I had a look at some references, namely J. Cox's book, his analysis here and the CBM survey by Rogozenko.

It appears that Alexander is right.
After 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 N7f6 8.h3 Nb4
(which as far as I know was firstly proposed by S. Conquest)
9.Bc4 (Be2 appears to be similar) Bf5 10.Ne5 e6 11.Na3 Bd6 with a good game for black.
Anyway, 8 0-0 Bg4 as deeply analysed by Kam seems to be OK for Black.

As far as I remember the crictical line for Black (in Doris Rogozenko's
opinion) is the line
After 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7. 0-0 where after 7.... Nxe5 8. dxe5 either
i) 8....g6 in the game Sutovsky- Mamedyarov (not particularly liked by John Cox) which lead to a game where Black took some time
for Black to activate the dark bishop (hitting on e5)
ii) 8... Nb4 9. Be4 Qxd1 which according to DR leads to a not easy endgame for Black
iii)8.... Be6 followed by g6, Bg7 was the recent (?! more than 1 year ago) try by N. Short against M.  and Adams and which was ok for Black.

Mironischenko has been playing 7....g7 (instead of Nxe5).

I think guys that after 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5! 5.Nxe5 c6! 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 N7f6 8.h3!? Nb4! is quite good in my opinion
e.g. 9.Bc4 Bf5 10.Ne5 e6 11.Na3 Bd6 with a good game for black.

KEY THEMES OF THE 16. Qxc4 Line. (Section B,  Part 1.) Game 2.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.Nf3 N7f6
8.0–0 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e6 11.c4 Nc7 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Be3 Bd6
14.d5 cxd5 15.Bxa7 dxc4 16.Qxc4 Ra8 17.Bd4 0–0 18.Nc3 e5 !



Black fights for a bigger share of the centre by advancing the last remaining
central pawn, which also dislodges the white dark square bishop from the
dominating d4 square. The potential lethalness of the white bishop pair is reduced.
     The e6 square is vacant and black has the opportunity to centralize his knight
at c7.  The alternatives  18.... Nfd5 and 18.....Ncd5 seems to have a few problems if
white plays the critical lines. White is able to force and exchange of knights and often black’s e pawn
becomes an isolated d pawn. The white bishop pair becomes  more
difficult to contain as the open space on the board increases.
Black should utilize his king side pawn majority and thus a king side pawn
storm should be strongly considered.
A blockade of the queenside is doomed to fail, because white would
be able to centralize his bishops and attack the kingside and support the
march of the  queenside pawns simultaneously.  The isolated black b pawn has
a key role in the preventing of an  immediate white queenside pawn charge,
but it is also black’s major structural weakness.  Black’s best strategy is to use
this pawn as a bargaining chip for counter-play on the kingside.

19.Be3 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Bg5 [21.Bxb7 Rab8 22.Bc6 Rxb2 23.a4 Rb4 !
24.Qe2 Ne6 25.a5 Qc7 26.Qa6 Nc5



White is forced to capture the knight, since evacuation of the queen to e2 would
leave the bishop at c6 unprotected.  27.Bxc5 Bxc5 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rd1 Rd4 !
A nice piece of rook manoeuvring enables black equality.] 21...h6 22.Bxf6
I consider 22.Bh4 to be the main line followed by 22...g5
23.Bg3 Rac8! White has three main continutions being 24. Qb3,  24 Qe2 and  
24 Bxb7. These alternatives will be discussed at a later date.
22…. Qxf6 23.Ne4 Qe7 24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Rc1 Ne6
27.Bxb7 Rb8 28.Bd5 Rxb2 29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.a4 Qd5 31.Qc3 Qd4



Despite the double centre pawns, black has good drawing chances. White
would like to exchange off queens, but not at the cost of transforming the awkward
double pawns into a menacing central pawn roller. 32.Qg3 Ra2 33.Rc8+ Kh7
34.Rc6 Qd7 35.Rb6 e4 36.Rd6 Qe8  Perhaps best, if black needs to win. Black
could choose 36...Qc7 and the  defensive task becomes greatly reduced, but a
draw is almost unavoidable. 37.Qe5 Rxa4 38.Rxe6 Qf7 39.Re7 Qf8
40.Rb7 Rb4 41.Rd7 Rc4 42.Kh2 Rb4 43.h4 e3 44.Qxe3 Rxh4+ 45.Kg3 Rh5 =

            Any constructive comments or interesting queries are gratefully invited!

Thanks, Kam.  I admire your hard work and your inquisitive spirit.

In general though, I think that playing games on IECG, which is entirely free by the way, are much more useful than "analysis games" between you and your computer.  You'll find that opponents on IECG are fairly good when it comes to pointing out the theoretical weakness of any given line.  You could also try ICC if you could get anyone to play at a sufficiently slow time limit that theory would be likely to be consulted.  

I really don't know what to make of "analysis games," though.  In all fairness, any positions you reach beyond move 18 or so are unlikely to be of any relevance.

Maybe I could be a guinea pig for your ideas if you would care to play me on www.net-chess.com, which is a nice, informal CC site with very simple, anonymous registration procedures.

A NEW APPROACH AGAINST THE MODERN 6) Be2 SYSTEM:
EXCHANGE SACRIFICE AND SOME  FIREWORKS.      Section A: Part 1b

Analysis Game 1:
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.Nf3 N7f6 8.0–0 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e6 11.c4 Nc7 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Be3 Bd6 After white has played 13) Be3,
black must develop the dark square bishop to d6. The e7 square is reserved for the king or queen, depending on what white plays.
However, if white decides to development of the queen knight to c3 before playing Be3, black
must develop the king bishop to e7.
14.d5  The black king is uncastled and the immediate charge through the centre is certainly
worth investigating. White can also choose the alternative 14) Nc3, which is most likely  to transpose to the 12) Nc3 line.  14….cxd5 15.Bxa7 White may extract a slight advantage
with 15. cxd5 and a possible continuation is  15…. Ncxd5  16. Bxa7 Rc8  17. Qxb7 O-O  
18.Nc3 (Section C of this opening and this will be discussed at a later date.)
Black has two playable options being
18…. Rc7 19. Qa6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 etc.  or 18…. Nxc3  19.bxc3 Qa5 etc.  15…. dxc4
Black decides to challenge the stable position of the queen at b3.
The desired imbalance in the position has been achieved. A symmetrical pawn structure would
tend to favour the bishop pair.



16.Qa4+   White attempts to refute this variation outright. The major alternative is 16) Qxc4 which leads to an interesting
positional struggle.  16…. b5 17.Bc6+ Ke7 18.Qc2 Na6  An interesting
alternative for black 18...Ra8 19.Bxa8 Qxa8 20.Bd4 Nfd5 21.Rd1 Nf4 22.f3 Nd3
23.Nc3 e5 24.Be3 Nd5 25.Nxd5+ Qxd5 26.a4 Ra8 27.axb5 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Qxb5 29.Ra4 Nxb2 30.Ra8 Nd3 31.Rc8 Qa5 32.Qd1 f5 33.Qb1 Qa6 =/Ŧ
After playing h6, the king should be able to find a safe haven on the king side.
Black will be able to prepare e4 and thus burden white the task of stopping two passed pawns.



19.Bxb8 [19.Qe2 White decides to centralise the queen before accepting the exchange sacrifice. 19...Qc7 20.Bxb8 Rxb8 21.Bf3 Nc5 22.Nc3 Bh2+ 23.Kh1 Be5 24.Ne4 Ncxe4 25.Bxe4 Bd4 26.Bf3
Qe5 27.Qd2 c3 28.Qd3 cxb2 29.Rad1 Rd8 30.Rfe1 Qc7 31.Qxb5 Qb6 =  An immediate
exchange of queens would favour black. An important observation is that the white isolated “a”
pawn is quite vulnerable and it has limited protection options, because the rooks cannot occupy the usually available a1 square, which is attacked by the black b2 pawn.



19...Qxb8 Black has only a bishop and pawn for the rook, but also a positional
initiative. Opposite coloured square bishops are another bonus for black because such an imbalance are known to favour the attacking force. 20.a3  An important alternative is
20. Qe2,which could continue as  20. …Nb4  21. Bf3 Rd8  22. Nc3 Nd3  23. Ne4 Bh2+  
24. Kh1 Be5  25. Nxf6 Bxf6  26. Rad1 Nxb2 27. Rxd8 Qxd8  28.Qe4 Qd5! Ŧ  White must decentralize the queen in order to avoid the exchange of queens, because the black queen
side pawns are too advanced.  Black is also threatening an attacking formation comprising
of  Qc5, Bd4 and Nd3. It will be very difficult to protect the weak f2 pawn, prevent the
threats associated with Nf2+ and fend off the black c pawn.




20….Rc8 21.Bf3 Nc5 22.Nc3 Bh2+ 23.Kh1 Be5 24.Rab1 The rook shuffle does prevent
black from easily regaining material equality. Black is forced to attack in other sectors of the board or lose the initiative.
         In the actual text game, some interesting positional middle game technique is observed where black attacks through the centre and successfully storms white’s king side. Eventually a white rook does grab a file, but it is too late and black has a won position.
24….Kf8 25.Rfd1 h6 26.Ne4 Nfxe4 27.Bxe4 f5 28.Bf3 Rd8  Black’s intention is not to
provoke an exchange of heavy artillery along the central corridor, but to support the repositioning of the dark square bishop to d4 and the advance of the e pawn to e4.



29.g3 a)29.Qe2 Bd4 30.Rd2 e5 31.Rbd1 Nd3 32.Rxd3 cxd3 33.Qxd3 e4 34.Qd2 Kf7
35.Be2 Bb6 36.Bh5+ g6 37.Qxh6 Rxd1+ 38.Bxd1 Bxf2 39.Qd2 Qb6 40.Be2 Qd4
41.Qf4 Kf6 42.h4 b4 43.axb4 Be3 44.Qb8 Kg7 45.Kh2 Qxb2 46.Bc4 Bd4 47.Qc7+ Kh6
48.Qf4+ Kh7 49.Qc7+ Bg7 50.b5 Qf2 51.h5 Kh6 Ŧ White must now exchange off queens
with 52. Qg3 or fall into a mating net involving Qh4+. After the queen exchange, black will
win the h pawn and the three connected king side pawns will be too strong for white.



b) 29.Rxd8+ (A fairly natural continuation and perhaps the best alternative for white)
Qxd8 30.Rd1 Nd3  31.Kg1 Bd4  32.Kf1 Qf6 (The grandiose central pawn charge
32…. e5 fails to 33.b3 e4  34.bxc4 Qc7
35.c5 Qxc5  36.Qxc5+ Bxc5  37.Be2 Bxa3 38.Bxd3 exd3  39.Rxd3 b4  40.Rd5±)
33.b3 Qh4  34.bxc4 bxc4  35.Rd2 Qf4 36. Bc6 Qh2  37.Rxd3  White relinquishes the
material gain at an appropriate time, in order to nullify the opponents attack. Black must
be vigilant against white’s previous move, which is a good example of an important
tactic encountered against a sacrifice. White even threatens to seize the initiative
against inaccurate play. 37….cxd3  38.Qxd3 Qf4 39. Bf3 Qc1+  40.Bd1 Qc5  
41.Bb3 Qxa3  42.Qc4 Qd6 43.Qxe6 Qxe6 44.Bxe6 =] 29...Bd4 30.Rd2 g6 31.Re1
[a) 31.a4 ! 31...Nxa4 (31...e5 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Rbd1 Nb3 34.Re2 Kg7 35.Bg2 Re8


36.Bf1 Ra8 37.Rde1 Ra2 38.Qb1 Qa5 39.Rd1 Qa8+ 40.Kh2 e4 41.Qc2 Qa4
42.Rxd4 Nxd4 43.Qc3 Qd1 44.Re3 Kh7 45.Qxc4 Ra7 46.Ra3 Rg7 47.b4 Nf3+
48.Kg2 Nd2 49.Qb5 Nxf1 50.Qxf1 Qd5 51.Rc3 f4 !  Black’s king side pawn
offensive is looking very threatening due to the attack of the white king and the possibility
of promotion of the e pawn. White certainly cannot allocate the next four moves to promoting
of the outside passed b pawn and in fact even one is disasterous.



52.gxf4 {52.b5? e3+ 53.Kg1 Qd2  54. Rc1 e2  55. Qe1 Qxe1+ 56.Rxe1 f3 57.Kh2  Rd7
flashy -+ or Rb7 systematic -+} 52… g5 53.f5 g4 54.f6 gxh3+ 55.Kh1 Rg6 56.f3 Qd6
57.Qc1 Qxf6 58.fxe4 Qf2 59.Rc7+ Kg8 60.Qc4+ Kh8 61.Rc8+ Kh7= An interesting
game ending via a perpetual check.) 32.b3 Nb6 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Bg2 Kg7 35.Rbd1 e5
36.f4 c3 37.Rd3 Nc4 38.Rb1 Qd6 39.Rb7+ Kf6 40.Rxc3 Bxc3 41.Qxc3 Rc8 42.Rh7 h5
43.fxe5+ Qxe5 44.Qb4!  Black has a slight initiative, but surprisingly many of black’s next
move possibilities are fatal. The knight is unable to move due to Qh4+ +- and the back
rank must be protected against Qf8+ +-. White is threatening to place the queen on the
seventh rank and attack the black king from behind.

I wonder if the mistake was 8...Be6. This move seems ok followed
up with g6, Bg7 and kingside castle.
Or you play 8...g6 (note that 9 Bxd5 fails to Qa5+) and decide later where to put the bishop).
After 8...Be6, you might also think about
playing Nc7 intending to exchange the two bishops on e6.
Playing Qd7 seems also interesting.
Engines also suggest 8... e6 which does not look atractive to me.
8...Qb6 might also be worth examining.

Kam

your analysis looks quite interesting and worth studying

I wonder whether Black would not be better by transposing to the
Kengis after (as Svidler did in a recent rapid game)
1. e4 Nf6   2. e5 Nd5   3. d4 d6  4. Nf3 dxe5  5. Nxe5 c6  6. Bc4
by playing 6. ... g6

I think (there was ome discussion on this a few weeks ago that
after

1. e4 Nf6   2. e5 Nd5   3. d4 d6  4. Nf3 dxe5  5. Nxe5 g6 (the Kengis)
Black was doing well with  6. Bc4 (thus the transposition) and not so
well with 6. c4.

Going back to the Miles move order

1. e4 Nf6   2. e5 Nd5   3. d4 d6  4. Nf3 dxe5  5. Nxe5 c6

I wonder what you think about 6. Bd3 (according to Dorian Rogozenko in CBM 123 the critical line for Black) and after 6... Nd7 he recommends 8. 00 as slightly better for White (and in fact, he says
that this is the only line that appears to be "slightly" complicated for Black)

6. Be2 also looks worth studying, namely the tactics after 6....Bf5 7. g4.

In my opinion, Black appears to be doing Ok with the Miles or some
hybrid Miles/Kengis and I think the ball is on White's side.

To my previous question

"why there are so few grandmasters playing the Alekhine and so many playing the Gruenfeld"?

there is one obvious answer

"that is why they are grandmasters and you are not !"

However, if someone feels that the answer might be more tricky or
interesting, let me know