Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess
grandmaster and is a seven-time
British Chess Champion. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak
Elo rating
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is 2761, the highest achieved by an English chess player.
He has achieved good results in
World Chess Championship
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The first event recognized as a world championship was the World Chess ...
tournaments. Several times a
World Championship Candidate, he reached the semifinals in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He reached the final at the
2004 FIDE Championship, narrowly losing out to
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov; russian: Рустам Касымджанов (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.
In addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhan ...
in the tie-break games.
Early career
Adams was born on 17 November 1971 in
Truro, Cornwall, UK. By 1980, his chess talent had been recognised by the
British Chess Federation
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, and he received high-level coaching from former
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and coaching from local chess champion Michael Prettejohn. In 1981, aged nine, Adams entered the Cornwall (County) Under-9 Championship and won it. He won the Under-13, Under-15 and Under-18 Championships at the same event. The last two contests clashed for one day, and he had to play them simultaneously, commuting cautiously between different rooms, some thirty metres apart.
In 1987, he took the silver medal at the
World Under-16 Championship, held in
Innsbruck
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, behind the Icelandic player
Hannes Stefánsson. Later that year, at the age of fifteen, he became the world's youngest
International Master
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(IM).
Two books co-written with his father, Bill Adams, ''Development of a Grandmaster'' (1991) and ''Chess in the Fast Lane'' (1996), discuss his early chess career.
In 1988 a television documentary was screened nationwide featuring Adams and
Gary Lane. It is now regularly screened at chess film festivals.
National success
Adams' early endeavours were already beginning to pay dividends at the
British Championship of 1987, where he gained his final IM norm and took the best junior prize. He proceeded to win the full Championship title in 1989, at just seventeen years old. He won again in 1997, jointly with
Matthew Sadler
Matthew David Sadler (born 15 May 1974) is an English chess grandmaster, chess writer and two-time British Chess Champion. He is the No. 2 ranked English player
Personal life
Sadler has a French mother, speaks French perfectly and is also q ...
. Then, after a lengthy break from the event, he returned to claim further titles in 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018 and 2019.
His win at the British Chess Championship 2016 with 10/11 tied the record score set by
Julian Hodgson
Julian Michael "Jules" Hodgson (born 25 July 1963 in London) is a British chess player, grandmaster, and former British chess champion.
Biography
He first came to the notice of the chess world for his achievements as a junior, whilst at Ha ...
in 1992.
Adams also won the
British Rapidplay Championship in 1995, 1996 and 1999.
World Championship candidate
Adams has performed strongly in several
World Chess Championship
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The first event recognized as a world championship was the World Chess ...
tournaments.
In 1993 he finished equal first (with
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of ...
) in the
Groningen
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Interzonal
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tournament to determine challengers for the
PCA World Chess Championship 1995. This took him to the
Candidates Tournament
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matches, where he beat
Sergei Tiviakov
Sergei Tiviakov (russian: Серге́й Тивяков; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Dutch Champion and was European Champion in 2008.
Chess career
Tiviakov won the World Under-18 Champion ...
in the quarter-finals but lost to Anand in the semifinals.
He also qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the
FIDE World Chess Championship 1996
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Background
At the time the World Chess Champion title was split.
In 1993, Nigel Short had qualified via FIDE's usual format to meet ...
, losing to
Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand ( he, בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; be, Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) ...
in the first round of matches.
In 1997, he took part in the
1997–1998 FIDE World Championship, which, for the first time, was a large knockout event, the winner of which would play a match against reigning champion
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Ches ...
. This tournament included most of the world's top players (
Garry Kasparov
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,
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Cha ...
, and
Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky ( tt-Cyrl, Гата Камский, italics=no; russian: Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.
Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Cha ...
were the only notable absentees), and Adams won short matches against Tamaz Giorgadze,
Sergei Tiviakov
Sergei Tiviakov (russian: Серге́й Тивяков; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Dutch Champion and was European Champion in 2008.
Chess career
Tiviakov won the World Under-18 Champion ...
,
Peter Svidler
Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (russian: Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976), commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and an eight-time Russian Chess Champion who now frequently commenta ...
,
Loek van Wely
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and
Nigel Short
Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach, and commentator, who is the vice-president of FIDE since October 2018. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the w ...
, 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, thereby eliminating Adams from the competition.
The
1999 FIDE World Championship resulted in another semifinal finish for Adams before losing to
Vladimir Akopian
Vladimir Akopian (russian: Владимир Акопян, hy, Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան; born December 7, 1971) is an Armenian-Americans, American chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster.
Career
Akopian was born in Baku, Azerbaijan Sov ...
. Nevertheless, he reached the semifinals of the
2000 FIDE World Championship before losing to eventual winner Anand. In the
2002 FIDE World Championship he won his first three rounds before being knocked out in the 'round of 16' by
Peter Svidler
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.
Adams came closest to claiming a world title at the 2004 FIDE Championship when he reached the final, winning matches against Hussein Asabri,
Karen Asrian
Karen Asrian ( hy, Կարեն Ասրյան; 24 April 1980 – 9 June 2008) was an Armenian chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1998, he was a three-time Armenian champion. Asrian was a member of the gold medal-winning Arme ...
,
Hichem Hamdouchi,
Hikaru Nakamura
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura[Vladimir Akopian
Vladimir Akopian (russian: Владимир Акопян, hy, Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան; born December 7, 1971) is an Armenian-Americans, American chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster.
Career
Akopian was born in Baku, Azerbaijan Sov ...](_blank)
and
Teimour Radjabov
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A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaste ...
. However, he lost to
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov; russian: Рустам Касымджанов (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.
In addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhan ...
in the final (3½–4½ 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
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was won by Veselin Topalov.
Background
In the face of criticism of the knockout FIDE World Chess C ...
. He finished in equal sixth–seventh place, with a score of 5½ out of 14.
In May–June 2007, Adams participated in the Candidates Tournament to qualify for the
FIDE World Chess Championship 2007
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Viswanathan Anand of India won the t ...
. He drew 3–3 with
Alexey Shirov
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He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in 1998 to qualify to play as challenger for the classi ...
in the first round and was beaten 2½–½ in the rapidplay playoff.
Other results
Among his other notable results were first place at
Terrassa
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The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ' ...
in 1991, joint first at
Dos Hermanas
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History
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in 1995 (with Kamsky and Karpov), joint first at
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
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in 1998 (with Kramnik and Svidler) and clear first at Dos Hermanas in 1999, ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Karpov,
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced ; bg, Весели́н Александров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess International Grandmaster, grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Championship, World Chess Champ ...
,
Judit Polgár
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and others.
In more recent times, he won the fifth
Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament
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History
The first Staunton Memorial tournament was held in 1946 (at Groningen, ...
in August 2007, achieving a score of 8½/11 (six wins, five draws), picking up the top purse of £1000. The highest-seeded player in the tournament by 45
Elo points, Adams finished a full point ahead of Dutch
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Ivan Sokolov and Loek van Wely. The tournament, one of a series held in London, commemorated the life of the nineteenth-century English chess master
Howard Staunton
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.
Prior to the start of the tournament, on 4 August, Adams married his longtime girlfriend, the actress Tara MacGowran, at a ceremony in
Taunton
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, close to where they live.
In September 2007, Adams took part in a match between the United Kingdom and China, held in
Liverpool
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, England. Playing alongside Adams was former World Championship challenger
GM Nigel Short. This chess event was the first time in almost 15 years that the two GMs had played chess together on British soil.
Overall, he scored 3½/6, conceding one loss to GM
Zhang Pengxiang
Zhang Pengxiang (; born 29 June 1980 in Tianjin) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001, he became China's 12th Grandmaster. Zhang's peak rating was 2657 in April 2007 when he was ranked 47th in the world.
...
(ELO 2649, at the match) in round four. The UK team lost the match to China, who had also defeated a Russian chess team a few weeks before, 20–28.
Adams won the 2nd Ruy Lopez Masters tournament held in
Mérida, Spain
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, 4–13 April 2008, scoring 5½/7 to finish a half-point ahead of Zhang Pengxiang. The tournament was an eight-player
round-robin with an average rating of 2616 (FIDE category 15). In August 2008, there was a second successive victory in the Staunton Memorial. Adams finished on 8/11, ahead of Loek van Wely (7½/11) and
Jan Smeets
Jan Smeets (born 5 April 1985) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion.
Playing record
2004 was the year that his participation in senior tournaments began to yield encouraging results. He finished in second place i ...
(7/11). He followed this with a share of second place at the 4th
EU Individual Open Chess Championship
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in Liverpool, joining
Viktor Láznička
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and
Nigel Short
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on 7½/10 (after winner
Jan Werle
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, 8/10).
After topping a strong open tournament in
Gibraltar
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in 2010, he won the 2010 British Chess Championship, held in
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, with an undefeated score of 9.5/11 and shared second place at the Chicago Open.
Further successes followed in 2011, with a share of first place at the Philadelphia
World Open and a clear win at the British Championship in
Sheffield
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. Adams finished outright first at the Los Angeles Metropolitan International and the
European Team Championship and was awarded the gold medal for his performance on board one.
In 2012, he shared first place with Nigel Short at the
Bunratty
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International and finished with a share of third place at the
London Chess Classic
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, equal with
Hikaru Nakamura
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura[Viswanathan Anand
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and world number two ranked player
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigori Aronian ( hy, Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան, Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenians, Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, who currently plays for the United States Chess Federation. A ches ...
.
In the 2013
Alekhine Memorial
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tournament, held from 20 April to 1 May, Adams finished fourth, with +2−2=5. In March 2013, he came first in the 20th
Bunratty
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Masters tournament.
At the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in July–August 2013, Adams scored possibly the best result of his career, with a
rating performance of 2925. He won the tournament with five wins and four draws (7/9), ahead of a field of 9 other grandmasters whose ratings averaged over 2705, including
Fabiano Caruana
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(2796) and Vladimir Kramnik (2784).
In October of that year, the sixth
Grand Slam Chess Masters final was held in Bilbao as a double round-robin with four players. Adams' opponents were
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigori Aronian ( hy, Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան, Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenians, Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, who currently plays for the United States Chess Federation. A ches ...
,
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (; born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2819, Vachier-Lagrave is the seventh-highest r ...
and
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( az, Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 13 in the world. ...
. Adams finished second behind Aronian, scoring +2−1=3 or 9 points according to the "football scoring system" traditionally used in the Grand Slam.
2014 included two notable results; a silver medal for his performance on board 1 at the
Tromsø
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Olympiad and a share of first place at the London Chess Classic Blitz tournament (with Nakamura and Kramnik).
Hydra match
In June 2005, Adams took on the chess
supercomputer
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Hydra in a six-game match in London, England, with a prize of $10,000 for each draw and $25,000 for each win. Hydra, housed in
Abu Dhabi
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at the time of the match, consisted of 64 PCs, each running 3.06
GHz
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Intel
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processors. Its designers said that it could, under optimal conditions, analyse up to 200 million positions a second and, in the
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, calculate up to 40 moves ahead. Adams lost the match, drawing only the second game. The final score was Hydra 5½, Adams ½, with Adams only receiving $10,000 of the $145,000 prize fund.
Personal life
Adams lives in
Somerset
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with his wife, actress Tara MacGowran. His nickname is "Mickey".
''Mickey Adams: 20 Questions''
Kingpin, 9 December 2015
He was educated at Truro School
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1971 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
English chess players
People from Truro
People educated at Truro School
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