Mieses Opening: Venezolana Variation

Mieses Opening: Venezolana Variation is a chess opening with the ECO code A00, part of the Mieses Opening family. It goes 1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3. White opens with 1. d3 (the Mieses move) and Black answers 1... c5. After 5 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. d3 – White plays the pawn to d3
• 1... c5 – Black plays the pawn to c5
• 2. Nc3 – White plays the knight to c3
• 2... Nc6 – Black plays the knight to c6
• 3. g3 – White plays the pawn to g3

Related openings

• It extends: Mieses Opening (1. d3)
• Related line: Mieses Opening: Reversed Rat (1. d3 e5)
• Related line: Mieses Opening: Myers Spike Attack (1. d3 g6 2. g4)

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