MIESES, JACQUES

MIESES, JACQUES (Jacob; 1865–1954), German-British chess master and journalist. Mieses was born in Germany and went to England in 1938. He was famed for his collection of brilliancy prizes in the tournaments which he won, the best being in Vienna, 1907. Mieses was the doyen of German chess writers. He was known for his old-fashioned attacking style, which resulted in many brilliant games but few first prizes in major tournaments. From the 1920s, he was also the editor of many standard chess textbooks. In 1948, when the International Chess Federation began officially to award titles to leading players, Mieses was the first British player to be given the title of Grandmaster. -ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY: D. Hooper and K. Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess (1996), 258–59. (William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)