Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
The Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A46, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 284 times by this move order. White won 39%, 3% were drawn and Black won 58%. The most popular continuation is 4… Be7 (53% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.14 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 4… Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Qd2)
- ECO
- A46
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 73 | |
| 1500-1999 | 179 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 284 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Be7 | 151 (53%) | |
| 4… c5 | 55 (19%) | |
| 4… Bb4 | 30 (11%) | |
| 4… h6 | 17 (6%) | |
| 4… Nbd7 | 11 (4%) | |
| 4… c6 | 10 (4%) | |
| 4… Bd6 | 5 (2%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
53 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 36%, draw 9%, Black 55%). The strongest:
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2745) – GM Vincent Keymer (2717) 1-0 · Tata Steel IND Blitz Open · 2023-09-09
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2559) – GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2622) 0-1 · PNWCC Bullet (1+1) 2020 · 2020-08-09
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2745) – FM Daniil Plyasunov (2304) 1-0 · Titled Tue 28th Nov Early · 2023-11-28
- IM Paul Velten (2429) – GM Pavel V. Tregubov (2616) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 · 2014-05-25
- GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2587) – IM Nail Bashirli (2382) 1-0 · Titled Arena May 8th 2021 · 2021-05-08
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Comes from
Indian Defense: Knights Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
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: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation 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.