Chess World Cup | Adams retains turning the clock again

) Back in 1998, Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams contested the match that will determine the challenger for Anatoly Karpov within the FIDE World chess championship. The Indian was the winner, in sudden dying.

Both the boys are right here — Anand as FIDE’s deputy president and Adams as a participant. The Englishman, in truth, moved into the second spherical of the Word Cup.

He is a former World No. 4, and in 2004 got here near changing into the World champion earlier than shedding to Rustam Kasimdzanov within the last, which was determined in tie-breakers. He is 53 now, and is ranked No. 90 on this planet.

“I suppose this may nearly definitely be my final World Cup,” Adams informed the The Hindu just a little after scoring his second win in as many days over Ahmed Abdullah Alrehaili. “Never say by no means, however so it was actually only a query if I needed to strive another time.”

Adams, who turned the clock in fashion to win the London Chess Classic two years in the past forward of the likes of D. Gukesh, is glad that there’s extra chess exercise again house. “It was when virtually every part was shut down throughout the (COVID-19) pandemic that I made a decision I needed to play loads and try to do a number of extra years.”

Adams is glad that he took that call. Apart from the London Classic, he additionally received the World senior (over-50) championship in 2023.

Adams is saddened by the tragic dying of Daniel Naroditsky. “It is simply completely surprising and horrible,” he mentioned. “You can’t make accusations in opposition to folks publicly. I feel there may be an excessive amount of publicity for dishonest and may be very unhealthy for chess: 99.99 per cent of gamers are very sincere in a sport the place everybody has the capability to cheat. And but there may be such a giant fuss.”