Adams, Michael (chess player)

Michael Adams ( born November 17, 1971 , Truro ) is an English chess player , grandmaster ( 1989 ).

Michael adams
Michael adams
In 2013
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Rank	grandmaster ( 1989 ) international master ( 1987 )
Maximum rating	2761 (September 2013)
Actual Rating	2694 (September 2019 )
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After leaving school, at the age of 17, Michael Adams became a professional chess player.

In 1989 , at the age of 17, Adams won the UK Championship. In 1997, Adams won the UK Championship for the second time, along with Matthew Sadler . In 1991, he shared 1-2 places with J. Elvest at the tournament in Terrassa. In 1992, he won a knockout tournament in Tilburg, defeating Boris Gelfand in the final.

In 1993 , in Groningen , Adams shared the first place with Viswanathan Anand in the qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship according to the PSA version and received the right to play in the candidates' matches. In the quarter-final match of the applicants, which was held in New York , Adams defeated the Russian grandmaster Sergey Tivyakov with a score of 7½: 6½, the main match ended 4: 4, in an additional match in quick chess - 3½: 2½. In the semifinals, Adams lost to Anand 1½: 5½, this match was held in Linares in 1994 .

In 1993, Adams also qualified in the Interzonal tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship . In the match of the eighth finals (1994, Wijk aan Zee ), Adams lost to Boris Gelfand - 3: 5.

In 1995, Adams shared first place with Gata Kamsky and Anatoly Karpov in a strong tournament in Dos Hermanas .

In 1997 , in Groningen, Adams participated in the FIDE World Cup, which was first held in the cup system . In this tournament, Adams successively won matches against Tamaz Georgadze , Sergey Tivyakov, Peter Svidler , Luke Van Wely and Nigel Short . In the final match, he lost to Ananda only in the extra blitz of the game.

In 1998 , in Dortmund , Adams shared first place with Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler.

In 1999 , at Dos Hermanas, Adams took a clean first place, ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Karpov, Svidler, Topalov and Judit Polgar .

In 2004 , in Tripoli , at the FIDE World Cup, Adams reached the finals. In the final, he lost to Rustam Kasymdzhanov . The main match is 3: 3, the additional quick chess match is ½: 1½.

In June 2005 , in London , Adams lost the match to the Hydra computer program with a score of ½: 5½.

In 2013, he won a major tournament in Dortmund with a score of 7 points out of 9.

Member of the symbolic clubs of the winners of world champions Mikhail Chigorin and Efim Bogolyubov ^[1] .

Among chess players, Adams received the nickname "Spiderman" (Spiderman). This nickname is associated with Adams' style of play: he seems to entangle the enemy with a web of his moves.

Adams was elected the chess player of the year in Great Britain - 1990 , 1993-1996 and 1998-2002.

The highest place in the FIDE ranking is the third in 2002.

As of October 2008, Adams had a 12th FIDE rating of 2734.

Adams originally participated in the FIDE Grand Prix . The winner of a series of these tournaments was supposed to compete with the reigning World Champion for the chess crown . But after some time, when some of the stages of the Grand Prix had already been played, FIDE changed the privileges of the winner. Now the winner of the Grand Prix did not immediately play with the World Champion, but became only one of 8 applicants. Adams was one of the few participants in the Grand Prix who condemned FIDE for changing the rules during the competition and did not participate in further tournaments of the series.