FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Press
Release Interviews: Adams
Michael Adams at the start of round 8, Linares
2005. Photo © Michiel Abeln
WCC San Luis 2005 Press
Release
Buenos Aires, September 16th, 2005
Adams: "The
strongest player will win"
The English Michael Adams was
interviewed by the Press Office of the World Chess Championship San Luis 2005.
He said that this event will gather "8 very strong players", "so anything can
happen", concluded. He declared that the double round-robin format is fair
enough to assure that "the strongest player will win". From his previous visit
to Argentina he remembers "excellent steaks and red wine".
Transcription of the 10 questions and answers exchanged with Michael Adams:
1) What are your expectations about this important
competition?
There are 8 very strong players in the tournament - so
anything can happen!
2) How do you evaluate the way of play of this
competition? (Double round-robin)
The double round format is very fair.
The strongest player will win.
3) Which are your favourite players
among your seven opponents? And who will be the toughest?
All the
players are tough. I will tell you my favourites after the event! But probably
Anand, Topalov and Leko are the favourites, but the players are very evenly
matched.
4) How are you preparing yourself for the WCC Argentina
2005?
Of course I will do a lot of work for this very important event.
5) Do you think that you will be coming being in your best
competition level?
I hope so!
6) Which will be the "tips"
to win the competition?
(he didn't answer this question)
7)
Will this tournament be very different from all the others you have already
played?
It is one of the most important.
8) Will the
spectators be seeing "new things" in the way of playing?
I am sure they
will enjoy many high quality games.
9) Why should spectators don't
miss this championship?
(he didn't answer this question)
10) Name the first things that come into your mind when you think of
Argentina.
Excellent steaks and red wine! I visited Buenos Aires before
and enjoyed it very much. I am looking forward to seeing San Luis.
Source: Press Office of the WCC San Luis 2005
Short biography:
Michael Adams:
International Grandmaster. Born in England on
November 17th, 1971. With a 2719 ELO he is currently number 13 of FIDE's world
ranking. He is the best player in England's chess history. At the age of 17 he
won the British championship for the first time. In 1997, Adams took part in
the FIDE knock-out tournament to decide who would play against the FIDE
champion Anatoli Karpov. He won short matches against Tamaz Giorgadze, Sergei
Tiviakov, Peter Svidler, Loek Van Wely, and Nigel Short before losing in the
finals to Viswanathan Anand. His most notable tournament victory was at "Dos
Hermanas" in 1999, finishing ahead of important world players such as Vladimir
Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Anatoli Karpov, Veselin Topalov, and
Judit Polgar.
Contact: Diego Gómez Press Office of the WCC San
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