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Aug 26, 2022 · Comprehensive Nigel D Short chess games collection, opening repertoire, tournament history, PGN download, biography and news.
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- Nigel D Short
- United Kingdom
- Male
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- Early Life and Career
- Continued Growth
- Championship Challenger
- After 1993
- Legacy
Nigel Short was born in Lancashire, England, in 1965. He learned chess at age five and was very good quickly. In 1976 on one of 30 boards in a simultaneous exhibition performed by Viktor Korchnoi (who went on to challenge Anatoly Karpovfor the world championship in 1978 and 1981), Short won. Short became an IM in 1980 at the age of just 14. Althoug...
Still a teenager, Short won his first British Championship in 1984. He made GM the same year. The next year Short reached his first candidates' tournament by placing fourth in the 1985 Biel Interzonal. Although he finished in only 11th place with a +2 -3 =10 score at the candidates' in Montpellier, France, it would not be his last chance. He reache...
Short soon played Timman again, this time for the right to challenge Kasparov for the world championship. He had already beaten Speelman 5.5-4.5 in a rematch, followed by a 5-3 match win over future championship challenger Boris Gelfandto reach the semifinals. In the semis, Short found himself matched with the great Karpov, who won 6-4 before toppl...
Short automatically won entry into the PCA candidates' tournament but was crushed in the semifinals by Gata Kamsky5.5-1.5. Kasparov defended his title against Viswanathan Anandin 1995. Short skipped FIDE’s 1996 cycle, which was the same year when the PCA folded. The next time Kasparov defended his title, the match he lost in 2000 against Vladimir K...
To date, Short remains the only English chess player to win a candidates' tournament for the undisputed title. Only two others, and only one English-born, have played for any world championship since 1886. Johannes Zukertort, who moved to London in 1872 and would die and be buried there, played against Wilhelm Steinitzin 1886. The other is Michael ...
Some of the games of Nigel Short were discovered by the man himself. We decided to compile all games of the former World Championship finalist and current FIDE Vice-President which are unpublished in Mega Database along with a few photos of his score sheets. | Pictured: Short playing Tigran Petrosian in a simul. | Photo: Ottawa Chess Club
- Shahid Ahmed
The King walk, perhaps the most famous in recent history, where Nigel Short defeated Jan Timman in Tilburg in 1991, was voted as one of the hundred greatest chess games in a list compiled by FM Graham Burgess, and GMs John Nunn and John Emms.
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Short, Nigel D. 2612. 0-1. 66. Maia. 31 Aug 2022. Live Chess Ratings for players with Elo ratings of 2700. You may review the latest games played by top players, download their games (PGN), follow big chess tournaments, and get a widget for Top 10 chess players in the world.
