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of 1987, where he gained his final IM norm and took the best junior prize. He proceeded to win the full
Championship title in 1989, at just seventeen years old. He won again in 1997, jointly with
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with an average rating of 2616 (FIDE category 15). In August 2008, there was a second successive victory in the
Staunton Memorial. Adams finished on 8/11, ahead of Loek van Wely (7½/11) and
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514:(ELO 2649, at the match) in round four. The UK team lost the match to China, who had also defeated a Russian chess team a few weeks before, 20–28.
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processors. Its designers said that it could, under optimal conditions, analyse up to 200 million positions a second and, in the
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International and finished with a share of third place at the
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He also qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the
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In 2012, he shared first place with Nigel Short at the
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Adams won the 2nd Ruy Lopez Masters tournament held in
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World Chess Championship 2001–02 FIDE Knockout Matches
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Among his other notable results were first place at
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World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches
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World Chess Championship 1999 FIDE Knockout Matches
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1167:"Aronian and Gelfand win Alekhine Memorial 2013"
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1028:"China beats the UK by 28-20 points"
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616:(2796) and Vladimir Kramnik (2784).
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1169:. ChessBase News. 1 May 2013
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374:1999 FIDE World Championship
281:World Championship candidate
237:Development of a Grandmaster
189:(Over-50 category) in 2023.
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176:2004 FIDE Championship
161:British Chess Champion
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839:"Hell Chess Festival"
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98:WC (Seniors over-50)
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273:Adams also won the
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