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Reference position · White to move

D08 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit

D08 holds nine named lines, all under the name Queen’s Gambit. It leaves D06 (Queen’s Gambit) with 2...e5. Material is no longer level at the end of seven of its lines; the widest gap, one pawn in White’s favour, comes in Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation. That final move, by the e-pawn, covers d4 and f4 and opens a line for the queen on d8 and the bishop on f8.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4d5
2c4e5

Lines filed under D08

All nine share their first four plies, the whole reference line.

NameAfter the shared startPliesAt the end
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit(the shared start itself)4
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf37White +1
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Spassky Variation3.dxe5 d4 4.e47White +1
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Tartakower Defense3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 c58White +1
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd29White +1
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qe710White +1
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Janowski Variation3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 f610White +1
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe310
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qe716White +1

The road to D08

  1. 1.d4one earlier stop: A40
  2. 1...d5D00 Queen’s Pawn Game
  3. 2.c4D06 Queen’s Gambit
  4. 2...e5D08

The position after 2...e5

White could capture with cxd5, dxe5. Undefended and attacked: the pawn on e5. White is to move and has 31 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed00Moves spent on pawns22Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e512Squares attacked in the other half69not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from D08

The reference lines of one other code leave D08 from the position after 4.Nf3, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
D094...Nc6 5.g3Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
D30Queen’s Gambit Declinedtwo squares: e5, e6
A20English Opening: King’s English Variationfour squares: d2, d4, d5, d7
A51Indian Defense: Budapest Gambitfour squares: d5, f6, d7, g8
D00Queen’s Pawn Gamefour squares: c2, c4, e5, e7
D07Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defensefour squares: e5, c6, e7, b8
D10Slav Defensefour squares: e5, c6, c7, e7
D20Queen’s Gambit Acceptedfour squares: c4, d5, e5, e7

Where lines continue from here

Four named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 2...e5. All of them belong to the codes listed above.

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