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Nigel David Short is a British chess player, writer, and university teacher. Born in Leigh on June 1, 1965, he represents England in the sport of chess. He holds the titles of Grandmaster and International Master and has an Elo rating of 2712. Short has participated in the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th Chess Olympiads. He is a recipient of the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
As a writer, Short has authored works including *Chess Basics*, *Carlsen V Caruana*, *Winning*, and *Learn Chess with Nigel Short*. His professional field of work also includes nursing, mental health, and cognitive behavioral therapy. He speaks English and has a social media following of 52,448.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 Jun 1965
- Works
- 8
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,853
- Total plays
- 11,800
Tags
<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 23,546x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,605x
- 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 9,258x
- 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 8,971x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,929x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Rublevsky is not a sexy player.”
- “They could start by removing some personnel: the head-butting, move-retracting, tournament-rigging, Zurab Azmaiparashvili for instance. He is a disgrace to the organisation. But never let it be said that he is a dunderhead.”
- “It is curious that it is far easier to maintain a high "manners" rating if, like Kasparov, you simply don't speak to anyone. I still have much to learn from the great man...”
- “A friend of mine recently joked that his mobile phone will beat Magnus Carlsen. I said, ‘What are you talking about? My microwave could beat Magnus Carlsen.'”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nigel Short” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.