Tony Miles

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Miles
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 23, 1955(1955-04-23)
Age	69
Date Of Death	November 12, 2001, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Tony Miles Biography

Tony Miles is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on April 23, 1955 in England, England, United Kingdom. Controversial English chess player who was one of the major forces in a wave of highly skilled British players during the 1970s and 80s.

He beat many of the all-time great chess players including Boris Spassky.

Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess grandmaster, the first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title in over-the- board play.

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.

He was married and divorced twice but had no children.

Tony Miles Net Worth

Tony Miles is one of the richest Chess Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Miles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He left his studies at the University of Sheffield to pursue chess professionally after winning the 1974 World Junior Chess Championship in Manila.

He won the British Championship only once, in 1982.

Miles was an only child, born 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’ first wife was Jana Hartston, who had previously been married to William Hartston.

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

Facts & Trivia

Tony Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Tony Miles celebrates birthday on April 23 of every year.

Miles won the British Championship just once, in 1982 when the event was held in Torquay. His prime time as a chess player was the mid-1980s. 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’ opponents felt they were distracted by the unusual circumstances. 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 Nunn over who was the United Kingdom’s best player, the two protagonists regularly leapfrogging each other in the world rankings. Nigel Short and Speelman soon added to the competition, as the English national squad entered its strongest period.