New number one England player
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Michael Adams might have a bit of work to do. Weird he chose England over Spain. Did he choose London or Manchester for a base? https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4152956
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I don't think he was spotted in Manchester yet, but I thought it was Eljanov looking for a base here?
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Tops Sadler too in the ECF list, should Sadler ever go active again.
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I thought he was living in Spain.Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:08 pmMichael Adams might have a bit of work to do. Weird he chose England over Spain. Did he choose London or Manchester for a base? https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4152956
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So has he been ‘headhunted’ so to speak, or is this just a random event?LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:17 pmI thought he was living in Spain.Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:08 pmMichael Adams might have a bit of work to do. Weird he chose England over Spain. Did he choose London or Manchester for a base? https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4152956
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Quite a catch either way.Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:19 pmSo has he been ‘headhunted’ so to speak, or is this just a random event?
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Indeed, according to this he seconded Svidler twice at the Candidates, so maybe he's come for the cricket
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Since 2021 he and his wife have been living on the Costa Blanca and that is where their son was born
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50 years ago he would have been classified as a defector.
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Or he could be a double agent?MJMcCready wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:10 pm50 years ago he would have been classified as a defector.
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There were a few of them yes.
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The unknowns at the moment are why he wanted to be registered as ENG and how he satisfied the ECF's criteria for doing so (assuming they apply to transfers as well as initial registrations)?Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:19 pmSo has he been ‘headhunted’ so to speak, or is this just a random event?
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Well, most likely he will be seen as a welcome addition I would imagine.
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Even if he continues to live in Spain, assuming he still does, and never fulfils the eligibility criteria for playing in the British Championship?MJMcCready wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:59 pmWell, most likely he will be seen as a welcome addition I would imagine.
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In the upper echelons most probably, I would have thought.
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Very pleased to remind myself about his stance on the invasion of Ukraine
Still a chance to play Adams in a simul in October!
https://colchesster.org.uk/jonathan-pen ... challenge/
As to being new England number one - at 36 now, he is not going to be England's greatest ever - Adams has been world No. 4, with a peak Elo rating of 2761 (cf Vitiugov world 15, Elo 2751).Still a chance to play Adams in a simul in October!
https://colchesster.org.uk/jonathan-pen ... challenge/
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