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Tony Miles was born on 23 April, 1955 in Birmingham, England, is an English chess player (1955–2001). Discover Tony Miles's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

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Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 23 April, 1955
Birthday 23 April
Birthplace Birmingham, England
Date of death 2001
Died Place Birmingham, England
Nationality Birmingham

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1950

The naturalised, German-born Jacques Mieses was awarded the GM title in 1950, while Keith Richardson had been awarded the GM title for correspondence chess earlier in the 1970s.

For his achievement, Miles won a £5,000 prize, put up by wealthy businessman and chess backer Jim Slater.

1955

Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title.

Miles was an only child.

He was born on 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham, and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham.

He was married and divorced twice, and had no children.

Miles's first wife was Jana Hartston, who had previously been married to William Hartston.

1968

He learned the game of chess early in life and made good progress nationally, taking the titles of British under-14 Champion and under-21 Champion in 1968 and 1971, respectively.

1970

Miles had a string of good results in the late 1970s and 1980s.

He matured into a world-class player and won games against high-calibre opponents such as former World Chess Champions Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal and Boris Spassky.

1973

In 1973, Miles won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championship at Teesside, his first important event against international competition.

Both he and compatriot Michael Stean defeated the tournament winner Alexander Beliavsky, but were unable to match the Soviet player's ruthlessness in dispatching lesser opponents.

Miles went on to win this prestigious title the following year in Manila, while a mathematics undergraduate of the University of Sheffield.

1975

Taking the decision to pursue the game professionally, Miles did not complete his studies; however, in 1975, he was awarded an MA by the university in respect of his chess achievements.

1976

In 1976, Miles became the first UK-born, chess grandmaster, narrowly beating Raymond Keene to the accolade.

1980

In 1980, at the European Team Championship in Skara, he beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov with Black, using the extremely unorthodox opening 1.

e4 a6!?, the St. George Defence.

It is often said that Miles learned the line from offbeat-openings enthusiast Michael Basman, but in his book Play the St. George, Basman asserts there is no truth to this.

Miles beat Karpov again three years later in Bath in a game that was part of the BBC's Master Game series, but it was shown only by the (co-producing) German television network due to a BBC technicians' strike at the time of broadcast.

His prime time as a chess player was the mid-1980s.

1982

Miles won the British Championship just once, in 1982 when the event was held in Torquay.

1984

On 20 May 1984 in Roetgen (Germany), Miles set a European record in blind simultaneous chess with 22 games (+10−2=10); this record was not broken until 2009.

On the January 1984 Elo rating list, he ranked No. 18 in the world with a rating of 2599.

One of his best results occurred at the Tilburg tournament in 1984, where, from a strong field, he emerged sole winner by a clear margin of one and one-half points.

The following year, he tied for first at the same event with Robert Hübner and Viktor Korchnoi, playing several of his games while lying face down on a table, having injured his back.

The result was controversial, as many of Miles's opponents felt they were distracted by the unusual circumstances.

However, he retained top board for England at the Thessaloniki and Dubai Olympiads of 1984 and 1986, helping the team to silver medals at each.

1985

Never able to qualify out of the Interzonal stages into the Candidates' series, Miles eventually lost the race to become the first British Candidate when Short did so in 1985.

1986

A string of good performances culminated in a good showing on the January 1986 Elo rating list, where he climbed to a best-ever position of World No. 9 with a rating of 2610.

During this period, there was considerable rivalry with John Nunn over who was the United Kingdom's best player, the two protagonists regularly leapfrogging each other in the world rankings.

Nigel Short and Jon Speelman soon added to the competition, as the English national squad entered its strongest period.

Against Garry Kasparov, Miles had little success, not winning a game against him, and losing a 1986 match in Basel by the score of 5½–½.

Following this encounter, Miles commented "I thought I was playing the world champion, not a monster with a thousand eyes who sees everything" (some sources alternatively quote Miles as having the opinion that Kasparov had 22 or 27 eyes).

1987

After he was hospitalised because of a mental breakdown in late 1987, Miles moved to the United States.

1988

He finished last in the 1988 U.S. Championship, but continued to play there and had some good results.

1991

In 1991, he played in the Championship of Australia, but eventually moved back to England and began to represent his native country again.

1994

He was equal first at the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 1994, 1995, and 1997, and caused a shock at the PCA Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix in London in 1995, when he knocked out Vladimir Kramnik in the first round and Loek van Wely in the second.

His bid to win the event was finally halted in the semifinal by English teammate Michael Adams.

There were four notable victories at the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999).

1999

Miles also tied for first in the 1999 Continental Open in Los Angeles with Alexander Beliavsky, Ľubomír Ftáčnik and Suat Atalık.