country death_date death_place birth_place title birth_date birthname image article_title name
soviet union 12 november 1979 minsk , belarus minsk , belarus international master 28 july 1912 gavriil nikolayevich veresov gavriil veresov.jpg gavriil veresov
 gavriil veresov
gavriil veresov

gavriil nikolayevich veresov -lrb- , ; 28 july 1912 -- 12 november 1979 -rrb- was a soviet chess player .
he was awarded the title of international master -lrb- im -rrb- in 1950 .
veresov was a five-time winner of the belarusian chess championship -lrb- 1936 , 1939 , 1941 , 1958 , 1963 -rrb- .
veresov came to the forefront of soviet chess during the second world war , but never gained much attention .
he is mostly recognised today for the opening that bears his name -- the veresov opening .
veresov was born and died in minsk .
