Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit › Normal Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit D08
- Normal Line D08
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line D08
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D08 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
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 16 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7.
It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D08
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 16
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