Tags: Chess Player.
Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is a British chess Grandmaster (1989). His highest ranking is world No. 4 achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak Elo rating is 2761.He has achieved good results in World Chess Championship tournaments. Several times a World Championship Candidate he reached the semifinals in 1997 1999 and 2000. At the 2004 FIDE Championship he reached the final narrowly losing out to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the tie-break games.
