| Nigel Short MBE | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Short in 2018 | |
| Full name | Nigel David Short |
| Country | England |
| Born | 1 June 1965 Leigh, Lancashire, England |
| Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
| FIDE rating | 2594 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2712 (April 2004) |
| Peak ranking | No. 3 (July 1988) |
Nigel David Short MBE (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.[1]
- ^ "No. 55513". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1999. p. 25.