Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3

ECO D08

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3.

It is catalogued under code D08 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move dxe3 is chosen by Black on move 5.

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