1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5

3. de

taking this pawn it is usually the most efficient way of knocking this counter gambit

but have you ever seen someone has played  3. Nc3  ?

What is the best move at the moment?

Is it 3. ... ed4:

or maybe 3. ... dc4:?

share your thoughts with me...

thank you

Hi!

3...dxc4 might be a good practical choice.

Here are two games you might enjoy:

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N.N.-Wenman

Bristol Club Ch., 1938

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Nxd1 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bf4 O-O-O 8.Ne3 Bb4+ (A position well remembering. Black wins three pieces in a row with 9.Nd2 Bxd2+ 10.Kd1 Bxe3+ 11.Ke1 Bxf4) 0-1

Zysk (2474)-Nikolaidis (2538)

Acropolis Open

Athens, Aug, 18 2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Qb3 Rae8 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nfd5 16.Ne4 Qf7 17.Qg3 Nc8 18.b3 b6 19.Ba3 Nce7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rac1 Kh8 22.Rc4 Rf4 23.Nd2 Ref8 24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.Re4 Qf8 26.Kf1 Qf5 27.f3 h6 28.h4 Rxe4 29.Nxe4 Nf4 30.Qe1 Qxe5 31.Qd2 Nd5 32.g3 c5 33.Kg2 Kg8 34.Qe2 Qf5 35.Qa6 Ne3+ 36.Kf2 Ng4+ 37.Ke2 Ne5 38.Nd2 Kh7 39.Qb5 c4 40.bxc4 Qd3+ 41.Ke1 Qe3+ 42.Kd1 Nxf3 43.Nb3 Qd3+ 44.Kc1 Ne1 45.Kb2 Qc2+ 46.Ka3 Nd3 0-1

Barefoot_Player

the idea of the Albin counter gambit is to try to put white in an inconvenient position and making development complicated for white, at the cost of a pawn...

so the best practical choice is d4, as dxc4 leaves black with an equal endgame, but white gets the upper hand if he delays piece trades for a bit and still saves some offensive chances against blacks uncastled king. which is the main setback.

Barefoot player, thanks for your opinion.

that game with Zysk & Nikolaidis kind of turned into a queens accepted gambit, but whitout e pawn on each side. I like that. :)

Croat

što se čeka

?

prodo sam taj protugambit jednom liku na live chess-u i lik se skroz raspo to je dobro otvaranje

pa znam kiseli, to je odlično otvaranje, to sam ja htio igrat