Jacques Mieses

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Jacques Mieses (1865–1954) was a German-born Jewish chess player and writer. He moved to England in the 1930s to escape Nazi persecution and became the first British grandmaster in 1950. He was a dangerous attacker with a number of brilliant victories to his credit, e.g. against Frank Marshall (Monte Carlo 1903)[1].

He also organized the master tournament of San Sebastian 1911 and insisted that all the masters' expenses were paid for. This was the first international tournament of José Raúl Capablanca, and he surprised all by winning.

Mieses wrote many tournament reports, but his style was regarded as fairly dry, in contrast with his wittiness in person.

References

• Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld (1996). The Oxford Companion To Chess, Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.

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