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Author: Michael Adams

December 11 / Michael Adams / News

ECF Book of the Year!

It was a great honour for our book to win this award against tough competition.…

September 4 / Michael Adams / News

London Book Signings

I am very much looking forward to an evening of chess at the excellent London…

April 16 / Michael Adams / Books

How the book came about

My co-author Philip Hurtado was good enough to share his perspective on the origins of…

April 2 / Michael Adams / News

Think Like a Super-GM

I am excited to see my book Think Like a Super-GM written with Philip Hurtado…

April 2 / Michael Adams / News

More Camberly Chess Club Talk

A brief excerpt from my lecture to Camberley Chess Club, the full content is available…

April 16 / Michael Adams / News

Camberley chess club talk

I gave a talk to one of the more active online clubs, Camberley Chess Club…

July 19 / Michael Adams / News

Ambassador Adams

No, I haven’t become The British Ambassador to the US, but I was pleased and…

July 19 / Michael Adams / News

Catching Up

As I am still several tournaments behind, this post will bring things up to date.…

July 19 / Michael Adams / News

Team Chess

I made my first visit to Macedonia for the European Club Cup , it was…

June 20 / Michael Adams / News

Back to the Isle of Man

I had a hectic day prior to the tournament, playing a simul in the afternoon,…

June 20 / Michael Adams / Games

Baku World Cup

The World Cup is often treated as a necessary step to enable a city to…

August 19 / Michael Adams / Games

Back in Biel

Biel is certainly a pleasant place to be in the end of July, particularly during…

August 14 / Michael Adams / Games

Gashimov Memorial

After Baden my schedule was not too busy, so a surprise last minute call up…

August 11 / Michael Adams / Games

Perfect Ten for Baden Baden

The GRENKE Chess Classic began directly after the first February Bundesliga weekend, so after halving…

July 2 / Michael Adams / News

London Chess Classic

The London Classic switched formats again, one considerable upside was the new large open rapidplay…

July 1 / Michael Adams / Games

Pokerstars Masters

After a flight from one of the smallest airports I have flown from, Cheltenham, I…

June 7 / Michael Adams / News

SOCAR Success

Venues for the EuroCup are often off the beaten track, so it was good to…

May 29 / Michael Adams / Games

Tromso Medal!

Just after I booked my ticket for this event, the organisers threatened to cancel it;…

May 25 / Michael Adams / News

Blues Blast from the Past

As I have gotten somewhat behind with the website I thought I would write something…

September 13 / Michael Adams / Games

Dortmund

I hadn’t played for a while before the event, but had done some prep at home and played a few successful training games. The tournament wasn’t a disaster but was rather frustrating, as it seemed a long list of missed opportunities, but some of them weren’t easy to spot, at least for me!

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