Editing Michael Adams (chess player) (section)

==Early career==
Adams was born on 17 November 1971 in [[Truro, Cornwall]], UK. By 1980, his chess talent had been recognised by the [[British Chess Federation]], and he received high-level coaching from former [[European Junior Chess Championship|European Junior Champion]] [[Shaun Taulbut]] and coaching from local chess champion Michael Prettejohn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pioneers/kjb/base.htm |title=Chessdevon |publisher=Chessdevon |access-date=2011-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004143018/http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pioneers/kjb/base.htm |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1981, aged nine, Adams entered the Cornwall (County) Under-9 Championship and won it. He won the Under-13, Under-15 and Under-18 Championships at the same event. The last two contests clashed for one day, and he had to play them simultaneously, commuting cautiously between different rooms, some thirty metres apart.<ref>[[CHESS magazine]] – Vol.52, December 1987, p.263</ref>

In 1987, he took the silver medal at the [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Under-16 Championship]], held in [[Innsbruck]], behind the Icelandic player [[Hannes Stefánsson]].<ref>''[[CHESS magazine]]'' – Vol.52, June 1987, p.52</ref> Later that year, at the age of fifteen, he became the world's youngest [[International Master]] (IM).<ref>''[[CHESS magazine]]'' – Vol.52, December 1987, p.261</ref>

Two books co-written with his father, Bill Adams, ''Development of a Grandmaster'' (1991) and ''Chess in the Fast Lane'' (1996), discuss his early chess career.
In 1988 a television documentary was screened nationwide featuring Adams and [[Gary Lane (chess player)|Gary Lane]]. It is now regularly screened at chess film festivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmmoon.com/festival/hell-chess-festival|title=Hell Chess Festival }}</ref>