Albin Countergambit trap!!!

Played the Albin twice in a rapid session today! At the 1800 level! Both opponents blundered into the Lasker trap! (Where black underpromotes to a knight!) 

Goes to show that even at the 1800 level people don't know openings well, and you can gain an advantage with some diligent opening preparation!!!

It is still a terrible opening to be learning.  You are relying on a 1 trick pony.  If White does not fall for it, and many won't, Black is far worse.  My favorite line for White is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5? 3.dxe5 d4 4.a3! followed by 5.e3! with advantage to White.

You are better off learning sound defenses, and if there happens to be a trap there, so be it, but you are not relying on them to fall for the trap.

For example, after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5, there is the sneaky trap 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nc3?? Nxe3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.axb4 Bxb4 with a winning advantage.  But unlike the Albin, Black is not dead here after a better 10th move by White or after 9.Bb2! and the game goes on.

Thank you for your post! I agree Albin isn't the best defence. I just play it because at my level most don't respond the best way. But yes will definitely have to master other openings against 2. c4. 

oh stop with your albin talk! I've been wanting to drop the stonewall straightjacket something like 15 years to play the albin, but haven't because there aren't any anti-staunton etc. gambits to complete a repertoire with.

I should just learn it anyways and keep the straightjacket for everything else until i take the benko plunge and totally revamp my non-1.e4 repertoire.

i'm a bit jealous you're living my dream here

A much sounder, yet similar opening is the Winawer Countergambit where it occurs in the Slav and the difference is of course the pawn on c6 but also, the knight on c3 causes White to lose a tempo and give Black some counterplay

It’s a very interesting opening that does give you a little surprise value. White is probably slightly better with best play but Black has good chances

Nice! I want to learn queen's gambit (at least how to play against it), and KID!!! How did you learn those?

I hav3 a Queen’s Gambit study that I still find very useful and it will also hav3 a link to the Indian Defenses as well. Against the Queens’s Gambit, I like to play the Semi-Slav but am not happy playing the sidelines so after 3.Nc3, I go with the Winawer Countergambit which you can find my prep here. You will also need this 1.d4 Sidelines to deal with all the other tries to deviate from the Queens Gambit. Most of the sidelines you will find in these studies are there to illustrate an idea and as long as you understand the ideas, you will have a good game