Jacques Mieses
Notable Games

Jacques Mieses

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Notable Games

  • 1888.12.03 Mieses, Jacques vsTarrasch, Siegbert 1-0 Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation 34 moves Leipziger SG Augustea 40 Years Leipzig 1888, the 40th-anniversary tournament of the Augustea chess society, round one, against Siegbert Tarrasch. A Vienna Game: 30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.Rxe5 gives up a rook for knight and pawn to reach the black king, and 32.Ng5+ and 33.Re6 bring the pieces in before the game ends after 34.b3.
  • 1895 Mieses, Jacques vsBlackburne, Joseph Henry 1-0 Scotch Game 32 moves Hastings International Masters Hastings 1895, where he finished near the foot of a field of twenty-two, against Joseph Henry Blackburne. A Scotch Game: 26.Bf5+ and 27.Qxc5 bring the queen in, 28.Qd5+ and 30.Qc5+ drive the king to b7, and 31.Bc8+ Rxc8 32.Qxh5 wins the black queen.
  • 1900.06.12 Mieses, Jacques vsJanowski, Dawid Markelowicz 1-0 Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation 36 moves Paris Paris 1900 against Dawid Janowski, a brilliancy-prize game and the one Mieses named as his favorite. A Vienna Game with both kings castled long: 20.fxg6 fxg6 opens the f-file, 22.Qf7 and 23.Qxg6 break in, and 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.R5xf4 leads to the finish at 36.Qe7.
  • 1903.02.28 Mieses, Jacques vsMarshall, Frank James 1-0 Center Game Accepted 24 moves Monte Carlo Monte Carlo 1903 against Frank Marshall, one of his best-known attacking wins. White gives up two pawns with 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2, then 11.Bxf6 gxf6 and 15.Nxf6+ open the black king, and 23.Rxc6 bxc6 24.Rb1# ends it.
  • 1903.03.02 Reggio, Arturo vsMieses, Jacques 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation 39 moves Monte Carlo Monte Carlo 1903 with Black against Arturo Reggio, one of the brilliancy-prize games named in his obituary. 22...Rg3 offers a rook: 23.Qxg3 Bh4 24.Bxa6 Bxg3+ wins the queen for it, and the d-pawn runs through to 39...d2.
  • 1905.08.16 Mieses, Jacques vsVon Bardeleben, Curt 1-0 French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation 32 moves Barmen Meister-A Barmen 1905 against Curt von Bardeleben, the game Mieses chose in 1939 as his most exciting. A French Defense: 9.exf6 dxc3 10.fxg7 and 14.Qxh7+ drive the black king across the board, and 28.Rxb7+ Kxb7 29.dxc6+ starts the finish, 31.Qe8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+.
  • 1906.06.07 Mieses, Jacques vsChigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich 1-0 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit 15 moves Ostend Ostend 1906 against Mikhail Chigorin, in the Meitner-Mieses Gambit: 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5 Qxf2+ 6.Kd1 gives up a pawn and the right to castle. 12.Qd7 and 13.Nxf6 go for the king, and the game ends after 15.Nh5, fifteen moves in all.
  • 1907.01.25 Mieses, Jacques vsLoewy, Leopold 1-0 Center Game Accepted 25 moves Wien Trebitsch Memorial-01 Vienna 1907, the first Trebitsch Memorial, which Mieses won, against Leopold Löwy. After 21...Bh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qxd7 the rook goes in: 23.Rxb7+ Kxb7 24.Rb1+ Kc8 25.Qa6# ends it.
  • 1907.06.07 Mieses, Jacques vsZnosko Borovsky, Eugene 1-0 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense 30 moves Ostend Masters Ostend 1907, where Mieses shared third place, against Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. Emanuel Lasker printed the game in his newspaper column as Mieses "at his best." 24.Rxb6 Kxb6 25.Qb5+ opens the king, and 29.Nd6+ cxd6 30.Rb1+ ends it.
  • 1907.06.20 Perlis, Julius vsMieses, Jacques 0-1 Scandinavian Defense 28 moves Ostend Masters Ostend 1907 with Black against Julius Perlis, in the Scandinavian Defense he played so often. 21...Qe3+ 22.Bd2 Bxc3 leaves the queen to be taken, and after 23.Bxe3 Bxb2+ the bishop and rooks win everything back: 27...Rb1+ 28.Kxb1 Rxd2 leaves Black a piece ahead.
  • 1908.04.06 Mieses, Jacques vsRubinstein, Akiba 1-0 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense 49 moves Wien Internationales Schachturnier Vienna 1908 against Akiba Rubinstein. The queens come off at move 15 and 20.Nxa7 wins a pawn; in the ending 46.Nxe4 and 49.Kxh3 leave White a knight ahead, and the game ends there.
  • 1909.02.21 Schlechter, Carl vsMieses, Jacques 0-1 Scandinavian Defense 26 moves St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial St. Petersburg 1909 with Black against Carl Schlechter, a game Mieses could still play through from memory almost thirty years later. His queen does the work: 16...Qg5, then 21...Bd6 22.e5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qh4 and 24...Qxh2+ 25.Kf1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qxg3 win the rook.
  • 1920.08.17 Mieses, Jacques vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack 15 moves Goteborg SSK 40th Anniversary Group A Gothenburg 1920 against Efim Bogoljubov, a study player here and later twice a World Championship challenger. 13.g4 drives the knight to h6, and after 14.Qh3 Qc4 the game ends with 15.Bxh6, fifteen moves in all.
  • 1921.10.29 Mieses, Jacques vsEuwe, Max 1-0 Scotch Game 12 moves Den Haag International The Hague 1921 against the twenty-year-old Max Euwe, who became World Champion in 1935. A Scotch Game over in twelve moves: 9...g5 loosens the black kingside, and the game ends after 11...Nxe5 12.Bxe5.
  • 1923.04.06 Mieses, Jacques vsThomas, George Alan 1-0 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation 31 moves Northern Counties Congress Premier Liverpool 1923, the tournament Mieses won with 8 points from 9, against Sir George Thomas in the final round. 16.e6 fxe6 17.Nxe6+ Bxe6 18.Rxe6, then 19.Rxh6 gxh6 20.Bxh6+ gives up the exchange to reach the king, and 31.Bd4+ ends it.
  • 1942.06.03 Mieses, Jacques vsMenchik, Vera 1-0 French Defense: Exchange Variation 74 moves Match Menchik-Mieses +4-1=5 London 1942, from his ten-game match with Vera Menchik, the reigning Women's World Champion, who won it 4-1 with five draws; this was Mieses's win. Black's a-pawn queens with 42...a1=Q, 43.Rxa1 Qxa1 44.Nxb8 follows, and Mieses wins the ending with bishop and knight against a rook at move 74.
  • 1946.01.03 Christoffel, Martin vsMieses, Jacques 0-1 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights Variation 28 moves Christmas Congress 1945/46-21 Premier Hastings 1945/46, at the age of eighty, with Black against Martin Christoffel: the game that won the tournament's brilliancy prize. 25...Qc5+ and 26...Qf2+ bring the queen in, 27...Qxh2+ drives the king forward, and 28.Kxg4 Rxf4+ ends it.
  • 1949.03.26 Van Foreest, Dirk vsMieses, Jacques 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation 19 moves Den Haag Exhibition The Hague 1949, a game arranged by the Royal Dutch Chess Association between Mieses, 84, and Dirk van Foreest, 86. 6...Qa5+ and 8...Qxe4+ win a pawn, 16...h5 and 17...h4 start the attack, and White resigns after 19...f5. Mieses announced the result with "Youth has triumphed."
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