Chess Openings- Albin Counter Gambit
Friday, June 18th, 2010 at
8:42 am
In the Albin Counter Gambit, black aggressively tries to undermine the center control of white’s opening of the queen’s gambit line. If white is not careful he can fall into man traps, including the Lasker Trap which has an underpromotion as early as move 7. With correct play white can keep his advantage in the Albin Counter Gambit but if white is not well versed in this opening then black can not only equalize but have a winning game.
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i am a recent convert to the albin counter gambit but the variation i play is a little different
after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4
if white attempts to attack the pushed pawn on d4 with his kingside night, my first defender is actually then c5, i find this works because the night is actually still capable of defence
i notice you push the night first however and would like ask why you do this or consequently why c5 is a bad move
thanks
u need to develop pieces as fast as u can to have compesation for your – pawn, its right, u can hold ur d4 pawn easier if u play c5 but its just time wasting as b4 undermins ur pawn and u need to develop….
i can see your point… it makes sense too, but i just like the idea of that move because it doesnt hinder you development but it freezes his pawn and limits his bishop to only 2 squares, and also if at one point the d4 pawn is somehow taken, you still have a pawn stake there
i move pawn to d4 and white moves pawn to a3 to avoid mi atack with by bishop and then i lost
It is a little different after 6. Qa4+ Nc6 though, because the King can simply take the pawn without losing the Queen. Here are two likely continuations:
7. Bxb4 exf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qd4+ 10. Ke1 Qe4+ 11. Kf2 Qxh1
7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8. Ke2 Bg4+ 9. Nf3 Bxd2 10. Nxd2
Did it go something like this?
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 Nc6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Ne2 d3 7. Nf4 Nxe5 8. Nc3 N7g6 9. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qxd3
I don’t understand why the white king wouldn’t just take the black pawn when the pawn checks the king.
I understand now, because the Queen would then be taken.
yeah, even after 4.E3? instead of 4. Nf3 white doing 6.Qa4+ wrecks black’s game really hard. 4.E3? isn’t the worst mistake. it’s essential for the trap to work, but 6. Bxb4?? is why he loses. Even in the lines following 5.Nd2 and a later Nf3 can hose black really hard.
Prime, after 4. e3? Bb4+ 5. Nd2 dxe3 6. fxe3 Qa4+!? 7. g3 Qe4 8. Nf3 Qxe3+, black has regained his pawn and white has an isolated e pawn. The game is by no means over, but I would prefer black here.
Also good is 6… Nh6 7. Nf3 Nc6 where black’s lead in development and white’s doubled isolated e pawns are good compensation for the pawn.
So 4. e3 isn’t game-ending, no, but it is a pretty significant mistake, especially when white is passing up other, very strong responses to the Albin.
cause you can take his queen re re
Playing c5 blocks the bishop from checking the king and allowing him to play e3 but still it is playable.
Thank you for telling me; one hundred and one years after I knew.
which software u used for audio
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@thechesswebsite what if @ 2:24 Nb5?
I’m no expert, not even an amateur … i just started seriously studying the game of chess. But, at 07:10, what if White King just attacks the black F2 pawn ??
@djat4ever then he loses his queen right away.
@thechesswebsite 100% right. Sorry to doubt your strategy.
@thechesswebsite 100% right. Sorry to doubt your strategy,
excuse me, 7:15.. what if black bg4?
Whats ur FIDE kevin?. Just wondering =).
if…3. cxd5 Qxd5 surely 4. Nf3 then 5. Nc3 is a sound way of repelling the queen in a similar fashion to what is found in the “Symmetrical Defence”?
I play Queen’s Gambit a lot and I find the mainline against the Albin to be incredibly suspect, that Nf3 to protect the E pawn is flawed…and that even putting the kings bishop in fianchetto doesn’t provide solidity defensively.
Thank you very much !! My opponents usually play like this.
after d4 d5 c4 e5 cxd5 Qxd5 Nc3 Qxd4 Qxd4 exd4 what then after Nb5??
looks ok to me
at 3:53 I was thinking Qxd4. If black does Qxd4 and white responds with Nxd4 black is down both center pawns and has no developed pieces and white has his knight in the middle of the board…