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:''For other people called Michael Adams, see Michael Adams (disambiguation)''
'Michael Adams' (born November 17, 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, England) is an International Grandmaster of chess. On the July 2007 FIDE rating list he is number fifteen in the world with an Elo rating of 2724, making him the number one British chess player.
Adams won the British Championship in 1989 at the age of seventeen. He won it again in 1997, jointly with Matthew Sadler and has never taken part in the Championship since.
Two books coauthored with his father, Bill Adams, "Development of a Grandmaster" (1991) and "Chess in the Fast Lane" (1996), discuss his early chess career.
Adams has performed strongly in a number of World Chess Championship tournaments.
In 1993 he finished equal first (with Viswanathan Anand) in the Groningen Interzonal tournament to determine challengers for the PCA World Chess Championship 1995. This took him to the Candidates Tournament matches, where he beat Sergei Tiviakov in the quarter finals, but lost to Anand in the semi-finals.
He also qualified for the Candidates tournament for FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, losing to Boris Gelfand in the first round of matches.
In 1997, he took part in the FIDE World Championship, which, for the first time, was a large knock-out event, the winner of which would play a match against reigning champion, Anatoly Karpov. This tournament included most of the world's top players (Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Gata Kamsky were the only notable absentees), and Adams won short matches against Tamaz Giorgadze, Sergei Tiviakov, Peter Svidler, Loek van Wely, and Nigel Short, before coming up against Anand in the final round. Their four games at normal time controls were all drawn, as were four rapidplay games at quicker time limits, before Anand won the sudden-death game, knocking Adams out.
In the 1999 FIDE World Championship he reached the semi-finals before losing to Vladimir Akopian.[1]
In the 2000 FIDE World Championship he reached the semi-finals before losing eventual winner Anand.[2]
In the 2002 FIDE World Championship he won his first three rounds before being knocked out in the round of 16 by Peter Svidler.[3]
In the 2004 FIDE Championship, he reached the final, winning matches against Hussien Asabri, Karen Asrian, Hichem Hamdouchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Akopian and Teimour Radjabov, before losing to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final (3.5-4.5 after rapidplay tie-breaks, the match having been tied 3-3 after the six standard games).
As runner-up in the 2004 event, Adams was one of eight players invited to the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. He finished in equal sixth-seventh place, with a score of 5.5 out of 14.
In May-June 2007, Adams participated in the Candidates Tournament to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. In the first round he drew 3-3 with Alexey Shirov, and was beaten 2.5-0.5 in the rapidplay playoff.
Among his other notable results are joint first at Dos Hermanas in 1995 (with Kamsky and Karpov), joint first at Dortmund in 1998 (with Kramnik and Svidler), and clear first at Dos Hermanas in 1999, ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Karpov, Veselin Topalov, Judit Polgar and others.
Adams won the fifth Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament [4], in August 2007, achieving a score of 8.5/11 (6 wins, 5 draws), picking up the top purse of £1000. Adams, the highest seeded player in the tournament by 45 ELO points, finished a full point ahead of Dutch Grand Masters Ivan Sokolov and Loek van Wely. The tournament, played in London, is an annual memorial to the British chess master Howard Staunton[5].
In June 2005, Adams took on an advanced chess computer program called Hydra in a six game match in London, England. Adams lost the match, drawing only the second game. The final score was Hydra 5.5, Adams 0.5.
In September, Adams will take part in a chess match between Great Britain and China. Competing alongside Adams will be GM Nigel Short, this will be the first time, in almost 15 years, that the two have competed together in an event on British soil.[6]
1. World Chess Championship 1999 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
2. World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
3. World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
4. Chessbase News Article retrieved 21st August 2007
5. Chessbase News Article Retrieved 21st August 2007
6. Chessbase News Article Retrieved 21 July 2007
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★ Adams analysed games, tactical combinations and more.
'Michael Adams' (born November 17, 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, England) is an International Grandmaster of chess. On the July 2007 FIDE rating list he is number fifteen in the world with an Elo rating of 2724, making him the number one British chess player.
| Contents |
| Early career |
| World Championship Candidate |
| Other Results |
| Hydra Match |
| Currently |
| References |
| External links |
Early career
Adams won the British Championship in 1989 at the age of seventeen. He won it again in 1997, jointly with Matthew Sadler and has never taken part in the Championship since.
Two books coauthored with his father, Bill Adams, "Development of a Grandmaster" (1991) and "Chess in the Fast Lane" (1996), discuss his early chess career.
World Championship Candidate
Adams has performed strongly in a number of World Chess Championship tournaments.
In 1993 he finished equal first (with Viswanathan Anand) in the Groningen Interzonal tournament to determine challengers for the PCA World Chess Championship 1995. This took him to the Candidates Tournament matches, where he beat Sergei Tiviakov in the quarter finals, but lost to Anand in the semi-finals.
He also qualified for the Candidates tournament for FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, losing to Boris Gelfand in the first round of matches.
In 1997, he took part in the FIDE World Championship, which, for the first time, was a large knock-out event, the winner of which would play a match against reigning champion, Anatoly Karpov. This tournament included most of the world's top players (Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Gata Kamsky were the only notable absentees), and Adams won short matches against Tamaz Giorgadze, Sergei Tiviakov, Peter Svidler, Loek van Wely, and Nigel Short, before coming up against Anand in the final round. Their four games at normal time controls were all drawn, as were four rapidplay games at quicker time limits, before Anand won the sudden-death game, knocking Adams out.
In the 1999 FIDE World Championship he reached the semi-finals before losing to Vladimir Akopian.[1]
In the 2000 FIDE World Championship he reached the semi-finals before losing eventual winner Anand.[2]
In the 2002 FIDE World Championship he won his first three rounds before being knocked out in the round of 16 by Peter Svidler.[3]
In the 2004 FIDE Championship, he reached the final, winning matches against Hussien Asabri, Karen Asrian, Hichem Hamdouchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Akopian and Teimour Radjabov, before losing to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final (3.5-4.5 after rapidplay tie-breaks, the match having been tied 3-3 after the six standard games).
As runner-up in the 2004 event, Adams was one of eight players invited to the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. He finished in equal sixth-seventh place, with a score of 5.5 out of 14.
In May-June 2007, Adams participated in the Candidates Tournament to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. In the first round he drew 3-3 with Alexey Shirov, and was beaten 2.5-0.5 in the rapidplay playoff.
Other Results
Among his other notable results are joint first at Dos Hermanas in 1995 (with Kamsky and Karpov), joint first at Dortmund in 1998 (with Kramnik and Svidler), and clear first at Dos Hermanas in 1999, ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Karpov, Veselin Topalov, Judit Polgar and others.
Adams won the fifth Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament [4], in August 2007, achieving a score of 8.5/11 (6 wins, 5 draws), picking up the top purse of £1000. Adams, the highest seeded player in the tournament by 45 ELO points, finished a full point ahead of Dutch Grand Masters Ivan Sokolov and Loek van Wely. The tournament, played in London, is an annual memorial to the British chess master Howard Staunton[5].
Hydra Match
In June 2005, Adams took on an advanced chess computer program called Hydra in a six game match in London, England. Adams lost the match, drawing only the second game. The final score was Hydra 5.5, Adams 0.5.
Currently
In September, Adams will take part in a chess match between Great Britain and China. Competing alongside Adams will be GM Nigel Short, this will be the first time, in almost 15 years, that the two have competed together in an event on British soil.[6]
References
1. World Chess Championship 1999 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
2. World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
3. World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
4. Chessbase News Article retrieved 21st August 2007
5. Chessbase News Article Retrieved 21st August 2007
6. Chessbase News Article Retrieved 21 July 2007
External links
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