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D09

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D09, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

It is reached after 10 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5.

The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D09
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
10
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation

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