Anthony John Miles (April 23, 1955 in Edgbaston, Birmingham ? November 12, 2001 in Harborne, Birmingham) was an English chess Grandmaster. Biography Early start in chess Miles was born in Edgbaston in Birmingham, and he learned the game of chess at an early age. In 1968 he won the British under-14 championship, and in 1973 won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championship at Teesside, his first important event against international competition. He won the title the following year in Manila. Miles entered the University of Sheffield to study mathematics, but dropped out to concentrate on chess. Career highlights In 1976, Miles became the first ever Grandmaster born in the United Kingdom, narrowly beating Raymond Keene to the accolade. (William Hartston came close to beating them both to it in the early 1970s, and naturalised German-born Jacques Mieses was awarded the GM title in