NEWS SECTION

DATE

TOURNAMENT

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March 2005

Michael in Linares 2005

Adams managed to win his last game against Anand. finishing 5.5 points, ahead of Vallejo and Kazimdzanov.

Topalov and Kasparov won the event, Kasparov apprently retiring from top chess competitions. Mickey lost against Kasparov twice, and also against Topalov,a somewhat disappointing result for him after a good Corus

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Jan 2005

Michael in Corus 2005

Adams finishing sixth with 7 points.

Leko won the event with 8.5 pts. Solid tournament for Mickey, winning key games against Topalov (scoring against the Najdorf) and Morozevitch ( having a bad tournament) .Mickey lost against Anand with Black after Vishy played a great prepared Exchange Sac in the West-Indian Defense. Would have been a terrific tournament without this loss. Anand finishing second. a good Corus 05

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July 2004

Michael Adams is playing right now in Lybia for the FIDE World Chess Championship. He beat Hamdouchi,Nakamura and Akopian and leads Radjabov 1-0 in semi-finals.

He is likely to go through the finals against maybe Topalov , who is facing Kazhimdanov.

Adams lost against Akopian in 1999 in Las Vegas, but this time he defeated him with style and he seems closer than ever to the world title ! UPDATE: Adams looses against Kazhimdanov in the finals. His opponent managed to find counterplay in difficult positions, and won the rapid match.

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Wijk aan Zee -Corus (round4)

Michael wins against Morozevich with black. Annotations available on the right

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Wijk aan Zee (round10,11,12,13)

FINAL RESULTS

Michael wins against van Wely in Round 10, and with a +2 score, he moves closer to the top 3 towards the end..

Unfortunately, an unexpected defeat against the talented but still not too experienced Fedorov stops his way to the top ( Round 11). It is clear that Michael played for the win since he went for the main line of the Dragon instead of 3 Fb5+. He overlooked the strong ..Bh6!! move and eventually lost.

After another fine win, Adams ends his tournament with a draw against the tournament winner Kasparov with the black pieces (round 13)

He finishes with 7.5/13, which is still an outstanding result, confirming he is at least amongst the 6 or 7 strongest players of 2001.

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CANNES 2001

Michael will play FIDE Rapid World Cup in CANNES .

With Kasparov, he is a clear favorite and top-seeded player of the event.

Watch out this competition on the internet with CANNES-ECHECS.

www.cannes-echecs.org

CORUS 2004

Michael finished 2nd tied with Leko behind winner Anand at Wijk Aan Zee.

8 draws, 4 wins (one against World Champ Kramnik ), 1 defeat against Van Wely.

excellent result in a extremely strong tournament.

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January 2001

Michael is playing in CHORUS-WIJK-AAN-ZEE. Opponents include Kasparov, Kramnik ,Anand ,Leko ,Shirov , Ivancuk...