England's First GM. England's first Grandmaster (1976) and famously the man who beat World Champion Karpov with 1.e4 a6 in 1980.
One-time purchase · Windows download · UCI compatible · works offline · instant download after purchase
The browser version lets you meet the personality before buying. The installed engine plays locally, in CZUBATRONIC 2400 and your own chess software, with the full personality model.
Miles plays to unsettle. Offbeat openings, early departures from known paths and a complete indifference to reputation: the player who beat a reigning World Champion with 1...a6 brings the same attitude to every game.
Against him, your preparation loses value and your judgement starts earning its keep. The positions are sound enough to be dangerous and odd enough that general rules need checking move by move.
Regular games against Miles train independent thinking. You learn to refute inaccuracies instead of merely remembering refutations, to trust your evaluation in unfamiliar territory and to fight on equal terms when the game has no script. A bracing opponent for players stuck in their repertoire.
A single game shows part of the personality. Repeated games reveal more: you begin to recognise familiar structures, recurring plans and the kinds of positions this opponent prefers. That is where the collection becomes interesting, because different personalities put different questions to your chess.
Anthony Miles became England's first Grandmaster in 1976 and the spearhead of the English chess explosion of the 1970s and 80s. He is best remembered for one of the most audacious games in chess history, in the 1980 European Team Championship at Skara, with the black pieces against reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov, Miles replied to 1.e4 with 1...a6, the St. George Defence, an opening no serious player had touched in a hundred years. He won the game in 46 moves. Miles fought a lifelong battle with bipolar disorder and his later years were difficult, but at his best he was a fiercely original attacker who refused to be intimidated by reputation or theory. He died in 2001 at just 46.
Notable: England's first GM (1976). Defeated World Champion Karpov with 1...a6 in 1980. Won the British Championship and was twice in the world top ten.
| Era | Modern |
| Years | 1955–2001 |
| Peak rating | 2610 |
| Born | Edgbaston, England, 1955 |
| Title | England's first over-the-board Grandmaster (1976) |
| Style | Unorthodox openings, fighting chess, tactical sharpness, refusal to follow theory |
The ChessGate personality of Miles, reconstructed from the historical player's games, with their own style, their own plans and their own idea of chess. A chess partner with real character, at any level, whenever you like. Play it inside CZUBATRONIC 2400 and the built-in Coach can flag weak moves and show a stronger one. The engine runs offline on your machine, in CZUBATRONIC 2400 and any UCI chess interface.
| File | ChessGate_Miles.exe · 46 MB |
| Runs in | CZUBATRONIC 2400 (as an external engine) and any UCI chess interface |
| Requirements | Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit; any UCI chess interface; CZUBATRONIC 2400 lists it as an external engine |
| Delivery | Instant download after purchase. Installer, no administrator rights; if CZUBATRONIC 2400 is installed, the personality registers itself there as an engine. |
| Works offline | Yes. No account, no server. |
| Packs | – |
| Collection | Complete Personality Collection |
| In the browser | A lighter version of ChessGate Miles plays on ChessGate. |