| Philip Short | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ireland |
| Born | May 15, 1960 Cork, Ireland |
| Died | August 31, 2018 (aged 58) County Galway, Ireland |
| Title | FIDE Master (1990) |
| Peak rating | 2334 (December 2018) |
Philip Michael Short (15 May 1960 – 31 August 2018) was an Irish competitive chess player, FIDE Master and five times Irish chess champion.
He won the Irish Chess Championship in 1981, 1986, 1988, 2015 and 2017[1] as well as the Provincial Championship of Munster in 1989, 1991 and 1993[2] and the Provincial Championship of Connacht in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.[3] Furthermore, he was a regular player in Irish open weekend tournaments and placed first at the Kilkenny Chess Congress in 1977, 1979 and 1980,[4] at the Mulcahy Memorial in 1984, 1991 and 1993,[5] and at the Cork Congress in 1994.[6]
He participated with the Irish team at the 25th Chess Olympiad in 1982 and the 27th Chess Olympiad in 1986, both times on board three.[7] In 1990, he was awarded the title of a FIDE Master. He also played for the Douglas Chess Club in the 1993 and 1997 European Chess Club Cup.[8]