Tony Miles
Notable Games

Tony Miles

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  • 1973.07.25 Beliavsky, Alexander G vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line 40 moves World U20-ch12 Final A The World Junior Championship at Teesside, 1973, where Miles took the silver medal, with Black against Alexander Beliavsky, who won the title. A Dragon: White's h-file attack ends in 36.Qh8+ Bxh8 37.Rxh8+ Kg7 38.Rxa8 Rxa8, which leaves Black a queen against a rook, and 40...Rh8 finishes it.
  • 1974.08 Kochyev, Alexander vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Panov Variation 46 moves World U20-ch13 Final A The World Junior Championship, Manila 1974, which Miles won, with Black against Alexander Kochyev. Another Dragon: Black gives up the exchange at move 12, 18...Ne4 19.fxe4 Bxd1 wins material back, and the d-pawn runs from d5 to d2.
  • 1976.01.09 Miles, Anthony John vsBronstein, David Ionovich 1-0 English Opening 51 moves Christmas Congress 1975/76-51 Premier Hastings 1975/76 against David Bronstein. The queens come off at move 24 and 25.Rxc6 wins a pawn; the knight does the rest: 33.Nxe6, 48.Nxf5 and 50.Nd4+.
  • 1977.09.28 Smyslov, Vasily V vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation 37 moves Interpolis-01 Tilburg 1977, where he finished second, with Black against Vasily Smyslov, the former World Champion. 30...f4 and 32...Qb2 open the white king, 33...Bxf2 34.Kxf2 Rc1 brings in the rook, and 36...Qd4+ and 37...Rg1+ finish it.
  • 1978 Miles, Anthony John vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense 28 moves Montilla Montilla 1978 against Boris Spassky, the former World Champion, with 4.Bf4 against the Queen's Indian, the line now named the Miles Variation. 13.g4, 14.g5 and 15.Qg4 go for the king, 19.Nxd5 and 20.N5f6 bring the knights in, and 28.Nxg7 ends it.
  • 1978.10.30 Miles, Anthony John vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense 41 moves Olympiad-23 The Buenos Aires Olympiad of 1978 against Spassky again, in the same 4.Bf4 line. 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Qh4+ Kg8 26.Qxe7 breaks up the black position, the queens come off at move 29 and leave Black with doubled h-pawns, and 36.Rxd5 and 41.f5 win the ending.
  • 1979.09.11 Bouaziz, Slim vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation 49 moves Interzonal-11a The Riga Interzonal of 1979 with Black against Slim Bouaziz. A Kan Sicilian that ends in a mating attack: 45...Rxh3 46.Kxh3 Qh1+ 47.Qh2 Qxf3+ 48.Kxh4 Be7+, and 49...Bxg5+.
  • 1980.01.20 Karpov, Anatoly vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 King's Pawn Game 46 moves EU-chT 07th Final The European Team Championship, Skara 1980, with Black against Anatoly Karpov, the reigning World Champion. Miles answered 1.e4 with 1...a6, the St George Defence; 24...Qxb2 and 25...Qxe5 take two pawns for one, the queens come off at move 28, and 44...Bxe2 and 45...Rxg3 finish it.
  • 1980.06.19 Miles, Anthony John vsAndersson, Ulf 1-0 Amar Opening 34 moves Las Palmas-09 Las Palmas 1980, where he shared first place, against Ulf Andersson, a study player here, opening 1.g3. The queens come off at move 20, the knight settles on f6 with 23.Nf6+, and the white king walks in with 28.Kd3, 32.Kxe4 and 33.Ke5.
  • 1980.11.29 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line 40 moves Olympiad-24 The Valletta Olympiad of 1980 with Black against Ljubomir Ljubojević, a study player here. A Yugoslav Attack against the Dragon in which 28...Qxd1+ 29.Kxd1 fxg2+ lets the f-pawn through, 32...g1=Q makes a new queen, and 40...Re1# mates.
  • 1982.08.29 Miles, Anthony John vsPritchett, Craig William 1-0 Richter-Veresov Attack: Two Knights System 34 moves Lloyds Bank op 06th The Lloyds Bank Masters, London 1982, against Craig Pritchett. The rook comes to the seventh with 30.Rd7, and 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.Be5 ends it.
  • 1982.11.11 Miles, Anthony John vsBrowne, Walter Shawn 1-0 Tarrasch Defense 23 moves Olympiad-25 The Lucerne Olympiad of 1982 against Walter Browne. A double bishop sacrifice: 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qg5+, and 23.Rc4 brings the rook to the king in 23 moves.
  • 1983.11 Karpov, Anatoly vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation 39 moves BBC TV Master Game Final The BBC Master Game, Bath 1983, with Black against Karpov, the World Champion, again. A Caro-Kann with 5...gxf6 and opposite-side castling; the d-pawn runs from d4 to d2, 28...Bxe7 wins the exchange, and 39...Nxd2 ends it.
  • 1984.05.31 Tal, Mikhail vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation 40 moves Bugojno Bugojno 1984 with Black against Mikhail Tal, the former World Champion. A Classical Caro-Kann in which 30...Bxf4 wins a pawn, 33...Nxd4 34.Bxd4 Rxd4 opens the centre, and 40...Rd3+ ends it.
  • 1985.08.28 Miles, Anthony John vsKorchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation 50 moves Interpolis-09 Tilburg 1985, round one, against Viktor Korchnoi, whom he beat twice there on the way to sharing first place. The queens are off at move 11, and the white king marches: 36.Kxa5, 43.Kxd4 and 46.Kxf6, until the e-pawn reaches e6.
  • 1986.10.19 Miles, Anthony John vsBeliavsky, Alexander G 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense 29 moves Interpolis Tilburg 1986, round one, against Beliavsky again. 17.Nxf5 and 18.f4 give up a knight, and the white pawns break through: 21.c5, 22.d6 and 23.dxc7+, then 25.Rf7+ and 29.Qb5.
  • 1993 Atalik, Suat vsMiles, Anthony John 0-1 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit 30 moves Heraklio op Heraklion 1993 with Black against Suat Atalık. A Sämisch King's Indian in which the black g-pawn runs 26...g5, 27...gxf4 and 28...f3, and after 29.Qxe8 fxg2+ 30.Bxf8 it promotes to a knight with check: 30...gxh1=N+.
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