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Tony Miles vs Jack Peters
Lone Pine (1976), Lone Pine, CA USA, rd 7, Mar-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation (E30)  ·  1-0

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Aug-27-06  mack: This is one of my very favourite games of all time - it deserves to be much better known, and should find a place in all those collections dealing with king walks. Tony had not played the Nimzo Indian before this game, but dealt with it rather well. There are few moves that I wish I'd played more than 36.Kg5.
Feb-21-08  whatthefat: What an unorthodox game!
Oct-04-16  Howard: This game will NOW become a bit better known because it was just recently analyzed in the latest issue of "Chess Monthly."

Not surprisingly, the computer found a couple improvements.

May-13-17
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  GrahamClayton:

Position after 33. ♖d7:


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According to Geoff Lawton's biography "It's Only Me", Miles thought that he had a winning position, and went for a stroll around the playing arena. When he returned to the table, he realised that 33...♖h7 34. ♖d8+ ♖xd8 35. ♕xd8+ ♘f8 36. ♖e8 loses by force to 36...f5+ 37. ♔h3 ♕xf3+ 38. gxf3 ♗f1#.

This came as a shock to Miles, who realised that he didn't have a winning position, as well as having only 20 minutes on his clock to play 12 moves in an incredibly complicated position. He too a couple of deep breaths, regained his composure and found 34. ♗h6, and went on to win, although both players made mistakes later in the game.

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