Comments on: Remembering GM Jacques Mieses (27-ii-1865 23-ii-1954) http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Remembering Anthony Dickins (01-xi-1914 25-xi-1987) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-58699 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:52:41 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-58699 […] in the world of Chess were occasional visitors, such as Grandmasters Ossip Bernstein, Paul Keres, Jacques Mieses and Friedrich Sämisch; British Champions Willy Winter, Bob Wade and Dr. Fazekas; M. J. Franklin, […]

]]> By: Remembering GM Daniel Yanofsky OC QC (25-iii-1925 05-iii-2000) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-57535 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:02:17 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-57535 […] the British Commonwealth’s first FIDE grandmaster in 1964 (ed: although some might claim that Jacques Mieses was the […]

]]> By: Remembering Horatio Caro (05-vii-1862 15-xii-1920) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-32484 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:53:18 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-32484 […] life in Berlin. Though he had indifferent tournament not much better match results (he lost to Mieses, and Winawer, drew twice with Von Bardeleben and beat Lewitt), his name has become immortal through […]

]]> By: Remembering GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE (07-x-1933 30-xi-2021) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-31701 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 21:48:13 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-31701 […] is a detailed discussion of that process. Note that this was not an Honorary title (as received by Jacques Mieses and Harry […]

]]> By: Happy Birthday GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE (07-x-1933) - British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-27024 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 09:13:26 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-27024 […] is a detailed discussion of that process. Note that this was not an Honorary title (as received by Jacques Mieses and Harry […]

]]> By: Happy Birthday Leonard Barden (20-viii-1929) | British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-23796 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:11:25 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-23796 […] has a Morphy number of 3, having drawn with Jacques Mieses in the Premier Reserves at Hastings 1948–49.[6] Mieses drew with Henry Bird in the last round of […]

]]> By: Remembering David Hooper RIBA (31-viii-1915 03-v-1998) | British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-17219 Sun, 02 May 2021 15:24:33 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-17219 […] Also at that time, he won the 1944 tournament at Blackpool, defeating veteran Grandmaster Jacques Mieses. […]

]]> By: Remembering Comins Mansfield MBE (14-vi-1896 28-iii-1984) | British Chess News http://britishchessnews.com/2020/02/23/remembering-jacques-mieses-27-ii-1865-23-ii-1954/#comment-15932 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:44:12 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3405#comment-15932 […] but no, the answer is not Comins Mansfield (page 316 in CHESS, No. 921-2. No, it isn’t. It is J. Mieses in 1950. The error is repeated on page 328. Why do we, as a nation, have to be so snotty about […]

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