Nigel Short
Modern era · England · b. 1965
Britain's first World Championship challenger, against Kasparov in 1993.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
296Wins
405Draws
299Losses
50%Score
1980–2026Active
Head-to-Head Records
1000 Games · Page 3 of 5
- 2016 vs Hou Yifan White Short-Hou Yifan m A05 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Alireza Firouzja White 1st Stars Cup 2016 A00 1-0
- 2015 vs Michael Adams Black PokerStars IoM Masters C72 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov Black Legends Blitz Match 2015 A50 1-0
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov White Legends Blitz Match 2015 A48 0-1
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov White Legends Rapid Match 2015 B91 0-1
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov White Legends Blitz Match 2015 B63 0-1
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov Black Legends Blitz Match 2015 C00 1-0
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov Black Legends Rapid Match 2015 E11 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov White Legends Blitz Match 2015 A36 0-1
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov White Legends Blitz Match 2015 A01 0-1
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov Black Legends Blitz Match 2015 D02 1-0
- 2015 vs Garry Kasparov Black Legends Blitz Match 2015 B00 0-1
- 2014 vs Anish Giri Black 6th LCC Pro-Biz Cup 2014 E10 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 5th Classic KO 2013 B25 0-1
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 5th Classic KO 2013 A01 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 5th Classic GpD 2013 E11 1-0
- 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana White 5th Classic GpD 2013 A00 0-1
- 2013 vs Richard Rapport Black 21st Sigeman & Co E21 1-0
- 2013 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White 11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break B23 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break C76 0-1
- 2012 vs Anatoly Karpov White Trans-Europa-Schach-Express 2012 E32 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Jan Timman Black Trans-Europa-Schach-Express 2012 C03 1-0
- 2012 vs Hou Yifan White 12th BCC Open E14 1-0
- 2012 vs Michael Adams Black Bunratty Open D11 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Hou Yifan Black Gibraltar Open Playoff C11 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Hou Yifan White Gibraltar Open Playoff B23 1-0
- 2012 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Gibraltar Open C94 1-0
- 2011 vs Magnus Carlsen White 3rd London Chess Classic C50 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 3rd London Chess Classic A21 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Viswanathan Anand White 3rd London Chess Classic B52 0-1
- 2011 vs Michael Adams Black 3rd London Chess Classic C03 0-1
- 2011 vs Levon Aronian Black 3rd London Chess Classic E15 1-0
- 2011 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 3rd London Chess Classic C48 0-1
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov Black Your Next Move Blitz E21 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov White Your Next Move Blitz C52 0-1
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov Black Your Next Move Blitz A04 0-1
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov White Your Next Move Blitz C33 1-0
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov Black Your Next Move Blitz A30 1-0
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov White Your Next Move Blitz C58 0-1
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov White Your Next Move Blitz B06 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Garry Kasparov Black Your Next Move Blitz D37 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Michael Adams White 98th ch-GBR Playoff E12 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Michael Adams Black 98th ch-GBR Playoff B16 1-0
- 2011 vs Michael Adams White 98th ch-GBR C50 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Gibraltar Masters A40 1-0
- 2011 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 53rd Masters B31 0-1
- 2010 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 53rd Masters C09 1-0
- 2010 vs Alexander Morozevich White 53rd Masters C11 1-0
- 2010 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 2nd London Chess Classic C10 1-0
- 2010 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 2nd London Chess Classic C89 1-0
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White 2nd London Chess Classic B23 0-1
- 2010 vs Michael Adams Black 2nd London Chess Classic B17 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 2nd London Chess Classic C24 0-1
- 2010 vs Garry Kasparov White Staunton Mem Consultation game B42 0-1
- 2010 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White 45th Capablanca Mem Elite B23 0-1
- 2010 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 45th Capablanca Mem Elite A40 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black 45th Capablanca Mem Elite C77 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 45th Capablanca Mem Elite A45 0-1
- 2010 vs Anish Giri Black Max Euwe Match D02 1-0
- 2010 vs Anish Giri White Max Euwe Match D01 1-0
- 2010 vs Anish Giri Black Max Euwe Match A63 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Anish Giri White Max Euwe Match C34 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Fabiano Caruana White Corus A B40 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Peter Leko Black Corus A B03 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Corus A C96 1-0
- 2010 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Corus A C43 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Alexei Shirov Black Corus A C96 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Corus A B40 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Corus A B01 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Corus A B58 0-1
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Corus A D38 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen White Chess Classic B76 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Chess Classic D38 1-0
- 2009 vs Michael Adams Black Chess Classic C80 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Chess Classic E44 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Corus B E06 1-0
- 2009 vs Hou Yifan Black Corus B B03 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black 38th Olympiad D37 0-1
- 2008 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 38th Olympiad D02 1-0
- 2008 vs Michael Adams Black 4th ch-EU C03 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Michael Adams Black 6th Staunton Memorial B04 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Jan Timman White 6th Staunton Memorial C67 0-1
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Rapid Match D37 1-0
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin White Rapid Match C78 0-1
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin White Rapid Match C32 1-0
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Rapid Match A52 1-0
- 2008 vs Lajos Portisch Black King's Tournament D07 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Jan Timman Black King's Tournament D37 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin White Rapid Match B23 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Rapid Match B12 1-0
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin White Rapid Match B23 1-0
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Rapid Match B05 1-0
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin White Rapid Match B23 0-1
- 2008 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Rapid Match B12 1-0
- 2008 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black Corus B C77 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Hou Yifan Black Corus B C67 1-0
- 2007 vs Hou Yifan Black UK-CHN Match C60 1/2-1/2
- 2007 vs Gata Kamsky White 8th It C44 1/2-1/2
- 2007 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 8th It C07 0-1
- 2007 vs Alexander Morozevich Black XXXVII Bosnia GM C45 0-1
- 2007 vs Alexander Morozevich White XXXVII Bosnia GM A28 0-1
- 2005 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Corus A B26 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Peter Svidler White Corus A B92 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Peter Leko Black Corus A C95 1-0
- 2005 vs Judit Polgar Black Corus A C95 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Veselin Topalov White Corus A B33 0-1
- 2005 vs Alexander Morozevich White Corus A C41 1-0
- 2005 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corus A B12 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Alexander Grischuk Black Corus A C91 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Michael Adams White Corus A C99 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Magnus Carlsen White Essent Crown B25 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Essent Crown D37 1-0
- 2004 vs Boris Gelfand White 20th ECC C42 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Alexei Shirov White Bosnia GM B33 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Garry Kasparov White Rapid B84 0-1
- 2004 vs Garry Kasparov Black Rapid D47 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Levon Aronian White Rapid C48 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Levon Aronian Black Rapid A45 0-1
- 2004 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Blitz A45 0-1
- 2004 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Blitz D30 1-0
- 2003 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 1st Samba Cup B54 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Judit Polgar White It B92 1-0
- 2003 vs Boris Gelfand White It B92 1-0
- 2003 vs Peter Leko Black It C99 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler White Los Inmortales IV B18 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Judit Polgar Black Olympiad B04 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Olympiad B24 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexander Morozevich Black FIDE World Cup Gp D C92 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov White RUS vs. ROW C42 0-1
- 2002 vs Garry Kasparov Black RUS vs. ROW B04 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexander Morozevich White RUS vs. ROW C86 0-1
- 2002 vs Alexander Grischuk Black RUS vs. ROW C02 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler White RUS vs. ROW B20 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Jan Timman White Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE B07 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov White Eurotel Trophy C42 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Eurotel Trophy E35 1-0
- 2002 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black FIDE GP C45 1-0
- 2002 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White FIDE GP C90 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE GP B70 0-1
- 2002 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE GP C11 1-0
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE GP C67 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE GP C42 0-1
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov Black FIDE GP C72 1-0
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov Black FIDE GP C76 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler White FIDE GP C99 1-0
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler Black FIDE GP C11 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler White FIDE GP B42 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler Black FIDE GP C14 1-0
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler Black FIDE GP C11 0-1
- 2001 vs Judit Polgar White Najdorf Memorial B23 0-1
- 2001 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Najdorf Memorial D37 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand White II Magistral B11 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand Black II Magistral C76 1-0
- 2001 vs Michael Adams White 4NCL C88 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Garry Kasparov Black Korchnoi Birthday KO C05 1-0
- 2001 vs Garry Kasparov White Korchnoi Birthday KO B50 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Boris Spassky White Korchnoi Birthday KO B12 1-0
- 2001 vs Boris Spassky Black Korchnoi Birthday KO C01 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Boris Spassky Black Korchnoi Birthday KO E31 1-0
- 2001 vs Boris Spassky White Korchnoi Birthday KO B06 1-0
- 2001 vs Garry Kasparov White Korchnoi Birthday Gp A B25 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Peter Svidler Black 34th Olympiad C66 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Anatoly Karpov White Super Final C33 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Judit Polgar Black Super Final C11 1-0
- 2000 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White FIDE World Cup Gp B Playoffs B85 0-1
- 2000 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black FIDE World Cup Gp B Playoffs A40 1-0
- 2000 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black FIDE World Cup Gp B E34 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Michael Adams White Bosna SuperGM C52 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Garry Kasparov White Bosna SuperGM B95 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Alexei Shirov Black Bosna SuperGM C18 1-0
- 2000 vs Alexander Morozevich White Bosna SuperGM C01 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Veselin Topalov White Bosna SuperGM B20 0-1
- 2000 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 19th Open C02 0-1
- 2000 vs Peter Svidler Black KasparovChess GP g/60 C12 1-0
- 2000 vs Peter Svidler White KasparovChess GP g/60 C51 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Jan Timman White Corus C80 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corus C42 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Corus C45 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Michael Adams White Corus C42 0-1
- 2000 vs Garry Kasparov White Corus B26 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Judit Polgar White Corus B85 1-0
- 2000 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Corus D37 1-0
- 2000 vs Peter Leko White Corus B26 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Jan Timman White It C72 1-0
- 2000 vs Boris Gelfand White It B33 1-0
- 1999 vs Judit Polgar Black It C11 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Boris Gelfand White Eu Team Ch B25 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Peter Leko Black Eu Team Ch C12 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE-Wch k.o. C39 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Alexei Shirov Black FIDE-Wch k.o. C11 1-0
- 1999 vs Jan Timman White Sarajevo C42 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Sarajevo B80 1-0
- 1999 vs Peter Leko White Sarajevo B10 0-1
- 1999 vs Veselin Topalov White Sarajevo B23 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Alexei Shirov Black Sarajevo A11 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Garry Kasparov Black Sarajevo E20 1-0
- 1999 vs Michael Adams Black Sarajevo C03 1-0
- 1998 vs Alexander Morozevich White Bundesliga 9899 C12 1-0
- 1998 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Elista ol (Men) B90 1/2-1/2
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