49%
6%111k43%
1.4%25k41%
0.6%12k37%
0.1%1.8k40%
0.1%1.6k36%
0.1%1.5k39%
0.1%1.2k33%
0%69428%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2809) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2769) – Morozevich, Alexander (2770)Grischuk, A. (2766) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2757)Grischuk, A. (2766) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2757)Gelfand, Boris (2738) – Morozevich, Alexander (2770)Topalov, Veselin (2757) – Morozevich, Alexander (2741)Gelfand, Boris (2719) – Radjabov, Teimour (2751)Le Quang, Liem (2693) – Morozevich, Alexander (2770)Heroes of this opening Grischuk, A. · Morozevich, Alexander
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D08
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3
GambitClassical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Tartakower DefenseD08 4…c5Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern LineD08 4…Nc6 5.Nbd2 · 3 deeper linesQueen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto VariationD09 4…Nc6 5.g3 · 3 deeper linesQueen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh VariationD08 4…Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qe7
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From the archives
The Queen's Gambit appears in the earliest opening manuscripts (c. 1490, Göttingen). It anchored world-championship matches for a century — Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 was practically a Queen's Gambit theme event — and in 2020 a TV show made a 500-year-old pawn offer the most famous opening on the planet. It isn't even a real gambit: Black can't safely keep the pawn.
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