New number one England player

[Matt Bridgeman]

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

[Mick Norris]

I don't think he was spotted in Manchester yet, but I thought it was Eljanov looking for a base here?

[Matt Bridgeman]

Tops Sadler too in the ECF list, should Sadler ever go active again.

[LawrenceCooper]

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

I thought he was living in Spain.

[Matt Bridgeman]

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

I thought he was living in Spain.

So has he been ‘headhunted’ so to speak, or is this just a random event?

[NickFaulks]

So has he been ‘headhunted’ so to speak, or is this just a random event?

Quite a catch either way.

[Mick Norris]

Indeed, according to this he seconded Svidler twice at the Candidates, so maybe he's come for the cricket

This has

Since 2021 he and his wife have been living on the Costa Blanca and that is where their son was born

[MJMcCready]

50 years ago he would have been classified as a defector.

[Angus French]

50 years ago he would have been classified as a defector.

Or he could be a double agent?

[MJMcCready]

There were a few of them yes.

[Ian Thompson]

I thought he was living in Spain.

So has he been ‘headhunted’ so to speak, or is this just a random event?

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)?

[MJMcCready]

Well, most likely he will be seen as a welcome addition I would imagine.

[Ian Thompson]

Well, most likely he will be seen as a welcome addition I would imagine.

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]

In the upper echelons most probably, I would have thought.

[David York]

Very pleased to remind myself about his stance on the invasion of Ukraine

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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/