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Adams won the British Championship in 1989 at the age of 17. He won it again in 1997, jointly with Matthew Sadler .
In 1993 he finished equal first (with Viswanathan Anand) in the Groningen tournament to determine challengers for the Professional Chess Association World Championship title. This took him to the knock-out stage, where he beat Sergei Tiviakov in the first round, but lost to Anand in the second. In 1994 he played in the Candidates of the FIDE World Championship, losing to Boris Gelfand in the first round.
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 SvidlerPeter Svidler (born June 17, 1976 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian chess player. In the October 2004 FIDE rating list, he has an ELO rating of 2735, making him number eight in the world. Peter Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old., Loek van Wely , Nigel ShortNigel Short (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh) is an English chess player. In 1993 he played Garry Kasparov for the Professional Chess Association World Chess Championship, losing 12. He had won matches against former world champion Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timma, 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.
In the 2004 FIDE ChampionshipThe FIDE World Chess Championship, 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. It was won by Rustam Kasimdzhanov, who beat Michael Adams in the final by a score of 4. He takes prize money of around US$100,000 (US$80,000, he again found his way through to the final, winning matches against Hussien Asabri , Karen Asrian , Hichem Hamdouchi , Hikaru NakamuraHikaru Nakamura (b. December 9 1987) is an American chess Grandmaster. He was born in Kyoto, Japan, with a Japanese father and an American mother. He was the youngest American ever to achieve the ranking of master, at 10 years of age. He also became the y, Vladimir AkopianVladimir Akopian (born December 7, 1971) is a leading Armenian chess master. In 1991 he won the World Junior Chess Championship and in 1999 he unexpectedly made his way through to the final of the FIDE Knock-Out World Chess Championship, but lost to Alexa and Teimour RadjabovTeimour Radjabov (born March 12, 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess player. In the 2003 Linares tournament, Radjabov beat Garry Kasparov with the black pieces, although this was due to a big blunder from Kasparov. In so doing, he became the first player born s, before losing to Rustam KasimdzhanovRustam Kasimdzhanov (born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, and the current FIDE world champion. In the Uzbek language, which officially uses Latin script since 1992, his name is written "Qosimjonov". His best results include first in the final (3.5-4.5 after rapidplay tie-breaks, the match having been tied 3-3 after the six standard games).
Among his other notable results are joint first at Dos HermanasDos Hermanas is a city near Sevilla, Spain. External link Cities of Spain. 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.