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Nigel Short

1965 - Today

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Nigel David Short (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nigel Short is the 50th most popular chess player (up from 215th in 2019), the 1,647th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,276th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nigel Short ranks 50 out of 461. Before him are Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Alexander McDonnell, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Jan Timman, László Szabó, and Olga Rubtsova. After him are Gioachino Greco, Yuri Averbakh, Mir Sultan Khan, Henry Bird, Lajos Portisch, and Andor Lilienthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Nigel Short ranks 64. Before him are Vahide Perçin, Mick Doohan, Aldair, Andrea M. Ghez, Jan-Ove Waldner, and Lucinda Riley. After him are Linda Evangelista, Fernanda Torres, Ali Dia, Nicholas Sparks, Elizabeth Hurley, and Katarina Witt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 1,647 out of 8,785. Before him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Lucinda Riley (1965), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Walafrid Strabo (808), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836). After him are Michael Owen (1979), Gary Lineker (1960), Beau Brummell (1778), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Jon Anderson (1944), and Jessie J (1988).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 3. Before him are Howard Staunton (1810), and Alexander McDonnell (1798). After him are Henry Bird (1830), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Michael Adams (1971), Fred Yates (1884), Horatio Caro (1862), Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), and John Nunn (1955).

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