Main lineA00
1. d3
No pawn stands on d4, e4, d5 or e5 - this line is played with the centre squares empty.
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Mieses Opening
4 named lines in this family, ECO A00. Every one of them opens 1. d3, so that move's note is written once, just below, instead of once per line. Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that this page has not already printed. A line's own page carries up to its first 4 per-move notes in full.
The moves every line here plays
1. d3
- 1. d3 Supports the centre, adding control of e4. Theory calls this the Mieses Opening.
Reversed RatA00
1. d3 e5
In the centre, Black holds e5.
- 1... e5 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d4, and frees the bishop and queen. Theory calls this the Reversed Rat.
Myers Spike AttackA00
1. d3 g6 2. g4
- 1... g6 Prepares the fianchetto: the bishop will take the long diagonal via g7.
- 2. g4 Opens the f1-h3 diagonal for the bishop. Theory calls this the Myers Spike Attack.
Venezolana VariationA00
1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
- 1... c5 Fights for d4 from the flank - contesting the centre without committing a centre pawn.
- 2. Nc3 Develops the knight to c3, eyeing d5 and e4.
- 2... Nc6 Develops the knight to c6, eyeing d4 and e5.
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