Mieses Opening: Venezolana Variation
1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
The Mieses Opening: Venezolana Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3. 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 4 times by this move order. White won 50%, 25% were drawn and Black won 25%. The most popular continuation is 3… Rb8 (25% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.32 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 3… d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 d4 6. Nd5)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Rb8 | 1 (25%) | |
| 3… e6 | 1 (25%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 1 (25%) | |
| 3… d6 | 1 (25%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- CM Peter D Lalic (2208) – Alan Scrimgour (1990) 1-0 · V Kingston Inv 2026 · 2026-08-17
Search all games of the Mieses Opening: Venezolana Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MORGANBRAZIL (1857) – MIKHAIL_100 (1876) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- MORGANBRAZIL (1863) – AntonioGrandeCamera (1864) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- NE_gerietis (1755) – Real-Kutscher (1762) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
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.