Veresov
1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4!?
Not a popular continuation, but it has been played by grandmasters. I guess part of its attraction lies in that after ...
4.Nxe4 dxe4
... the position has been unbalanced and Black, although contracting doubled pawns, has gained space on the central-kingside.
5.e3 c5 6.dxc5?!
This arguably justifies Black's play in that Black now has a marked space advantage in the centre and can play ...e5 without hindrance. Stockfish15 and Komodo13.02 suggest a move that does not appear in ChessBase's 2022 Mega database, 6.Ne2!?, the idea being to follow up with Nc3.
6...Qa5+ 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.0-0-0 Nc6 9.Qd5 Qxd5 10.Rxd5 f6
Urmet Ibadlev - Igor Zaitsev, USSR Team Cup (Moscow) 1966), went 10...e5 11.a3 Be6 12.Rd2 h6 13.Bh4 g5!? 14.Bg3 f5 with a positionally won game for Black, according to the engines (0-1, 25 moves).
11.Bh4 e5 12.a3?!
The engines' 12.Rd1 looks better.
12...Be6 13.Rd2!?
The engines much-prefer 13.Rd1.
13...g5 14.Bg3 h5
The engines reckon 14...f5!? is stronger.
15.h4 g4 16.Bb5 Rc8
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17.f4?!
Trying to free the dark-square bishop, but creating a major weakness at e3. Probably better is 17.Ne2 (Stockfish15) or 17.Ba4!? (Komodo13.02), albeit Black is on top.
17...Bc5 18.Re2 0-0 19.Bf2 exf4 20.exf4?
20.Bxc6 is an improvement, but still horrible for White.
20...Bxf2 21.Rxf2 Nd4
Black wins material.
22.f5
Or 22.Ba4 e3 23.Rf1 b5 etc.
22...Rfd8 23.fxe6 Nb3+ 24.Kb1 Rd1+ 25.Ka2 Nc1+ 26.Ka1 Nd3+ 27.Ka2 Nxf2
The game finished:
28.Ne2 Nxh1 29.Nf4 Ng3 30.e7 Kf7 0-1
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