Michael Adams is a British chess Grandmaster. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak Elo rating is 2755.
He has achieved good results in World Chess Championship tournaments. Several times a Candidate, he reached the semifinals in 1997, 1999 and 2000. At the 2004 FIDE Championship, he reached the final, narrowly losing out to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the tie-break games.