Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D37, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 6… b6 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 6… h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxf6)
- ECO
- D37
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… b6 | 1 (50%) | |
| 6… a6 | 1 (50%) |
Master games
40 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 65%, draw 17%, Black 18%). The strongest:
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2723) – GM Igor Kovalenko (2657) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-RUS Men 2017 · 2017-05-02
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770) – IM Sergei Lobanov (2516) 1-0 · Ville d'Orsay On/L Blitz · 2021-02-07
- GM Daniil Dubov (2614) – GM Zbynek Hracek (2638) 1/2-1/2 · 30th ECC Open 2014 · 2014-09-20
- GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (2620) – GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (2519) 1/2-1/2 · 43rd Olympiad 2018 · 2018-09-28
- GM Tomas Polak (2518) – GM Stepan Zilka (2599) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE Extraliga 2023-24 · 2024-04-06
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- oldmisio (2290) – BanaYalanSoylediler (2281) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- vmm538 (1984) – Robinkill12 (2033) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (3… d5 4. Nc3) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav D02
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack Deferred D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense, Tan Gambit D06
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.