About this opening
Richter-Veresov Attack: Two Knights System, Grünfeld Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code D01. ECO group D (D00–D99)
covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached
after 8 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6.
It belongs to the Richter-Veresov Attack family.
Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Two Knights System → Grünfeld Defense line). The immediate parent line is Richter-Veresov Attack: Two Knights System, transitioned via 4…g6.
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nc3 d5, 3.Bg5 Nbd7, 4.Nf3 g6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.
Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.
Caissly's coverage of D01 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.