Meister Mieses
Book about Jacques Mieses
This work was not written by Mieses himself, but is a biography with game collection by Helmut Wieteck (1930–2018), a chess historian and publicist from Andernach.
Meister Mieses
1993
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| Title | Meister Mieses |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Scenes from the Life of a Chess Eccentric with 50 Brilliant Attack Games |
| Author | Helmut Wieteck (1930–2018) |
| Publisher | Schach Profi Verlag Reinhold Dreier |
| Location | Ludwigshafen |
| Year | 1993 (1st edition) |
| Pages | approx. 170 pages, paperback |
| ISBN | 3-929376-08-3 |
About the Content
Helmut Wieteck combines biographical texts and anecdotes from the life of the "chess eccentric" Mieses with 50 carefully selected and annotated attack games. The book also contains drawings and diagrams and honors Mieses' characteristic attacking style, which made him one of the most entertaining players of his era.
The Story Behind the Title
The title "Meister Mieses" refers to a famous anecdote: someone pronounced his name the English way and called him "Mister Meises", whereupon Mieses put it right — not Mister Meises, but Meister Mieses. "Mister" is a form of address, "Meister" is the German word for a master, and that difference is the whole point. The scene was first printed in September 1932 in "Schachwart"; a differing second version comes from Heinrich Fraenkel in 1966 in "Chess Treasury of the Air". Both are set side by side on the anecdotes page.
Availability
The book is out of print at Reinhold Dreier-Verlag but still available antiquarian.
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