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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Anti-Veresov

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Anti-Veresov is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D00.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bg4 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D00
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
4
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation

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Statistics from Lichess

97,996 games · White 48.0% / Draw 3.9% / Black 48.1%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Bf436,676
f326,137
h315,951
Nf39,602
e41,957
Qd31,956
Bg51,795
g31,126

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:02:48

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