GM Nigel D Short

Country

ENG

Birth Year

1965 (Age ≈61)

Gender

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

400025

FIDE ratings

2594.0 0.0

Classical

Live rating

2551

Rapid

Published FIDE

2516

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #164
National rank · ENG: #6

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 2712 Apr 2004
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 1073

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 118942G · Guildford · Latest available list 2022-05-01

2605Standard · Provisional

2898Rapid · Provisional

—Blitz

ECF rating history

Revised published ratings. Pre-July 2020 grades use a separate scale.

Published lists

Date	Type	Scale	Original	Revised
2022-05-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2022-05-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2022-04-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2022-04-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2022-03-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2022-03-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2022-02-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2022-02-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2022-01-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2022-01-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-12-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-12-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-11-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-11-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-10-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-10-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-09-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-09-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-08-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-08-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-07-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-07-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-06-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-06-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-05-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-05-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-04-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-04-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-03-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-03-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-02-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-02-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2021-01-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2021-01-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2020-12-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2020-12-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2020-11-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2020-11-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2020-10-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2020-10-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2020-09-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2020-09-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2020-08-01	rapid	rating	2898	2898
2020-08-01	standard	rating	2605	2605
2020-07-01	rapid	rating	293	293
2020-07-01	standard	rating	254	254
2020-01-01	standard	grade	254	254
2019-07-01	standard	grade	254	254
2019-01-01	standard	grade	260	260
2018-07-01	rapid	grade	293	293

FIDE rating history

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-13 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

#	Date	Event	Site	Round	White	Black	Result	Moves	View
1001	1991	Tilburg	Tilburg	1	Short, Nigel D	Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	59	Open
1002	1995	Novgorod	Novgorod	3	Short, Nigel D	Topalov, Veselin	1/2-1/2	33	Open
1003	1992	Amsterdam	Amsterdam	-	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	55	Open
1004	1988	Hastings8899	Hastings	-	Smyslov, Vasily	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	14	Open
1005	1997	FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st	Groningen	6.1	Adams, Michael	Short, Nigel D	1-0	41	Open
1006	1993	London rapid m theme	London	3	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	15	Open
1007	1987	London m	London	3	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	0-1	50	Open
1008	1988	Tilburg	Tilburg	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	62	Open
1009	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	20	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	36	Open
1010	1995	Novgorod	Novgorod	8	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	18	Open
1011	1997	FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st	Groningen	4.4	Short, Nigel D	Beliavsky, Alexander G	1-0	42	Open
1012	1996	Moscow PCA-GP	Moscow	1.2	Short, Nigel D	Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	45	Open
1013	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	4	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	40	Open
1014	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	10	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	41	Open
1015	1991	Euwe mem	Amsterdam	9	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	30	Open
1016	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	7	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	36	Open
1017	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	18	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	33	Open
1018	1987	Brussels	Brussels	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	61	Open
1019	1989	World Cup	Barcelona	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	51	Open
1020	1989	Belgrade	Belgrade	-	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	103	Open
1021	1991	Tilburg	Tilburg	2	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	41	Open
1022	1988	World Cup	Belfort	-	Short, Nigel D	Spassky, Boris V.	1/2-1/2	43	Open
1023	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	10	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	43	Open
1024	1987	Brussels blitz	Brussels	-	Tal, Mikhail	Short, Nigel D	1-0	32	Open
1025	1987	Brussels blitz	Brussels	-	Short, Nigel D	Tal, Mikhail	0-1	72	Open
1026	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	9	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	52	Open
1027	1996	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	4	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	43	Open
1028	1980	Wch U20	Dortmund	9	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	41	Open
1029	1993	London rapid m	London	1	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	64	Open
1030	1997	FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st	Groningen	5.1	Short, Nigel D	Krasenkow, Michal	1-0	45	Open
1031	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	17	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	41	Open
1032	1996	Moscow PCA-GP	Moscow	1.1	Kramnik, Vladimir	Short, Nigel D	0-1	49	Open
1033	1995	Linares	Linares	12	Khalifman, Alexander	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	42	Open
1034	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	11	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	50	Open
1035	1991	Bundesliga 9091	Germany	-	Short, Nigel D	Khalifman, Alexander	1-0	37	Open
1036	1993	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	6	Short, Nigel D	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	41	Open
1037	1990	Hoogovens	Wijk aan Zee	11	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	0-1	52	Open
1038	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	16	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	38	Open
1039	1987	Reykjavik	Reykjavik	-	Short, Nigel D	Tal, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	15	Open
1040	1995	Tal mem	Riga	11	Short, Nigel D	Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	32	Open
1041	1993	London rapid m	London	3	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	27	Open
1042	1988	Euwe mem	Amsterdam	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	38	Open
1043	1986	OHRA-A	Brussels	-	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	45	Open
1044	1982	Phillips&Drew	London	-	Spassky, Boris V.	Short, Nigel D	1-0	48	Open
1045	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	14	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	39	Open
1046	1985	Candidats Tournament	Montpellier	12	Smyslov, Vasily	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	33	Open
1047	1997-12	FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st	Groningen	4.3	Beliavsky, Alexander G	Short, Nigel D	0-1	53	Open
1048	1990	Linares	Linares	2	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	48	Open
1049	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	13	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	34	Open
1050	1993	Amber-blind 2nd	Monte Carlo	1	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1-0	48	Open