Michael Adams

Modern era · England · b. 1971

Spider Adams: quiet moves, four-point wins, and a decade in the world top ten.

Career In The Collection

1000Games
237Wins
539Draws
224Losses
51%Score
1986–2026Active
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Head-to-Head Records

Opponent Games Wins Draws Losses
Viswanathan Anand 92 9 53 30 view games
Peter Leko 58 11 36 11 view games
Boris Gelfand 52 7 31 14 view games
Vladimir Kramnik 52 10 31 11 view games
Alexei Shirov 51 11 23 17 view games
Peter Svidler 49 12 29 8 view games
Veselin Topalov 45 13 23 9 view games
Nigel Short 33 7 20 6 view games
Vassily Ivanchuk 30 8 16 6 view games
Alexander Morozevich 25 3 16 6 view games
Judit Polgar 25 5 13 7 view games
Garry Kasparov 23 2 8 13 view games
Levon Aronian 23 1 18 4 view games
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 21 2 13 6 view games
Fabiano Caruana 19 7 6 6 view games
Hikaru Nakamura 19 2 11 6 view games
Magnus Carlsen 19 1 7 11 view games
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 19 2 12 5 view games
Anish Giri 17 3 12 2 view games
Gata Kamsky 17 3 9 5 view games
Alexander Grischuk 15 1 10 4 view games
Anatoly Karpov 14 3 9 2 view games
Jan Timman 14 6 6 2 view games
Viktor Korchnoi 14 7 5 2 view games
Bent Larsen 9 5 3 1 view games
Sergey Karjakin 8 2 3 3 view games
Wesley So 8 0 6 2 view games
Hou Yifan 6 3 3 0 view games
Alireza Firouzja 5 1 2 2 view games
Ding Liren 5 0 3 2 view games
Jan-Krzysztof Duda 5 1 2 2 view games
Vincent Keymer 5 4 0 1 view games
Ian Nepomniachtchi 4 0 2 2 view games
Lev Polugaevsky 3 2 1 0 view games
Richard Rapport 3 2 1 0 view games
Boris Spassky 2 0 1 1 view games
David Bronstein 2 1 1 0 view games
Gukesh Dommaraju 2 1 1 0 view games
Mikhail Tal 2 0 2 0 view games
Wei Yi 2 0 2 0 view games
Arjun Erigaisi 1 0 1 0 view games
Lajos Portisch 1 0 1 0 view games
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1 0 0 1 view games
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 1 1 0 0 view games

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