Nigel Short
English chess grandmaster (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the chess player. For the singer and choir director, see Nigel Short (singer).
Nigel David Short MBE (born 1 June 1965) 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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Nigel Short MBE | |
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Full name | Nigel David Short |
Country | England |
Born | (1965-06-01) 1 June 1965 (age 58) Leigh, Lancashire, England |
Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
FIDE rating | 2595 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2712 (April 2004) |
Peak ranking | No. 3 (July 1988) |
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He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess.[1]