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nlemaiional Grandmaster (1982). He cane
semnd(+4=4 1) egual with autmos and SEAN
alter Horr at lindon 197, and played in lhe
English orrMPrD tean frcm 1976.
METGDR VAIIIATIoN, 459, standard line in thc
oPENrNc. sonerines callcd the
Melger Unpin variation. Black\ idea is lo gel rid
of rhe pln un hB king\ kru8ht ln 18ql Johao0eq
Merser (1850-1q2h) played $e !aridtioo in a
r.nmanenr held at Kiel- wne.e he rhen liled.
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MIDDLE-GAME, the Phase oI thc gane getreratly
beginning between the l1th a.d 20th noles that
fo,loss lhe opening, Hosever, the changc from
one ro the othe. is often imper@plible. with no
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bica-Nfi 29ItHlN36 lOOd?Rd3 3lQe6Nl4 32BxI4
exl4 33 R5xr4 Qc5 34 Rl7 Q35 r5 RJ3 Qc5 36 Qe7
Bla.k resigns. For lhis Bame Mieses was asarded r
MIESES, JACQUES 0865-1954), Geman born
Jewish player and autho. lron kipzig, International
Grandnaste. (1950), Inte.natiD.al Arbiter
( i95l ). He never asinilated the posiiional ideas of
srENrz and rARrAscH i instead he Prelefted to sct
up a game with the dned objecl of attacking lhe
enemy king, a slyte that brought him nany
B{rIN.t p{z6 but fev suc$es in high level
play. His best rcsnll was al Vienoa 1907, tne fiBr
Trebitscn Memonal touinanenl. when he won fiEt
priD (+9=2 2) ahead or Duusi lN6czY, and
scHLEcmR. Later in tne yed he shared third prize
with NMzo\mcn aftet IBNSEIN ANd BUB'NSTEIN
in a 28 round tour.amenr at Ostend. He played 25
nalch€s. moslly shon, and Non sn of rhen
includi.g a deleal of Schlechler in 1909 (+2=t)
Meses reporled chess evenB, edited chess
6h,mns and wrote Fveral booLs. In 1921 he
publ'