King's Gambit Declined: Miles Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5
The King's Gambit Declined: Miles Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 689 times by this move order. White won 43%, 2% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 4. exf5 (37% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.44 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4. exf5 e4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5)
- ECO
- C30
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 129 | |
| 1500-1999 | 422 | |
| 2000+ | 138 | |
| All | 689 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. exf5 | 253 (37%) | |
| 4. d3 | 97 (14%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 84 (12%) | |
| 4. Bc4 | 77 (11%) | |
| 4. fxe5 | 72 (10%) | |
| 4. Nxe5 | 67 (10%) | |
| 4. Bb5 | 17 (2%) | |
| 4. d4 | 10 (1%) |
Master games
78 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 35%, draw 16%, Black 49%). The strongest:
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2779) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2775) 0-1 · Titled Tue 6th Jun Late · 2023-06-06
- GM Gareev, T. (2573) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2773) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 4th Jan · 2022-01-04
- GM Awonder Liang (2613) – GM Nihal Sarin (2648) 1-0 · chess.com Junior Speed · 2022-05-12
- FM Arad Nazari (2389) – GM B. Adhiban (2598) 1/2-1/2 · 28th Abu Dhabi Masters · 2022-08-24
- GM Mateusz Bartel (2609) – FM Daniel Taboas Rodriguez (2375) 1-0 · Titled Tue 21st Mar Late · 2023-03-21
Search all games of the King's Gambit Declined: Miles Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM MassterofMayhem (2670) – wallywally (2594) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Richwinter (2601) – DiabloDiabloDiablo (2642) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- ph0rial (2468) – CM Asatryan_Gor (2575) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6
More King's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation (2. f4 Bc5) C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation (3… d6 4. c3) C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Euwe Attack C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Hanham Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Réti Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Svenonius Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Keene Defense C30
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.