Opening · played as Black
Albin Countergambit
Meet the Queen's Gambit with 2...e5, and after 3.dxe5 push 3...d4, a pawn down with a wedge on d4 that cramps White for the whole game. Home of the Lasker Trap.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- Black
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.a3 Nge7 7.h4 Ng6 8.Nb3 a4
Some of the variations
- 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.a3 Nge7 7.h4 Ng6
- 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.a3 Nge7 7.g3 a4
- 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.Nb3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7
- 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.Nb3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 f6
- 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.g3 Nge7 7.a3 a4
- 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 a5 6.g3 Nge7 7.Nb3 Ng6
…and 44 more in the trainer.
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