What is Nigel Short?
{{Infobox chess player |playername = Nigel Short |image = Nigelshort01.jpg |caption= |birthname = Nigel Short |country = {{ENG}} |datebirth = {{birth date and age|1965|6|1|df=y}} |placebirth = [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], England |datedeath = |placedeath = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2686 <br /><small>(No. 47 on the March 2010 <br/>FIDE ratings list)</small> |peakrating = 2712 (April 2004) }}'''Nigel David Short''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 1 June 1965 in [[Leigh (Greater Manchester)|Leigh]], [[Lancashire]]) is often regarded as the strongest English [[chess]] player of the 20th century. He became a [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] at age 19. He challenged for the [[World Chess Championship]] against [[Garry Kasparov]] at London 1993. Still active, Short continues to enjoy international success. He is also a chess columnist, coach and commentator. [[File:Van Wely vs Short Corus 2005.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Short in play.]] Short's best achievement was in the World Candidates matches of 1992, when he beat world-class players [[Boris Gelfand]], [[Anatoly Karpov]] and [[Jan Timman]] to reach the final. In the World Championship match, London 1993, he was decisively beaten by the reigning World Champion, [[Gary Kasparov]]. The match caused controversy because the two players broke away from [[FIDE]], for reasons mostly to do with the prize money.<ref>Forbes, Cathy 1993. ''Nigel Short: quest for the crown''. Cadogan, London.</ref> Short has played 21 times for England in Chess Olympiads, and European and World Team championships. He has been living in [[Greece]] with his wife and children for a number of years. == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Short, Nigel}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British chess players]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]]