Part 2

Miles won the Capablanca Memorial four times, in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999(3). Miles was equal first at the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 1994, 1995, and 1997. He had another great moment at the PCA Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix (1995) in London, where he knocked out Vladimir Kramnik in round 1, and was only stopped by Michael Adams in the semi-final. Miles went on to participate in tournaments, but his interest in chess waned: "I am playing more bridge than chess these days (bit bored!)." His last tournament victory was the 2001 Canadian Open Chess Championship (joint with Larry M Christiansen). Miles and his followers Miles' achievement seemed to aid others in British chess as in the next five years Keene, Stean, Nunn, Mestel and Speelman were to follow him to the GM title. During the 1980s, there was considerable rivalry with Nunn over who was the United Kingdom's best player. Nigel Short and Speelman would soon add to the competition, as the English national squad entered its strongest period. Chess Author Miles wrote a chess column for the Sunday Telegraph, before he was fired by Dominic Lawson. Miles wrote chess book reviews for Kingpin. He also had a famous chess column, The Miles Report at Chess Café, after Edward Winter had suggested that to him in agreement with Hanon W Russell. The column, which ran from July 1999 to October 2001, is still available online. Theoretical Contributions A line of the Queen's Indian Defence (E12, http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess..., 1. d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.♗f4) is called the Miles Variation.
provocative opening (1.e4 a6?! 2. d4 b5) which he dubbed the Birmingham Defence after his home town.

Photographs: 3 and 4
© Lars Grahn: http://larsgrahn.blogspot.ch/2009_08_02_archive.html

Photographs: 5
Anthony Miles Tilburg 1985

Famous game In 1980 Miles beat reigning World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in the first round of the European Team Chess Championships played in Skara, Sweden with black using an incredibly
Karpov, Anatoly (2725) - Miles, Anthony (2545) 7th EU-chT (Men), Skara (final, round 1), 1980 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Qe2 e6 6.a4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nbd2 b4 9.e5 Nd5 10.Ne4 Be7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.c4 bxc3 14.Nxc3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Nb4 16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.Rac1 Qb6 18.Be4 O-O 19.Ng5 h6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bb1 Be7 22.Ne4 Rac8 23.Qd3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Qxb2 25.Re1 Qxe5 26.Qxd7 Bb4 27.Re3 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Bxd5 29.Nc3 Rc8 30.Ne2 g5 31.h4 Kg7 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Bd3 a5 34.Rg3 Kf6 35.Rg4 Bd6 36.Kf1 Be5 37.Ke1 Rh8 38.f4 gxf4 39.Nxf4 Bc6 40.Ne2 Rh1+ 41.Kd2 Rh2 42.g3 Bf3 43.Rg8 Rg2 44.Ke1 Bxe2 45.Bxe2 Rxg3 46.Ra8 Bc7 0-1  replay the game and enjoy: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1068157

Private Life Miles was divorced twice. One of his wives was Jana Malypetrova Hartston Miles Bellin. He had no children. Suffering from diabetes, Miles died of a heart failure in his sleep, in Harborne, Birmingham. Death Anthony Miles suffered from diabetes and a post mortem found that this contributed to his death by heart failure on 12 November 2001. His body was found at his home in Harborne, Birmingham, after a friend called on him to take him to a bridge club. He was cremated at Lodge Hill Crematorium in Selly Oak on 23 November. Sources The Telegraph, 14 November 2001,

Private Life Miles was divorced twice. One of his wives was Jana Malypetrova Hartston Miles Bellin. He had no children. Suffering from diabetes, Miles died of a heart failure in his sleep, in Harborne, Birmingham. Death Anthony Miles suffered from diabetes and a post mortem found that this contributed to his death by heart failure on 12 November 2001. His body was found at his home in Harborne, Birmingham, after a friend called on him to take him to a bridge club. He was cremated at Lodge Hill Crematorium in Selly Oak on 23 November. Sources The Telegraph, 14 November 2001,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obi...
Leonard William Barden, The Guardian, 14 November 2001,
http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/...
Jacques Mieses (GM title in 1950) was a naturalized Brit originally from Germany. Keith Bevan Richardson held the Correspondence GM title. Edward Winter, Tony Miles (1955-2001), http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Interview with Heinz Weber, Basler Zeitung, 23 May 1986, p. 3. Reprinted in Edward Winter, Kasparov v Miles, Basle, 1986, http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/.... Translated by User: Karpova, original: "Ich glaubte, er sei 'bloss' der Weltmeister. Als ich dann nach Basel kam, traf ich eine Art Monster mit hundert Augen, denen auch nicht das Geringste entgeht." Wojciech Bartelski, OlimpBase :: the online encyclopaedia of international team chess events,
http://www.olimpbase.org/1986/1986i...
and http://www.olimpbase.org/1986/1986e...
Nigel Short, Sunday Telegraph, 18 November 2001. Reproduced in Justin Horton, Ten years ago this week, 16 November 2011,
Nigel Short, The Sunday chess column, The Telegraph, 30 November 2003,
Nick Pitt, Sunday Times Colour Supplement, Keene's Gambit, 13 January 1991, pp. 16-26. Reproduced in http://streathambrixtonchess.blogsp.... Anthony Miles, Generous to a Fault, Kingpin, issue 15, Summer 1989. Published online on 10 November 2011,
http://www.kingpinchess.net/2011/11...
Anthony Miles in a letter to Edward Winter, 24 July 1989. Reprinted in Edward Winter, Tony Miles (1955-2001), http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Anthony Miles in an e-mail to Edward Winter, 10 January 2001. Reproduced in Edward Winter, Tony Miles (1955-2001),
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Review of Eric Schiller 's Unorthodox Chess Openings:
http://www.kingpinchess.net/2009/02....
Review of Keene's and Michael Gelb's Samurai Chess: Mastering the Martial Art of the Mind:
http://www.kingpinchess.net/2009/02....
Zip-file for download,
http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/p...
Source: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15843 (plus own additions)

Victoires de Tony Miles dans les tournois internationaux (sélection)

 Birmingham en 1973 et 1974,
 Londres 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984,
 Amsterdam (IBM) en 1976 (ex æquo avec Kortchnoï) et en 1977,
 Stockholm 1976,
 Lanzerote 1977,
 Bienne (tournoi GM) 1977, 1983,
 Las Palmas 1980 (ex æquo avec Petrosian et Geller),
 Londres 1980 (Phillips and Drew) (ex æquo avec Kortchnoï et Andersson)
 Philadelphie (World Open) 1980 et 1987,
 Gausdal 1980,
 Baerum 1980,
 Puerto Makryn 1980,
 Vrbas 1980,
 Baden-Baden 1981.
 Vancouver 1981,
 Manchester 1981, 1982,
 Metz 1983, 1985, 1989,
 New York 1983,
 Bath 1983,
 Tournoi de Tilburg en 1984 et en 1985 (ex æquo avec Kortchnoï et Hübner),
 Portoroz-Ljubjlana 1985 (mémorial Milan Vidmar, ex æquo avec Portisch et Ribli),
 Griesbah 1984,
 Ostende 1985, 1986, 1991,
 Mendrisio 1985,
 Rome Open 1990, Miles termine seul vainqueur (avec Anand, Smyslov, Bronstein et
Bareïev parmi les participants)
 Auckland 1992,
 Melbourne 1992,
 Séville 1993,
 quatre fois le mémorial Capablanca:
o à Matanzas en 1994 et en 1995, à Ciengfuegos en 1996, à La Havane en 1999,
 Open de Cappelle-la-Grande
o premier ex æquo en 1994 et 1997, vainqueur au départage en 1995,
 Andorra Open 1994,
 Benasque 1995,
 Sakthi 1996,
 Merida Open 1999 (mémorial Carlos Torre)
 Canadian Open Chess Championship 2001 (ex æquo avec Christiansen)
Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Miles