an occasional surprise weapon. Even Karpov employed it with success against Romanishin in a Soviet Team Championship. Other, more frequent practitioners have included Héctor Rossetto, Lev Alburt, Victor Ciocaltea, Nikola Padevsky, and Tony Miles. In more contemporary play, the system has remained popular. Grandmaster Jonny Hector has become an adherent of the Veresov and some interest has also been shown by leading GM Alexander Morozevich. After 3.Bg5 (see diagram), Black's most popular choices are 3...Nbd7, 3...e6, 3...Bf5, 3...c6, and 3...c5, all potentially leading to different variations. White's plans typically include rapid queenside castling and an early f3 and e4. After the black reply 3...Bf5, Richter usually continued 4.f3, hoping to build a large pawn centre; Veresov, on the other hand, usually played 4.Bxf6, damaging the black pawn structure. Today, these two lines are known, respectively, as the Richter and Veresov Variations. See also List of chess openings List of chess openings named after people Notes References Chessgames.com: Richter–Veresov Attack (D01) CHESS magazine, Jimmy Adams, Volume 44 Nos. 805–6, November 1978, pp. 57–62. Further reading External links Richter–Veresov Attack Chess openings