Mieses Opening
1. d3
The Mieses Opening is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. d3. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 69,229 times by this move order. White won 47%, 5% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 1… d5 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.15 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 1… d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. c4)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 1 plies
- FEN
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1. d3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 32,500 | |
| 1500-1999 | 30,167 | |
| 2000+ | 6,562 | |
| All | 69,229 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1… d5 | 24,589 (36%) | |
| 1… e5 Reversed Rat | 18,741 (27%) | |
| 1… Nf6 | 5,383 (8%) | |
| 1… e6 | 5,145 (7%) | |
| 1… c5 | 3,755 (5%) | |
| 1… g6 | 2,713 (4%) | |
| 1… c6 | 2,689 (4%) | |
| 1… d6 | 2,293 (3%) |
Master games
2,657 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 13%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2791) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819) 1-0 · chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016 · 2016-08-24
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2786) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2802) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 · 2017-11-02
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2723) 1-0 · Chessable Masters Prelim · 2022-05-21
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2847) – GM Daniil Dubov (2710) 1-0 · Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 · 2021-04-03
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2763) 1-0 · chess.com QF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016 · 2016-05-04
Search all games of the Mieses Opening and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM Fabsid (2815) – IM khubushka2007 (2793) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- IM Beast64chess (2714) – NM Andrey11976 (2797) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- GM Niksss2023 (2822) – discasting (2621) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Continuations
- Mieses Opening: Reversed Rat A00 · 1. d3 e5
- Mieses Opening: Myers Spike Attack A00 · 1. d3 g6 2. g4
- Mieses Opening: Venezolana Variation A00 · 1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
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.