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Opening· 10 plies

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D08), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation ECO D08
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About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D08. ECO group D (D00–D99) covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached after 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Declined family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Albin Countergambit → Balogh Variation line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, transitioned via 5…Qe7.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e5, 3.dxe5 d4, 4.Nf3 Nc6, 5.Nbd2 Qe7. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.