Nigel Short
Nigel David Short MBE (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 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 World Chess Championship 1993 in London, but lost.
Short has defeated nine World Champions (six undisputed World Champions, three FIDE World Champions) in tournament play.
Short has defeated nine World Champions (six undisputed World Champions, three FIDE World Champions) in tournament play.
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The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000
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2001
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