Nigel Short
Sign in to saveEnglish chess player and writer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 Jun 1965
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Chess Basics
- Carlsen V Caruana
- Winning
- Learn Chess with Nigel Short
- Chess basics
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,853
- Total plays
- 11,800
Tags
contemporary classical
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nigel+Short">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,302x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
- Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition
· 2019 · cited 8,757x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,906x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Nigel David Short , ( 1965-06-01 ) 1 June 1965 (age 61) , Leigh , Lancashire, England
- Country
- England
- Title
- Grandmaster (1984)
- Fide rating
- 2594 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2712 (April 2004)
- Peak ranking
- No. 3 (July 1988)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 June 1965
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nigel
- Family name
- Short
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leigh
- Occupation
- Grandmaster
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 42nd Chess Olympiad
Article
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.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess.