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: 2026-10-09 (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
1051	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	14	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	39	Open
1052	1989	World Cup	Rotterdam	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	84	Open
1053	1988	Hastings8899	Hastings	-	Short, Nigel D	Smyslov, Vasily	1/2-1/2	21	Open
1054	1984	Lvov	Lvov	4	Short, Nigel D	Tal, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	23	Open
1055	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	19	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	26	Open
1056	1994	Novgorod	Novgorod	9	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	44	Open
1057	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	9	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	52	Open
1058	1989	WchT	Luzern	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	66	Open
1059	1987	Brussels	Brussels	-	Short, Nigel D	Tal, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	15	Open
1060	1995	Hoogovens op	Wijk aan Zee	10	Short, Nigel D	Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	75	Open
1061	1987	Brussels	Brussels	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	44	Open
1062	1993	Amber-rapid 2nd	Monte Carlo	9	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	41	Open
1063	1996	Parnu-A	Parnu	1	Short, Nigel D	Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	19	Open
1064	1997	FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st	Groningen	3.1	Short, Nigel D	Sokolov, Andrei	1-0	27	Open
1065	1987	Subotica Interzonal	Subotica	12	Tal, Mikhail	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	23	Open
1066	1994	Novgorod	Novgorod	5	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	40	Open
1067	1988	World Cup	Belfort	-	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	40	Open
1068	1995	Linares	Linares	2	Short, Nigel D	Topalov, Veselin	0-1	40	Open
1069	1996	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	3	Topalov, Veselin	Short, Nigel D	0-1	46	Open
1070	1995	Dortmund	Dortmund	7	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	33	Open
1071	1996	Novgorod	Novgorod	9	Kramnik, Vladimir	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	59	Open
1072	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	1	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	43	Open
1073	1993	London rapid m theme	London	2	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	53	Open