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    Tony Miles: It's Only Me

    By Geoff Lawton and Mike Fox

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    The charismatic Tony Miles has been much missed since his tragic and premature death in 2001. Regarded as one of England's greatest ever chess players and analysts, he was also one of the wittiest writers on the game. By sheer force of example and ebullient peronality, he inspired the 'English chess explosion' after becoming the first UK grandmaster in the mid 70s. This Fascinating collection of over a hundred games and articles, covering Tony's entire chess career, includes his most celebrated wins, a few losses, and in addition to the famous game against Karpov with the bizarre St George's opening 1 e4 a6 - a less well known victory over the then world champion from a television tournament. All the games are annotated by Tony himself - in his own inimitable style. This fitting tribute is rounded off with a review of Tony's original opening repertoire as well as personal appreciations by his Birmingham clubmates and friends Mike Fox, Malcolm Hunt and Geoff Lawton.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBatsford
    Release dateNov 12, 2014
    ISBN9781849942065
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    Tony Miles: It's Only Me
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    Geoff Lawton

    All three co-authors, from Birmingham, were personal friends of Tony Miles. Mike Fox, is co-author of the best-selling The Complete Chess Addict and The Even More Complete Chess Addict. Malcolm Hunt knew Tony Miles from schoolboy days to the time of his premature death from diabetes in 2001. Geoff Lawton is an International Master.

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    • 4/5
      Very nice book esp. the biographical sections in the second pa46.
    • 5/5
      Marvelous insight into the character and chess play of Tony Miles. The games are very good and include many of his own annotations. Instructive and sad because he was taken too soon.