Jovanka Houska and Michael Adams defend titles at the British Chess Championship4th title for Houska, Adams edges Short in playoff The 98th Championships of the British Isles were organised by the English Chess Federation from 24th July to 6th...
Adams – Short head to playoff for national title
Congratulations to IM Jovanka Houska, British Womens Champion 2011 scoring 7/11 (+5,=4,-2). Jovanka also becomes English Womens Champion 2011. Mickey Adams and Nigel Short will have a play-off to determine the British Championship title 2011. Final standings Rk Name...
Adams leads British Championship after 9 rounds
Standings after 9 rounds Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 GM Adams, Michael 7.5 ENG M 2715 2776 +0.73 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½...
Adams, Short, and Jones lead British Championship
Round 6 top boards results 1 GM Howell, David W L 4.5 ENG 2625 GM Adams, Michael 4.0 ENG 2715 0-1 2 IM Hawkins, Jonathan 4.0 ENG 2457 GM Short, Nigel D 4.0 ENG 2687 0-1 3 GM Jones,...
British Championship 2011
Round 1 top board results Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result 1 GM Adams, Michael 0.0 ENG 2715 IM Kolbus, Dietmar 0.0 GER 2335 1-0 2 FM Eggleston, David J 0.0 ENG 2318 GM Short,...
1st Metropolitan Chess International
1st Metropolitan Chess InternationalAugust 17th to 21th, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA In August 2011, GM Mickey Adams will participate in the 1st Metropolitan Chess International to be hosted by Metropolitan Chess, Inc. at the Sheraton in downtown...
Adams and Short in rare battle
Michael Adams and Nigel Short ready for rare battle Leonard Barden guardian.co.uk, Friday 22 July 2011 14.46 BST The British championship, which starts in Sheffield on Monday, is the strongest in the event’s 107-year history, with almost all of...
Big place on a world stage
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011Monday 24 January – Thursday 3 February 2011PRESS RELEASE 26 JANUARY 2011 ‘GIBRALTAR FESTIVAL HAS A BIG PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE’ – MICHAEL ADAMSBritish and Gibraltar Champion Michael Adams is back in Gibraltar for...
Adams shocked Carlsen in round 6
Adams, M (2728) – Carlsen, M (2826) [B06]Chess Olympiad 2010Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (6), 27.09.2010 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.Be2 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.exd6 exd6 7.d5 Ne7 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.0–0 Bg4 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nf6...
Adams Wins The Gibraltar Final
8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010 Adams Wins The Final John Saunders reports: English grandmaster Mickey Adams has won the 8th Gibtelecom Masters after a four-player play-off. He did it the hard way, losing the first game of his semi-final...