Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Anti-Veresov
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bg4
The Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Anti-Veresov is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bg4. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 812 times by this move order. White won 51%, 3% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 3. Bf4 (37% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.67 (Stockfish, depth 47; best line 3. f3 Bc8 4. e4 e6 5. Be3 Be7)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 363 | |
| 1500-1999 | 426 | |
| 2000+ | 23 | |
| All | 812 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Bf4 | 302 (37%) | |
| 3. f3 | 247 (30%) | |
| 3. h3 | 118 (15%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 76 (9%) | |
| 3. e4 | 14 (2%) | |
| 3. a3 | 10 (1%) | |
| 3. Bg5 | 9 (1%) | |
| 3. Qd3 | 9 (1%) |
Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 22%, draw 22%, Black 56%). The strongest:
- IM Olexandr Bortnyk (2533) – IM David Paravyan (2435) 1/2-1/2 · Moscow Open Students 2015 · 2015-02-06
- GM Denes Boros (2402) – IM Evgeny Egorov (2294) 1-0 · Titled Tue 3rd Jan Late · 2023-01-03
- CM Andrey Ermolaev (2274) – FM Ivan Vihor Krsnik Cohar (2353) 0-1 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 23rd Jul 2026 · 2026-07-23
- Wellington S. Albuquerque Junior (2209) – IM Evgeny Egorov (2314) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 14th July · 2020-07-14
- CM Miroslav Gruca (2198) – IM Christian Koepke (2296) 0-1 · Titled Tue 7th May Late · 2024-05-07
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (1… d5 2. Nc3) 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4) A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense A40
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d6) A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Liedmann Gambit A43
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (2. Nc3 d5) A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) A48
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.