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Miles 
 
Anthony Miles
Number of games in database: 2,319
Years covered: 1970 to 2001
Highest rating achieved in database: 2669
Overall record: +1005 -450 =856 (62.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      8 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (145) 
    D00 A46 A45 D02 D01
 Queen's Indian (94) 
    E12 E15 E17 E13 E19
 English (93) 
    A15 A13 A14 A10 A19
 King's Indian (87) 
    E97 E94 E70 E92 E98
 Queen's Gambit Declined (71) 
    D37 D31 D30 D35 D38
 Reti System (70) 
    A04 A05 A06
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (181) 
    B77 B42 B76 B22 B52
 Queen's Pawn Game (138) 
    A41 A46 A40 E00 D02
 Uncommon Opening (112) 
    B00 A00
 Caro-Kann (99) 
    B10 B19 B14 B18 B12
 English (82) 
    A10 A15 A13 A14 A17
 Queen's Indian (74) 
    E15 E12 E14 E13
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Miles, 1980 0-1
   S Atalik vs Miles, 1993 0-1
   Miles vs Browne, 1982 1-0
   Miles vs Spassky, 1978 1-0
   E Dizdarevic vs Miles, 1985 0-1
   Adams vs Miles, 1993 1/2-1/2
   M Basman vs Miles, 1981 0-1
   Miles vs Beliavsky, 1986 1-0
   Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1980 0-1
   Miles vs Rachels, 1989 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam IBM 1976 by suenteus po 147
   99_Bad Lauterberg 1977 by whiteshark
   Tilburg Interpolis 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg Interpolis 1986 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1987 by suenteus po 147
   Phillips & Drew Kings Chess Tournament 1982 by keypusher
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1984 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1989 by suenteus po 147
   London Phillips & Drew 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1979 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg 1978 by EmperorAtahualpa
   Tilburg Interpolis 1977 by suenteus po 147

GAMES ANNOTATED BY MILES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Miles, 1980

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ANTHONY MILES
(born Apr-23-1955, died Nov-12-2001) United Kingdom

[what is this?]
Anthony "Tony" John Miles was born in Birmingham on April 23, 1955. He learned chess at an early age, and in 1974 he achieved his first major international success with victory at the World Junior Championship by a 1.5-point margin. Two years later he became Britain's first FIDE chess grandmaster. In the years to come, he won several top-level tournaments, including the 1982 British championship and Tilburg 1984.

On November 12, 2001, Miles, a diabetic, suffered heart failure and died at his home in Birmingham. He was 46 years old.


 page 1 of 93; games 1-25 of 2,319  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. R Bellin vs Miles  1-055 1970 Islington Junior AC42 Petrov Defense
2. R W Moberly vs Miles  1-034 1970 Islington Junior AC25 Vienna
3. Miles vs S Mariotti  0-136 1970 Islington Junior AB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
4. Miles vs R R Smith 1-026 1970 Islington Junior AB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
5. Miles vs Nunn 0-149 1970 Islington Junior AC21 Center Game
6. D Bray vs Miles  0-135 1970 Bearsden, GlasgowA04 Reti Opening
7. R O'Kelly vs Miles  ½-½40 1970 Islington Junior AD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. Miles vs Speelman  0-129 1970 IslingtonB32 Sicilian
9. Miles vs M Stean 1-053 1970 Islington Junior AB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. Speelman vs Miles  1-020 1971 British U21A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
11. Miles vs R De Coverly 1-028 1972 StaffsC26 Vienna
12. Miles vs Marjanovic  1-031 1972 GroningenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
13. Miles vs A Martin  1-044 1972 11th junior European championshipA04 Reti Opening
14. Miles vs C Baljon  1-026 1972 GroningenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
15. B Kernan vs Miles  ½-½24 1972 EU- ch J U20C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
16. Miles vs R Dieks 1-021 1972 GroningenB71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
17. P Clarke vs Miles 0-178 1973 Eastbourne GBR chA04 Reti Opening
18. Rellstab vs Miles 1-071 1973 HastingsA33 English, Symmetrical
19. A J Whiteley vs Miles 1-031 1973 ENGD24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
20. Miles vs G Kuzmin 1-060 1973 HastingsA07 King's Indian Attack
21. Miles vs Bisguier 1-037 1973 Birmingham International TournamentC67 Ruy Lopez
22. C W Pritchett vs Miles 0-154 1973 Eastbourne GBR chB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
23. M Stean vs Miles  1-053 1973 HastingsB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
24. Miles vs Timman 0-122 1973 HastingsC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
25. G Kuzmin vs Miles ½-½70 1973 Bath EUR ch ttD24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
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Apr-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: my goodness, what an odd custom.
Apr-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: So 'cheerio' doesn't mean the cereal either? =)
Apr-30-07   ughaibu: Brits also use "cheers" to mean thank you, one would need to review the context of the e-mail sent to MaxxLange in order to pronounce definitively on the usage in question.
Apr-30-07   Archives: Over here, "Cheers" is used as a substitute for "thanks" alot (actually I reckon that "cheers" is more commonly used than "thanks")
May-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: Another tournament collection celebrating a Miles victory, and with an interesting story to go along as well: Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1985
Jun-28-07   Karpova: Does anyone know where to find Nigel Short's obituary of Tony Miles? Must have been in the Sunday Telegraph but the link doesn't work and google search didn't help me (just found someone else claiming he couldn't find the obituary).
Jun-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: <Karpova> the best I could find was http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/mai... its not the obituary but its the only thing remotely close that contains direct references and is written by Nigel.. I dont know if the Telegraph has taken off the old pages or if the links are merely dead..
Jun-28-07   Karpova: <Open Defence>
Thanks! They really seem to have deleted it though even older pages and another obituary are still available.
Aug-24-07   Karpova: <I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

(George Chapman c. 1559-1634, British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910). Archbishop of Cologne, in Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany, act 1, sc. 2, l. 208-9 (1654). on the proposal to make Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor. The ascription of the play to Chapman has been questioned.)> http://www.poemhunter.com/quotation...

Aug-27-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: Could some Miles fan please post <PGN> for the game <Miles-Martin Birmingham 1977>?

Thanks.

Aug-28-07   Rook of chess: Nobody likes Miles. I haven't even heard of him.
Aug-28-07   counterproductive: <Rook of chess: Nobody likes Miles.>

I like Miles! Thence you are wrong!!

Aug-30-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <Rook of chess: Nobody likes Miles. I haven't even heard of him.>

Miles was the first English GM.

Sep-10-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Cactus: <Rook> Then how are you posting on his kibitzing page?
Sep-09-08   mcgee: >>Miles was the first English GM.<<

The first English-born player to be awarded the title for over-the-board play. Jacques Mieses obtained the title as a naturalised Briton and I think both Keith Richardson and Comins Mansfield got the title for correspondence play and problem composition respectively before Miles.

Sep-09-08   mcgee: >>GM Miles was a great and colourful British GM. He will be rembered for many things particularily his great win against Karpov.<<

Which one? :) he beat Karpov in the 1983 BBC Master Game Final as well

Nov-01-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  gambitfan: Miles seems to be a good practicioner of the Owen Defense 1 e4 b6
Dec-10-08   hackmate: Wasn't Ray Keene the first British GM?
Dec-10-08   hackmate: I did not even realize Miles had died. Wow I am in shock! I've been out of it far too long.
Apr-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  blacksburg: <I thought I would be playing the world champion, not a monster with a thousand eyes who sees everything.> - Tony Miles

is this the original instance of the <monster with a thousand eyes> being applied to Kasparov?

Apr-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: When did Miles said so?

After his 5.5:0.5 match disaster, Basel 1986?
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Apr-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  ray keene: <hackmate> i achieved the first british gm norm at nice 1974, i was awarded the title at the same fide congress as tony , namely haifa 1976, and after tonys death i remain britains first -living-grandmaster. however after my result at nice and before my conclusive gm norm at the haifa olympiad itself , tony made two norms-so he was definitely the first british gm -meanwhile -welcome back to chess and this very fine site!!
Apr-14-09   gus inn: <blacksburg> Yes , he was the first.
Apr-23-09   wordfun: Happy Birthday to one of my favorite GMs.....Tony Miles! I miss you idol!!!
Apr-23-09   WhiteRook48: Happy Birthday GM Miles!
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