Gavriil Nikolayevich Veresov was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 1950 but chessmetrics.com rates him 13th in the world in 1944.

Veresov was a five-time winner of the Belarusian Chess Championship

Belarusian Chess Championship

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 (1936, 1939, 1941, 1958, 1963). Veresov came to the forefront of Soviet chess during the Second World War

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, but never gained much attention. He is mostly recognised today for the opening that bears his name – The Veresov Opening. Veresov was born and died in Minsk

Minsk

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The Veresov Opening

The Veresov Opening (also known as the Richter-Veresov Attack after International Master Kurt Richter

Kurt Richter

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) begins either 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 or, more commonly, 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5. After 3.Bg5, Black's most popular choices are 3... Nbd7, 3... e6, 3... Bf5, 3... c6 and 3... c5, all potentially leading to different variations, with 3...e6 4. e4 giving a French Defence

French Defence

The French Defence is a chess opening. It is characterised by the moves:The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages...

 by transposition. White's plans typically include rapid Queenside castling, and an early f2-f3 and e2-e4 pawn push. The ECO

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 code for the Richter-Veresov Attack is D01.

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