53 years old (Born on November 17, 1971)
Happy Birthday, Michael Adams! May your celebrations today be as swift and brilliant as your legendary rapidplay victories in 1995, 1996, and 1999. You've always known how to make the right moves—both on the chessboard and off it!From climbing up to fourth-best player globally at your peak to consistently dazzling us with strategic genius over decades of play—you've truly mastered life's openings, middlegames, and endgames alike. Here's hoping this birthday brings you fewer stalemates (and no blunders!) but plenty of laughter.
Keep inspiring us all by proving that age is just another opponent you're destined to outsmart!
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