The Miami Variation Features...

• Gain of Time - the Nd4 is attacked immediately.
• Delayed Center Pawn Tension - from the f-pawn thrust of the better known Koltanowski (6 0-0) and Fahrni (6 f4!?) lines.
• Surprise - quite ready for today's no-nonsense single hour time controls.
• A Ready Made Attack - with the simple developing moves after the Nd4 retreats: 7 Nc3, 8 Qe2, 9 0-0-0, followed be f4 and an appropriate move of the Rook on h1. Especially effective against waiting moves like ...h6? or ...b6?
• Dynamic Play is Guaranteed - White has the Bishop pair, Laven's simpler "House of Stone" development and King safety with immediate queenside castling (no small advantage in such a small system).
• Personality - Here the player can find his won paths along with foredoomed ones, personally developing his repertoire.
• "Theory" Favors White in Practical Play - simply because Black's position is considered to have the advantage by the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO) and Nunn's chess Openings (NCO), it is unlikely that many players will be prepared
• for the practical difficulties they will encounter when meeting this new found variation.
  

Now here is a tantalizing epic encounter (correspondence game), where Acers as Black played without computer assistance or preparation of any kind, allowing him to experience the Miami Variation as a surprised defender, his opponent, Laven and team were allowed to use every possible resource known to mankind! Later Jude titled this hard fought match "Waterloo".