Nigel Short

Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. Short earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 19 and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from July 1988 to July 1989. In 1993, he became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the PCA world championship in London, where Kasparov won 12½ to 7½.

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Tournaments won by Nigel Short

Tournament Year Location
South African Open 2015 Cape Town (South Africa)
Canadian Open Chess Championship 2013 Ottawa (Canada)
Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2012 Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
Politiken Cup 2006 Copenhagen (Denmark)
Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2004 Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2003 Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
Budapest 2003 Budapest
Groningen 1996 Groningen
Candidates Matches 1991 - 1993 1993 Sarajevo, Wijk aan Zee, Riga, London, Madras, Brussels, Linares, San Lorenzo del Escorial
Max Euwe Memorial Tournament 1993 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Max Euwe Memorial Tournament 1992 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Max Euwe Memorial Tournament 1991 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Max Euwe Memorial Tournament 1988 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Hastings 1988 Hastings (England)
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1987 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)
Hastings 1987 Hastings (England)
Reykjavik 1987 Reykjavik (Iceland)
Subotica (Interzonal Tournament) 1987 Subotica
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1986 Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)
North Sea Cup 1984 Esbjerg (Denmark)
Nigel Short

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Born: Tuesday, June 1, 1965

Daily puzzles with Nigel Short

John Nunn - Nigel Short
OHRA-A, Brussels
1986
Nigel Short - Ye Jiangchuan
Sanjin Hotel Cup, Taiyuan CHN
2004.07.25
Fabiano Caruana - Nigel Short
53rd Masters, Reggio Emilia ITA
2010.12.30
David Howell - Nigel Short
British ch-KO 2016, London ENG
2016.12.15
S.P. Sethuraman - Nigel Short
42nd Olympiad 2016, Baku AZE
2016.09.10

Puzzles with Nigel Short

Garry Kasparov - Nigel Short
Legends Blitz Match 2015, Saint Louis USA
2015.04.25
Veselin Topalov - Nigel Short
It, Madrid ESP
1997.05.22
A. Yermolinsky - Nigel Short
Keres mem, Parnu EST
1998.06.26
Nigel Short - Amit Doshi Moksh
1st Bangalore Int Open, Bangalore IND
2024.01.19
Boris Gulko - Nigel Short
Riga Tal Memorial, Riga
1995
Boris Gulko - Nigel Short
Riga Tal Memorial, Riga
1995
Anatoly Karpov - Nigel Short
Candidats sf1, Linares
1992
Rolando Nolte - Nigel Short
Jakarta Indonesia op 3rd, Jakarta
2013.10.11
Nigel Short - Peter T Roberson
FIDE World Rapid Team-ch 2023, Duesseldorf
2023.08.26
Nigel Short - Peter T Roberson
FIDE World Rapid Team-ch 2023, Duesseldorf
2023.08.26
Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh - Nigel Short
FIDE World Rapid Team-ch 2023, Duesseldorf
2023.08.26
Nigel Short - Nodirbek Abdusattorov
FIDE World Rapid Team-ch 2023, Duesseldorf
2023.08.26
Raunak Sadhwani - Nigel Short
Short-Sadhwani Blitz 2023, Nagpur IND
2023.06.06
Nigel Short - Raunak Sadhwani
Short-Sadhwani Blitz 2023, Nagpur IND
2023.06.05
Nigel Short - Raunak Sadhwani
Short-Sadhwani Blitz 2023, Nagpur IND
2023.06.05
L. Pantsulaia - Nigel Short
19th Kolkata GM Open 2014, Kolkata IND
2014.03.25
Rolando Nolte - Nigel Short
Jakarta Indonesia op 3rd, Jakarta
2013.10.11
Nigel Short - Rohan Shan Tze Navaratnam
20th BCC Open 2022, Chiang Mai THA
2022.10.27