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).

#	Date	Event	Site	Round	White	Black	Result	Moves	View
901	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	4	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	76	Open
902	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	8	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	41	Open
903	1986	Dortmund	Dortmund	-	Smyslov, Vasily	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	26	Open
904	1988	Euwe mem	Amsterdam	-	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	11	Open
905	1982	Phillips&Drew	London	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	55	Open
906	1988	Thessaloniki ol (Men)	Thessaloniki	4	Spassky, Boris V.	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	13	Open
907	1989	Linares	Linares	-	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	44	Open
908	1991	Tilburg	Tilburg	6	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	58	Open
909	1992	Manila ol (Men)	Manila	-	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	26	Open
910	1997	Dortmund	Dortmund	7	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	44	Open
911	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	19	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	26	Open
912	1990	Paris Immopar	Paris	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	59	Open
913	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	15	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	39	Open
914	1994	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	2	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	32	Open
915	1986	London	London	12	Short, Nigel D	Spassky, Boris V.	1/2-1/2	41	Open
916	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	12	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	40	Open
917	1988	Tilburg	Tilburg	-	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	15	Open
918	1994	Munich Express	Munich	-	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	0-1	47	Open
919	1995	Horgen	Horgen	5	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	37	Open
920	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	20	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	36	Open
921	1985	Naestved	Naestved	2	Tal, Mikhail	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	30	Open
922	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	16	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	38	Open
923	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	1	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	39	Open
924	1996	Moscow PCA-GP blitz	Moscow	1.3	Short, Nigel D	Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	40	Open
925	1991	Tilburg	Tilburg	9	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	47	Open
926	1995	Linares	Linares	5	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	52	Open
927	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	7	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	36	Open
928	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	5	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	18	Open
929	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	3	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	59	Open
930	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	2	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	51	Open
931	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	1	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	39	Open
932	1991	Euwe mem	Amsterdam	3	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	37	Open
933	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	4	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	40	Open
934	1987	London m	London	2	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	52	Open
935	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	3	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	59	Open
936	1987	Brussels blitz	Brussels	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	41	Open
937	1994	Novgorod	Novgorod	8	Kramnik, Vladimir	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	46	Open
938	1987	Subotica Interzonal	Subotica	5	Short, Nigel D	Smyslov, Vasily	1-0	65	Open
939	1994	Munich Express	Munich	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	35	Open
940	1995	Dortmund	Dortmund	5	Kramnik, Vladimir	Short, Nigel D	1-0	25	Open
941	1987	Brussels blitz	Brussels	-	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	46	Open
942	1987	London m	London	1	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	60	Open
943	1995	Horgen	Horgen	6	Kramnik, Vladimir	Short, Nigel D	1-0	67	Open
944	1993	London rapid m	London	2	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	39	Open
945	1989	World Cup	Skelleftea	-	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	45	Open
946	1991	Tilburg	Tilburg	7	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	47	Open
947	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	6	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	31	Open
948	1993	London rapid m theme	London	1	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	54	Open
949	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	5	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	67	Open
950	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	8	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	36	Open