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Miles defeating Karpov with 1…a6 is discussed. Two earlier games are fun to look at. One where Steinitz lost as White, the other where Keres won as Black.
Two games that are fun to look at, one having Keres playing it as black and winning. The other is with Steinitz who lost as White.
[Event “GBR tour sim”]
[Site “Great Britain”]
[Date “1868.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Steinitz, William”]
[Black “Baker, Jonathan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B00”]
[PlyCount “66”]
[EventDate “1868.??.??”]
[EventType “simul”]
[EventRounds “1”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]
[SourceQuality “1”]
- e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nc3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Qe2 h5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rfe1 f6 14. Nd2 h4 15.
Ngf1 Na5 16. Nb3 g5 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Ng6 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Bxf4
gxf4 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Nxd6+ Qxd6 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. h3 Qg7 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Rd2 f3 - Qxf3 Rxc4 29. Qf5 Rg8 30. f3 Rd4 31. Rde2 Ke7 32. Rf2 Qg3 33. Qh7+ Rg7 0-1
[Event “Tartu Training Tournament”]
[Site “Tartu”]
[Date “1935.04.12”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Viidik, J.”]
[Black “Keres, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B00”]
[PlyCount “82”]
[EventDate “1935.02.05”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “24”]
[EventCountry “EST”]
[SourceTitle “EXT 2001”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2000.11.22”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.22”]
[SourceQuality “1”]
- e4 a6 2. Nf3 b5 3. d3 Bb7 4. Be2 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
c5 9. a3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. g4 Qc7 15.
h4 Qf4 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 17. Rg1 Rac8 18. Nfd2 Ne5 19. f3 Bd5 20. Rg3 Nc6 21. Bf1
Nd4 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Kf2 Kh8 24. Ke3 e5 25. b3 f5 26. Nc3 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 f4+ 28.
Kf2 fxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Bf7 30. Be4 b4 31. Bb7 bxc3 32. Kf2 cxd2 33. Rd1 Rb8 34.
Bxa6 Nxc2 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Nxa3 37. Ke3 Nxc4+ 38. Ke2 Rb3 39. g5 h5 40.
Kf2 Ne3 41. Ke2 Nxd1 0-1