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

…and 44 more in the trainer.

Train it

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Open Albin Countergambit