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Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D37, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2, after 11 plies of opening development.
The line is a first-level refinement of Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation.
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- ECO code
- D37
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 11
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Statistics from Lichess
61,050 games · White 50.3% / Draw 5.0% / Black 44.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| h6 | 17,633 | |
| Nbd7 | 10,777 | |
| c6 | 8,442 | |
| b6 | 7,844 | |
| c5 | 5,054 | |
| a6 | 3,990 | |
| dxc4 | 3,497 | |
| Nc6 | 2,309 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:32:26
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