Gavriil Veresov

Gavriil Veresov
Full name	Gavriil Nikolayevich Veresov
Country	Soviet Union
Born	July 28, 1912(1912-07-28) Minsk, Belarus
Died	November 12, 1979(1979-11-12) Minsk, Belarus
Title	International Master

Gavriil Nikolayevich Veresov (Belarusian: Гаўрыла Мікалаевіч Верасаў, Russian: Гавриил Николаевич Вересов; 28 July 1912 – 12 November 1979) was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 1950^[1] but chessmetrics.com rates him 13th in the world in 1944.^[2]

Veresov was a five-time winner of the Belarusian Chess Championship (1936, 1939, 1941, 1958, 1963). Veresov came to the forefront of Soviet chess during the Second World War, 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.^[1]

The Veresov Opening

Main article: Richter-Veresov Attack

The Veresov Opening (also known as the Richter-Veresov Attack after International Master Kurt Richter) 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 by transposition. White's plans typically include rapid Queenside castling, and an early f2-f3 and e2-e4 pawn push. The ECO code for the Richter-Veresov Attack is D01.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 444, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
2. ^ Chessmetrics Ratings: Veresov, Gavriil N

External links

• Gavriil Veresov player profile at ChessGames.com

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Name	Veresov, Gavriil Nikolayevich
Alternative names
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Date of birth	28 July 1912
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarus
Date of death	12 November 1979
Place of death	Minsk, Belarus