Main line, through 3. Bg5D01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5
In the centre, White holds d4 while Black holds d5.
D01
Richter-Veresov Attack
8 named lines in this family, ECO D01. Every one of them opens 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5, so the notes on those moves are written once, just below, instead of once per line. Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that this page has not already printed. A line's own page carries up to its first 4 per-move notes in full.
The moves every line here plays
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5
- 1. d4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen.
- 1... Nf6 Develops the knight to f6, eyeing d5 and e4.
- 2. Nc3 Develops the knight to c3, eyeing d5 and e4.
- 2... d5 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e4, and frees the bishop and queen. Theory calls this the Chigorin Variation.
Boyce DefenseD01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4
Main line, after 3... Bf5D01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5
Richter VariationD01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3
Two Knights SystemD01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3
Veresov VariationD01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6
Two Knights System, Grünfeld DefenseD01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6
Malich GambitD01
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5
Black keeps the extra pawn; White plays for time, open lines, and initiative - the classic gambit trade.
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