Michael Adams MICHAEL ADAMS has been the UK's top player for the last quarter of a century, and for years was among the world top ten. He has won a number of elite-level events, including Dos Hermanas in 1995 and 1999, and Dortmund in 1998 and 2013 - in each case ith former and future world champions in the field. Adams was also a FIDE world championship finalist in 2004, and a Candidate on several occasions. He writes a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph (London) and lives in Somerset, England. Read More Read Less