Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit
ECO: D08Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
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About the Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined, catalogued under ECO code D08 in the Closed Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5, with Black playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Queen's Gambit Declined has 198 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD07 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints GambitD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 b5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen AttackD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Qb3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD07 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight VariationD31 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3