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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1971-11-17 ) 17 November 1971 (age 54) , Truro, Cornwall , England
- Country
- England
- Title
- Grandmaster (1989)
- World champion
- WC (Seniors over-50) 2023
- Fide rating
- 2622 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2761 (September 2013)
- Peak ranking
- No. 4 (October 2000)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Adams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Truro
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 43rd Chess Olympiad
- Field of work
- chess
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- England
- Official website
- michaeladamschess.co.uk
- Image
- Michael Adams Dortmunder Schachtage 2023.jpg
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- Commons category
- Michael Adams
- date of birth
- 1971-11-17
- title of chess person
- International Master
- Elo rating
- 2646
- social media followers
- 17057
- different from
- Michael Adams
- name in native language
- Michael Adams
- ranking
- 62
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster and the reigning nine-time British Chess Champion. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak Elo rating is 2761, the highest achieved by an English chess player.
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 in the tie-break games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Adams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.