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1 a b c d e f g h Moves 1. d3 ECO A00 Named after Jacques Mieses Parent Irregular chess opening Chessgames.com opening explorer The Mieses Opening is a chess opening:
- 1. d3
It is named after the German-British grandmaster Jacques Mieses.
White's 1.d3 releases his c1 bishop and makes a modest claim for the center, but since it does not stake out as large a share of the centre as 1.d4 does, it is not a popular opening move. Of the twenty possible first moves for White, it ranks tenth in popularity. Nevertheless, since 1...d6 is playable by Black against any opening move from White,[1] it is playable by White as well. Black has many reasonable responses, such as 1...e5, 1...d5, 1...c5, 1...Nf6, and 1...g6.
The most famous use of this opening was in the third game in the rematch between Garry Kasparov and the Deep Blue computer in 1997.[2] Kasparov believed that the computer would play the opening poorly if it had to rely on its own skills rather than on its opening book. The game was drawn.[3]
It is considered an irregular opening, so it is classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
Illustrative game
Kasparov–Deep Blue, Game 3, May 1997.[4] 1. d3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O Qd7 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Nh3 Nd4 13. Nf2 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. b4 b6 16. Rb1 Kh8 17. Rb2 a6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Bg4 Bg6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qxa3 24. Ra2 Qb3 25. f5 Qxd1 26. Bxd1 Bh7 27. Nh3 Rfb8 28. Nf4 Bd8 29. Nfd5 Nc6 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Ba4 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 a5 33. Bb5 Ra7 34. Kg2 g5 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 36. f6 Bg6 37. h4 gxh4 38. Kh3 Kg8 39. Kxh4 Kh7 40. Kg4 Bc7 41. Nxc7 Rxc7 42. Rxa5 Rd8 43. Rf3 Kh8 44. Kh4 Kg8 45. Ra3 Kh8 46. Ra6 Kh7 47. Ra3 Kh8 48. Ra6 ½–½
See also
- List of chess openings
- List of chess openings named after people
References
- ^ The book An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black is devoted to giving "Black a complete opening repertoire with the opening move 1...d6." Jouni Yrjola and Jussi Tella, An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black, Gambit Publications Ltd., 2001, p. 6. ISBN 1-901983-501.
- ^ Kasparov vs. Deep Blue rematch, Game 3 (www.chessbase.com)
- ^ Chess Life, Special Summer Issue 1997.
- ^ Kasparov Vs Deep Blue, Game 3, May 6, 1997 (www.chesscorner.com)
- Angus Dunnington (2000). Winning Unorthodox Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857442854.
- David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld (1996). The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
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