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FM rychessmaster1

Dec 25, 2015

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#1

1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bg5

Namelecc

Dec 25, 2015

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#2

Because it is a waste of time. The knight isn't even pinned.

kindaspongey

Dec 25, 2015

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#3

Possibly helpful:

Dealing with d4 Deviations by John Cox (2005)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627032909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen89.pdf

Grandmaster Repertoire 11: Beating 1 d4 Sidelines by Boris Avrukh (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627001415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen164.pdf

By the way, if one is going to play this opening, shouldn't it be with moves that rhyme?

Pulpofeira

Dec 26, 2015

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#4

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Everett: Two quotes from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

After annotating game 26 (not in this database) Bronstein states "You ought to know that Veresov was very anti-Semitic. He lived in Minsk and was a real enemy of Isaac Boleslavsky."

The very next game (27) against Fischer...

Bronstein vs Fischer, 1960

... Bronstein describes the opening as the "Lewickiego Attack" with this explanation:

"Lewickiego Attack? Yes, in the old books it was called just that! I do not feel any inclination to call it the Veresov Attack as it is done nowadays. Although he played this line quite often, he should not be honored by having an opening named after him."

From chessgames.com

IM pfren

Dec 26, 2015

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#5

RookTheElevator wrote:

Because it is a waste of time. The knight isn't even pinned.

I have played the Veresov many times as white. I think 3...h6, calling white to show his Bxf6 positional bluff, is a perfectly valid option.

Black seemingly "plays into white's hands", and he is punished by... achieving a very comfortable position, with chances to play for a win. This is known since ages, say:

I have stopped playing the Veresov- the opening is both sound, and harmless... I'd rather go for something less principled, and more ambitious, like the currently topical Jobava attack (3.Bf4), which is both challenging, and relatively uncharted.