It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by John Upham » Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:33 am

It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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The 1974 World Junior Chess Champion is Anthony John Miles (England), a 19-year old student at Sheffield University. Tony won the title in Manila with a round to spare. A full report, with games by Bernard Cafferty - who was Miles' second - will appear in our October issue.
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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Gerard Killoran » Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:47 am

From the archives of the Yorkshire Chess Association:




Error - colours reversed. Tony Miles played White of course.






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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Joseph Conlon » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:49 am

Are the colours the right way round in game 2? Otherwise it's three blacks in a row and 'interesting' play from someone who beat Karpov.

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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Thomas Rendle » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:55 am

I've lost my fair share of bad Dutch games, but ouch!

Tony would definitely have been White there.

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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:53 am

Joseph Conlon wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:49 am
Are the colours the right way round in game 2? Otherwise it's three blacks in a row and 'interesting' play from someone who beat Karpov.
Searching the database of recorded games fails to find a single example of 1. d4 f5 with Tony as Black. He would use the 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 idea from time to time.
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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Jonathan Rogers » Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:54 am

The first game is nice. I wonder whether White might have played 23 Kxe2 rather than just resigning, had he played a lesser mortal. Sure Black is winning but I cannot do better than 23...Re8+ 24 Kf1 Qd4 25 Qc2 Nf2 and I think that many would have played it out.

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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Eric Gardiner » Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:27 pm

Joseph Conlon wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:49 am
Are the colours the right way round in game 2? Otherwise it's three blacks in a row and 'interesting' play from someone who beat Karpov.
I was also surprised to see this result. I've known Tony (Slinger) for some years and I'm sure he would have told everyone if he'd once beaten Tony Miles in 11 moves! The Longthorp game is notable locally however for a draw offer from Miles being declined. Both games can be found here with annotations for the second (btw the webpage is old but I hope the link is still safe):

https://www.angelfire.com/hi/hdcachess/17cong.html

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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:34 pm

"Are the colours the right way round in game 2? Otherwise it's three blacks in a row and 'interesting' play from someone who beat Karpov."

John Lawson did odd pairings sometimes... But I agree that Tony must be white!

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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Nick Ivell » Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:37 pm

Impossible to imagine Tony playing as badly as that.

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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Gerard Killoran » Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:59 pm

Next time I'll add, 'Spot the deliberate mistake!'


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Re: It's Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

Post by Geoff Chandler » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:57 pm

Is it the 'other' Tony Miles who our Tony played in Yorkshire?

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