Mieses Opening: Myers Spike Attack
1. d3 g6 2. g4
The Mieses Opening: Myers Spike Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. d3 g6 2. g4. It is a line of the Mieses Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 2… Bg7 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.75 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 2… d5 3. Bg2 Bxg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. Qb3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. d3 g6 2. g4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… Bg7 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- FM Olaf Steffens (2175) – Giulia Tonel (1936) 0-1 · 46th Arco Open 2024 · 2024-10-09
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- AnvitPandey (520) – JaydenF007 (1508) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 480 + 3s
Comes from
Mieses Opening 1. d3
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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.