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| Feb-18-05 | | catfriend: <RT> I said "master" - obviously there were many grandmasters easily outscoring Mikenas! Among the masters, I still think he holds the lead. Talking about Keres - Mikenas won against him twice, a thing not every grandmaster could say about himself... |
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| Feb-18-05 | | Resignation Trap: <catfriend> Oh, so THAT is what you meant, now I understand. FIDE awarded Mikenas with the IM title in 1950. In 1987, FIDE awarded the GM title to Mikenas for his results from a half century earlier. |
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| Feb-19-05 | | catfriend: An interesting fact - Mikenas was the couch in the 1985 WC match Karpov-Kasparov. |
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| Feb-19-05 | | offramp: <catfriend: An interesting fact - Mikenas was the couch in the 1985 WC match Karpov-Kasparov.> That is interesting. Did they both sit on him? |
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| Feb-19-05 | | euripides: He provided a sound foundation for the analysis. |
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| Feb-19-05 | | catfriend: <offramp> lol No, maybe only the winner:)I suppose that's the reason they have several in every official match:) |
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| Feb-19-05 | | Backward Development: Is it this one or his son whom the 'Mikenas Attack' in the Nimzo-Indian-English is named after?
(1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4!?) It was always one of my favorites lines in the English. |
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| Feb-20-05 | | Resignation Trap: <Backward Development> It was this Mikenas who came up with that line. He played in ten USSR Championship finals from 1940-1970. If I counted correctly, he also played in 22 USSR Championship semi-finals during the same period. |
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| Apr-17-06 | | BIDMONFA: Vladas I Mikenas MIKENAS, Vladas I.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/mikenas_vla...
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| Apr-17-07 | | gambitfan: PLOD 17/04/2007 |
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Apr-17-08
 | | brankat: During the 1930s, while still in his twenties, V.Mikenas was considered a very promising young master. Some games/results seem to corroborate the notion: -- Wins against Alekhine, Vidmar, Maroczy, Sultan Khan, Flohr. -- Draws with Alekhine, Tartakower, Keres. |
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| Aug-06-08 | | jon01: He was Estonian champion in 1930 and 1973. |
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Aug-23-08
 | | whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladas...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladas...
and a bunch of historical photos: http://www.chess.lt/lithuania/lit/h... Olimpbase statistics http://www.olimpbase.org/players/nt... |
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Sep-07-08
 | | GrahamClayton: Mikenas competed three times "hors concours" in the Georgian Championship, finishing 3rd (1941), 1st (1945) and 2nd (1946) respectively. Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992 |
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Dec-06-08
| | GrahamClayton: Mikenas achieved the unusual double of being both a chief arbiter and a player in the USSR Championship. He was the arbiter for the 32nd USSR championship, played at Kiev in 1964/65, and then played in the 33rd championship in Tallinn in 1965. |
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Apr-17-10
 | | wordfunph: <offramp: <catfriend: An interesting fact - Mikenas was the couch in the 1985 WC match Karpov-Kasparov.> That is interesting. Did they both sit on him?> lol! |
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| Apr-17-10 | | backrank: One of the most brilliant sacrificial games I've ever seen: V Mikenas vs N Lebedev, 1941
Maybe it should be labeled 'Mikenas' immortal'. |
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Apr-17-10
 | | Benzol: <backrank> Have a look at this one too. V Mikenas vs L Dreibergs, 1939 |
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| Apr-17-10 | | backrank: <Benzol> Thanks a lot! I wasn't aware of that game before! Black must have felt like a punching ball there. |
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Mar-09-11
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Here is a photograph of <IM Vladas Mikenas> defeating <Alexander Aljechin> at the great <Kemeri 1937> tournament- with the black pieces!
http://www.chess.lt/lithuania/lit/h... Photograph is of this game: Alekhine vs V Mikenas, 1937 In addition, <Mikenas> was one of the major theorists and practitioners of Aljechin's Defence (1.e4 Nf6). <Mikenas> published an influential monograph on this opening in <Chess in the USSR> magazine. Here are all the games from <Kemeri 1937>, courtesy of User: Resignation Trap Game Collection: Kemeri 1937 International Tournament |
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| Mar-28-11 | | Lovuschka: He was a very beautiful and charming boy, as we can see from the photo. And he played great chess. A shame that natural beauty is gone as of the 1937 photo Jessica posted. |
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| May-31-12 | | Llawdogg: I'm sure he was a great couch! |
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| Aug-21-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Resignation Trap, whiteshark, JFQ> Excellent stuff on espousing that awesome link on Lithuanian Chess. The portrait given both here on <CG> and the link you provided is great! This picture is also pretty neat: http://www.chess.lt/lithuania/lit/h... LTJ |
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| Sep-08-12 | | Karpova: Mikenas gave a Simul in Leningrad around 1934/35 with a bad result: +8 =6 -16 From page 13 of the 1935 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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Apr-17-13
 | | Abdel Irada: <Llawdogg: I'm sure he was a great couch!> In later life, I understand he gained a lot of weight, and was thereafter more suitable for use as a bed. |
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