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Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 (D09)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 g3

Number of games in database: 694
Years covered: 1896 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 50.9%
   Black wins 30.1%
   Draws 19.0%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Larry D Dulany  5 games
Viktor Korchnoi  4 games
Henk Schulenberg  4 games
Milos Mozny  9 games
Jorgen Hvenekilde  8 games
Frank Marshall  6 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Van der Wiel vs Tiviakov, 2001
Bondarevsky vs V Mikenas, 1950
Spassky vs Forintos, 1964
E Formanek vs D Oshana, 1970
H Dinser vs D Mione, 1996
Schlechter vs J Mieses, 1900
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 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 694  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Chigorin vs Albin 1-0621896NurembergD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
2. Schlechter vs Marshall ½-½361900ParisD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
3. Schlechter vs J Mieses 0-1311900ParisD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
4. Schlechter vs W Cohn ½-½36190012th DSB Congress, MunichD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
5. V Ostrogsky vs Bugaev  1-0281903Blind simul 17bD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
6. L L Labatt / C O Wilcox vs Pillsbury  1-0341904Pillsbury Simul 6b, New OrleansD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
7. H W Shoosmith vs L van Vliet  0-1261904LondonD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
8. Burn vs Marshall  ½-½531905OstendD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
9. F Benima vs Vidmar  0-1481905Barmen Hauptturnier-AD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
10. O Valentiner vs J Szekely  1-0371905Barmen-DD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
11. J Esser vs Marshall 0-1291905ScheveningenD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
12. Burn vs Schlechter  ½-½301905Barmen Meisterturnier AD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
13. Burn vs P Leonhardt  1-0491906OstendD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
14. L Labatt vs Marshall 1-0381906Marshall Exhibition, Casual GameD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
15. Janowski vs Marshall 0-1531908Janowski - Marshall, 3rd MatchD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
16. H Rosenfeld vs Marshall  0-1251910Manhattan CC chD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
17. H N Bewley vs A Turner  1-040191240th Oxford-Cambridge Varsity mD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
18. Marshall vs Janowski 1-0601912Janowski - Marshall, 4th MatchD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
19. Marshall vs Janowski 1-0311913HavanaD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
20. E Bjorkander vs Kostic  0-1511913StockholmD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
21. H Atkins vs G Barron  1-0291915Huddersfield - Hull mD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
22. I Rabinovich vs Tartakower ½-½491925Baden-BadenD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
23. J Pannekoek vs R Loman 0-1451926Dutch ChampionshipD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
24. Euwe vs J van de Kar 1-0331927Amsterdam CC ChampionshipD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
25. A Muffang vs H Norman-Hansen  ½-½291927London OlympiadD09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-11-07  Knight13: Albin Countergambit has a reputation for being a bad opening... But...

V Neverov vs R Strohhaeker, 2007

Jun-05-07  Silverstrike: White: John Calder
Black: Julius Schwartz
Event: Edinburgh Chess Congress Challengers (U-1900) Date: 15/4/'07
Board: 7
Round: 4
White ELO: 1815
Black ELO: 1647

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bf5 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.0-0 0-0-0 8.Bd2 f6 9.Qb3 Bh3 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Ne5 Qe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.c5 Qd7 14.Qa4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Bxc5 16.Rc1 Qd5+ 17.f3 Kd7 18.Qc2 Bb6 19.a4 a5 20.b4 Rde8 21.Qd3 Ng4 22.bxa5 Be3+ 23.Kg1 Ba7 24.Na3 g5 25.Nc4 Ng4 26.fxg4 Rhf8 27.Rab1 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 d3+ 29.Qe3 Bxe3+ 30.Nxe3 Qd4 31.Rc4 Qa7 Draw agreed


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I'm fairly convinced I had the advantage in this game, but I didn't exploit it. My idea behind 25...Ng4 was 26.fxg4 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 d3+ but as I came back to the board I realised that 26...Rxe2 would fail to 27.Qf5+ (He would have still ended up with more material than I had he taken the rook, as eventually happened in the game). I believe the game is won for him at the end, I was very lucky to escape with a draw.

Jun-05-07  MaxxLange: I agree, White looks much better in the diagram. He has some discomfort due to the pin, but can't he just play Kg2 (to break the pin and guard against ...Rf3), then Rcb4, Rb7, and push the a-pawns?
Jun-05-07  Silverstrike: <MaxxLange> That seems to be one of many ways to win the diagramed position. It does indeed look won for white.
Jun-06-07  MaxxLange: Fritz 10 likes Rc3 or even Rb3 - Black cannot hold that pawn, and it falls with check and with defense of the e3 Knight on the 3rd rank.

If my move, 1. Kg2, is played, then Fritz says 1...Re8 2. Kf3 Rf8+ 3. Nf5 and White is still winning

He may have gotten nervous, playing without a Queen, or seen some kind of ghost. You psyched him out, playing with confidence even after your blunder.

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