Education
Belarusian State University.
Belarusian State University.
He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 1950. 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 – Veresov was born and died in Minsk.
(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 Ecology code for the Richter-Veresov Attack is D01.