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
951	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	8	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	41	Open
952	1985	Candidats Tournament	Montpellier	6	Tal, Mikhail	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	51	Open
953	1985	Candidats Tournament	Montpellier	1	Short, Nigel D	Spassky, Boris V.	1/2-1/2	57	Open
954	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	11	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	50	Open
955	1989	World Cup	Skelleftea	-	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	13	Open
956	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	13	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	34	Open
957	1993	Amber-blind 2nd	Monte Carlo	9	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	0-1	50	Open
958	1996	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	5	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1-0	45	Open
959	1993	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	4	Short, Nigel D	Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	41	Open
960	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	10	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	43	Open
961	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	12	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	40	Open
962	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	18	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	33	Open
963	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	7	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1-0	45	Open
964	1987	London m	London	5	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	52	Open
965	1988	World Cup	Belfort	-	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	47	Open
966	1995	Tal mem	Riga	1	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	17	Open
967	1990	Paris Immopar	Paris	-	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	52	Open
968	1996	Novgorod	Novgorod	5	Short, Nigel D	Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	23	Open
969	1987	Brussels blitz	Brussels	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	24	Open
970	1993	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	2	Anand, Viswanathan	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	49	Open
971	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	2	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	32	Open
972	1992	Amsterdam	Amsterdam	-	Short, Nigel D	Anand, Viswanathan	1/2-1/2	41	Open
973	1992	Linares	Linares	6	Short, Nigel D	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	34	Open
974	1994	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	6	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	25	Open
975	1992	Manila ol (Men)	Manila	-	Short, Nigel D	Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	19	Open
976	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	17	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	41	Open
977	1995	Elenite	Elenite	5	Topalov, Veselin	Short, Nigel D	1-0	43	Open
978	1994	Moscow ol (Men)	Moscow	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	42	Open
979	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	3	Karpov, Anatoly	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	94	Open
980	1993	London rapid m	London	4	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	37	Open
981	1992	Candidats sf1	Linares	6	Short, Nigel D	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	28	Open
982	1993	Amber-rapid 2nd	Monte Carlo	1	Short, Nigel D	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	41	Open
983	1989	World Cup	Skelleftea	-	Short, Nigel D	Tal, Mikhail	1-0	40	Open
984	1997	Dos Hermanas	Dos Hermanas	2	Short, Nigel D	Topalov, Veselin	0-1	65	Open
985	1996	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	9	Short, Nigel D	Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	14	Open
986	1986	OHRA-A	Brussels	-	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	33	Open
987	1987	London m	London	6	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	45	Open
988	1996	Novgorod	Novgorod	4	Topalov, Veselin	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	51	Open
989	1989	World Cup	Barcelona	-	Spassky, Boris V.	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	16	Open
990	1991	Tilburg	Tilburg	13	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	25	Open
991	1992	Linares	Linares	8	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1-0	48	Open
992	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	5	Kasparov, Garry	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	18	Open
993	1992	EU-chT (Men)	Debrecen	5	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	37	Open
994	1995	Tal mem	Riga	9	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	30	Open
995	1993	PCA-World Championship	London	6	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	31	Open
996	1981	Hastings8182	Hastings	8	Smyslov, Vasily	Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	71	Open
997	1987	Brussels blitz	Brussels	-	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1-0	41	Open
998	1986	Solingen	Solingen	-	Short, Nigel D	Spassky, Boris V.	1/2-1/2	13	Open
999	1993	Amsterdam VSB	Amsterdam	1	Kramnik, Vladimir	Short, Nigel D	1-0	51	Open
1000	1993	PCA Championship 1993 — Kasparov - Short	London	2	Short, Nigel D	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	51	Open