On move 7 Black should go Qe5. For example 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.Nc4 Qe7 followed by 0-0 and I personally don't believe White has enough compensation for the pawn.
Did you have something in mind against Qe5?
Possible way to decline the albin's counter gambit and get the advantage?!
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Yeah, white has this resource.
good point I prefer White in that line.
I guess Black shouldn't be greedy.
What about 7...Qd6 8.Ncxe4 (Ndxe4 Qxd1 looks equal) Qg6.
That's a very resonable way to play for black.
Here's some analysis on blacks different retreats:
I finally had a chance to try out this line with White at the Philadelphia Open.
Unfortunately my opponent played 4...Nc6 and after 5.Nc3 Bb4 I didn't feel like playing 6.Bd2 or 6.e3 (took me a while to realize it transposes to a line I play as Black vs the Goring Gambit etc), so I went for the endgame with dxe5?! and got an OK position.
So I'm still not sure about this line, I mean it's obviously nice if Black goes for e4 but I have a feeling that most of the time they'll just play Nc6 and try to transpose to the standard lines.
I think the line with de and fiancetto leads white to a very comfortable position
Right, that's one of the main options, but the Nge7 method employed by Moro and Nakamura does well against a kingside fianchetto.
In the final position, why is it so good for white? Black can probably finish his development fast enough and he should be fine and it just looks like white's advantage is minimal at best.
I wouldn't be so suprised that declining can give white an edge, I think it's only accpeted every time because it gives clearly better chances for an edge.
I've never seen 3...e4 played. White could probably get a nice edge with Nc3+Qb3/+Bg5
I recently started to explore the albin's counter gambit in detail and during my exploration i found this line which seems pretty promising for white.