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Michael Adams (born November 17, 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, England) is an International Grandmaster of chess. On the April 2007 FIDE rating list he is number ten in the world with an Elo rating of 2734, making him the Number One British chess player. Image File history File links Michael_Adams_grandmaster. ...
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17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2007 estimate...
The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for Woman Grandmaster and IM for International Master). ...
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Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...
Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...
17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ...
Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2007 estimate...
The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...
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The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...
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. The British Chess Championship is organised by the English Chess Federation. ...
Matthew Sadler (born 5 May 1974, in England) is an International Grandmaster of chess. ...
World Championship Candidate Adams has performed strongly in a number of World Chess Championship tournaments. Current World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. ...
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. Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ...
Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province Groningen Area (2006) - Municipality 83. ...
Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. ...
The Classical World Chess Championship 1995, known at the time as the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, was held from September 10, 1995 – October 16, 1995 in New York, United States. ...
The Candidates Tournament was an annual chess tournament in which various chess players play against each other. ...
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He also qualified for the Candidates tournament for FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, losing to Boris Gelfand in the first round of matches. The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion. ...
Boris Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a chess grandmaster. ...
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. The FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004 all followed a similar format, radically different from previous World Chess Championship events. ...
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ...
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ...
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current undisputed World Chess Champion. ...
Gata Kamsky (Tatar:Äžataulla Kamski) (born June 2, 1974) is an American chess grandmaster. ...
Sergei Tiviakov (b. ...
Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. ...
Loek van Wely (b. ...
Nigel Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is widely regarded as the strongest British chess player of the 20th century. ...
In the 1999 FIDE World Championship he reached the semi-finals before losing to Vladimir Akopian.[1] The FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004 all followed a similar format, radically different from previous World Chess Championship events. ...
Vladimir Hakobyan (Armenian: ; born December 7, 1971 in Baku) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. ...
In the 2000 FIDE World Championship he reached the semi-finals before losing eventual winner Anand.[2] The FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004 all followed a similar format, radically different from previous World Chess Championship events. ...
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] The FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004 all followed a similar format, radically different from previous World Chess Championship events. ...
Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. ...
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). The FIDE World Chess Championship, 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. ...
Karen Asrian (born 24 April 1980) is an Armenian chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess. ...
Hikaru Nakamura Hikaru Nakamura, (ä¸æ‘å…‰ Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata) is an American chess Grandmaster (GM). ...
Vladimir Hakobyan (Armenian: ; born December 7, 1971 in Baku) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. ...
Teimour Radjabov Teimour Radjabov (b. ...
(Rustam Qosimjonov in Uzbek, РуÑтам КаÑымджанов in Russian born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan. ...
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. The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. ...
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. Veselin Topalov The FIDE World Chess Championship 2007 will be an eight-player double round-robin tournament. ...
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. Dos Hermanas is a city 6. ...
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every July in Dortmund, Germany. ...
Veselin Topalov 2005 Veselin Topalov (IPA: ; Bulgarian: ) (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ...
Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian chess player. ...
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. Hydra is a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian Chrilly Donninger, Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. ...
Currently In January 2007, Adams played in the Gibraltar Chess Festival. It was a Swiss System tournament. He was beaten by Efimenko Zahar in the 6th round, and eventually came 5th. Vladimir Akopian won the tournament. A Swiss system tournament is a commonly used type of tournament in chess and other games where players or teams need to be paired to face each other. ...
Vladimir Hakobyan (Armenian: ; born December 7, 1971 in Baku) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. ...
References - ^ World Chess Championship 1999 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
External links - FIDE rating card for Michael Adams
- Michael Adams at ChessGames.com
- Adams analysed games, tactical combinations and more.
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