JACQUES MIESES (born Feb-27-1865, died Feb-23-1954, 88 years old) Germany (federation/nationality United Kingdom) [what is this?] Jacques Mieses was born in Leipzig. He won the chess championship of Berlin at the age of 17, and in 1888 he placed joint second at Leipzig and third at Nuremberg. In 1889 he came third at Breslau (1889). He was, however, rather eclipsed by two great emerging talents - Emanuel Lasker and Siegbert Tarrasch. Mieses was crushed by Lasker in a match - Lasker - Mieses (1889/90) in Leipzig (December 1889 to January 1890). He also performed poorly at 8th DSB Kongress (1893) coming only 7th out of 9 against a field which was relatively weak compared to previous DSB congresses. 1894-95 was a busy period for Mieses. He drew a match with Karl August Walbrodt. (+5, =3,-5) in Berlin (May-June 1894). Mieses then played in the extremely strong 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig (1894) (3rd-14th September, 1894) coming 10th out of 18. He had then toured Russia giving simultaneous displays, before travelling to Paris to play a match with David Janowski (8th January to 4th February 1895). Mieses then crossed the English Channel to play a short match against Richard Teichmann in London (16th - 21st February 1895) which he lost by +1 =1 -4. A month later he played this match, Mieses next professional engagement would be http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...? which was his first tournament outside his own country came at the famous Hastings event of 1895. Although he finished only twentieth (in a field of 22 players), he soon adapted to this level of play and in 1907 he took first prize at the Vienna tournament scoring ten points from thirteen games. In 1909, Mieses played a short blindfold match with Carl Schlechter, winning it with two wins and one draw. The very next year Schlechter played Emanuel Lasker for the World Championship and drew the match 5-5. Mieses tried his hand as a tournament organizer in 1911, putting together the San Sebastian event that marked the international debut of future World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca. Mieses was defeated by one of Lasker's title challengers, Siegbert Tarrasch, in a match in 1916 (+2 -7 =4). In 1938 Mieses resettled in England and took British citizenship. He was awarded the grandmaster title in 1950. Wikipedia article: Jacques Mieses Last updated: 2017-06-18 12:53:30

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page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 911  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Mieses vs M Kann 0-1 24 1885 DSB-Congress 4th Free Tournament B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. J Mieses vs B Richter 1-0 76 1887 Frankfurt A07 King's Indian Attack 3. J Mieses vs von Scheve 0-1 32 1887 Berlin C26 Vienna 4. J Bauer vs J Mieses   1-0 55 1887 Frankfurt Hauptturnier Final B20 Sicilian 5. J Mieses vs von Gottschall 1-0 28 1888 2nd Bavarian Chess Federation, Nuremberg C25 Vienna 6. J Mieses vs Tarrasch 1-0 74 1888 2nd Bavarian Chess Federation, Nuremberg C25 Vienna 7. von Gottschall vs J Mieses ½-½ 47 1888 2nd Bavarian Chess Federation, Nuremberg C28 Vienna Game 8. J Metger vs J Mieses   ½-½ 27 1888 2nd Bavarian Chess Federation, Nuremberg D05 Queen's Pawn Game 9. J Mieses vs M Harmonist   ½-½ 18 1888 2nd Bavarian Chess Federation, Nuremberg C46 Three Knights 10. Tarrasch vs J Mieses 1-0 33 1888 2nd Bavarian Chess Federation, Nuremberg B30 Sicilian 11. J Mieses vs von Bardeleben 0-1 29 1888 Augustea 40th Jubilee Tournament C26 Vienna 12. J Mieses vs A Schottlaender 1-0 29 1888 Augustea 40th Jubilee Tournament C25 Vienna 13. J Mieses vs von Scheve 1-0 38 1888 Augustea 40th Jubilee Tournament C25 Vienna 14. J Mieses vs Tarrasch 1-0 34 1888 Augustea 40th Jubilee Tournament A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Gossip vs J Mieses 0-1 31 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C30 King's Gambit Declined 16. J Mieses vs Mason 1-0 50 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C26 Vienna 17. J Mieses vs Paulsen 1-0 31 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau B24 Sicilian, Closed 18. E Schallopp vs J Mieses 1-0 22 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C42 Petrov Defense 19. J Mieses vs von Bardeleben   ½-½ 12 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C01 French, Exchange 20. J Mieses vs A Fritz 1-0 44 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau A07 King's Indian Attack 21. J Mieses vs J Berger   ½-½ 47 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C26 Vienna 22. J Mieses vs J Minckwitz   1-0 39 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C25 Vienna 23. J Mieses vs Tarrasch 0-1 65 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C01 French, Exchange 24. J Mieses vs M Harmonist 1-0 32 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C01 French, Exchange 25. Gunsberg vs J Mieses ½-½ 66 1889 6th DSB Congress, Breslau C55 Two Knights Defense  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 911

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-06-15    MarkFinan: I don't know what your strength is, but do you think you could beat Magnus Carlsen if he gave you Queen odds? C'mon man, he'd crush you/me/anyone here like a Boa Constructer. Slow and agonising. Sep-06-15    plang: Queen odds?!? I think many/most people here could beat Carlsen with Queen odds. Sep-06-15    MarkFinan: Well I don't know your strength. I'll ask Fred, he's 2200+ and he'll give a definitive answer. I can't see anyone here beating one of the greatest chess players of all time, even if he gave queen odds. Sep-06-15    FSR: <Larry Kaufman has written that Kasparov could give pawn and move odds to a low grandmaster (2500 FIDE rating) and be slightly favored, and would have even chances at knight odds against a player with a FIDE rating of 2115.> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess... I like to think that I would beat Carlsen pretty easily at knight odds, but maybe I'm wrong. But at queen odds he would have no chance. Sep-06-15    MarkFinan: Fair enough, I'll take your word for it. I don't think I'd beat him with Queen odds but then again I aren't your strength. Sep-06-15    MarkFinan: You would <never> beat Magnus Carlsen with Knight odds. Never. Sep-06-15    MissScarlett: < absolute drivel and utter piffle> I forgot about complete balderdash. Sep-06-15    MissScarlett: I tried a couple of times to play a test game against Rybka 4, using Position Setup to remove the opposing Queen, but the damn thing kept resigning after 4-5 moves. Sep-07-15    wrap99: One thing: I would have never guessed that anyone could give me 5:1 time odds but I found out that many people could do so; I have literally never beaten a GM at 5:1. In fact, even masters (I was briefly an expert) do pretty well at those odds. So had Kaufman not written about material odds, I might accept that a world champ could beat a submaster at even queen odds. But it looks like not. Since we are discussing odds, while I did bad at 5:1, I think 5 mins to 30 seconds is simply too little time for even a GM against an A player -- I certainly could be a master at those odds when I was a B player. Feb-23-16    TheFocus: Rest in peace, Jacques Mieses. Feb-27-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, Jacques Mieses. Birth and death dates were so close. May-16-16    offramp: Mieses's career lasted 64 years. Few chess players have careers as long as Mieses's. May-16-16    TheFocus: I hope I live as long as his career lasted! Mar-04-17    JimNorCal: MissScar: farrago of nonsense. :) Mar-04-17    morfishine: <TheFocus> Please stop all this nonsense wishing "Happy Birthday" to corpses Whats wrong with you? ***** Mar-04-17    TheFocus: Happy birthday, <morfishine>. I hope you have a good one. Whenever it is. Mar-04-17    perfidious: <morf>, it boosts that post count--one day <Jim Bartle> will be overtaken. Mar-04-17    TheFocus: Why not criticize the ones posting hundreds of YouTube videos or Bible verses? I guess y'all got no problem with that, huh? Hypocrites. Mar-04-17    TheFocus: Happy birthday, <perfidious>. I hope you get lots of presents!! Mar-04-17    TheFocus: Maybe you could share your presents with <morfishine>? Mar-04-17    TheFocus: If you two share a birthday, maybe we could invite everyone for cake? Mar-04-17    TheFocus: If you want to increase my post count, keep running your yak-boxes. Say something about my posting procedures, I can easily run it up. Y'all just gave me six more posts in response to yours. You want to keep this up? Mar-04-17    perfidious: <wrap99>, if you read this, at 5-2, I managed 5/11 against Tal, then the world champion at blitz (1988). I have beaten GMs straight up and doubt there was anyone who could have laid me 5-1 odds and hoped to profitably do so. As to the detritus of late: 'Pears to me there is one here who is much innarested in jacking it up. Yawn. Whatever. There is one place where that will not happen, a reason why, and one who is responsible. Mar-05-17    MissScarlett: Linlithgowshire Gazette, August 6th, 1937, p.8: <Herr Jacques Mieses, of Leipzig, the veteran German master, has recently sustained a nasty accident during the Kemeri tourney, through slipping when entering a bus. His leg was crushed by a wheel, and may have to be amputated, it is said.> Mar-23-17    perfidious: Matter of fact, same as you, two who post copious amounts of YouTube videos and one who puts up endless Bible verses are invisible--just do not need to view that at every turn. You want to call that hypocritical, by all means--just get your facts straight instead of firing from the hip. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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