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1992 World Chess Championship challenger
Nigel Short gave the second of his two simultaneous displays during
the 4th London Classic today on Friday. Players
rated below 2300 took part.
All proceeds now go to the charity Chess in
Schools and Communities which delivers chess to inner city
schools in England and Wales. See
www.chessinschools.co.uk to see how you can get
involved.
In the first simul Nigel scored +29, =1
and in simul 2 he repeated the feat with an identical
score of +29, =1. Fantastic! Photos
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A grandmaster from the age of 19, Nigel
Short is Britain’s most recognisable name in the chess
world.
Come and
play a legend!
Nigel will be giving two simultaneous displays during the
4th Classic
Limited places available! ** 30 Board Maximum per simul
**
Monday 3 & Friday 7 December. Start time: 6pm (duration 3 -
3½ hours)
Entry Fee: £50
Who can play? Anyone can take part provided your Elo
is below 2300.
1992 World Chess Championship challenger
Nigel Short will be giving two simultaneous displays during
the 4th London Classic (Monday 3rd and Friday 7th December
2012, starting at 6pm). A maximum of 30 can play on each
evening and anyone rated below 2300 can take part. Entry Fee
£50. Due to the limited capacity of this event entries must
be made either by
phone or online.
All proceeds will go to the charity Chess in
Schools and Communities which delivers chess to inner city
schools in England and Wales. See
www.chessinschools.co.uk to see how you can get
involved.
A grandmaster from the age of 19, Nigel
Short is Britain’s most recognisable name in the chess
world. He has had a distinguished career of which the
highpoint was a match with Garry Kasparov for the world
championship title in 1993 at London’s Savoy Theatre.
Nigel Short was a child prodigy and he took
the decision to play professionally. In 1992 he
sensationally defeated the legendary Anatoly Karpov in the
World Championship Candidates’ Semi-Final. Karpov is
generally deemed to be one of the three top chessplayers of
all time (the others being Kasparov and Fischer) and Nigel’s
achievement in defeating one of the ‘holy trinity’ in a
match has barely a handful of equivalents in chess history,
and none by a Western European player. He then defeated
long-time top Western European grandmaster Jan Timman in the
Candidates’ final to claim the right to challenge for the
world crown. Facing Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest
player in the history of the game, Short demonstrated some
moments of brilliance but was well beaten.
Since then Short has an enviable list of
international tournament victories and has been a regular
fixture for the England team for nearly three decades. His
wanderlust and desire to play chess show no sign of abating.
In 2011 he was only a tie-break away from winning both the
Commonwealth and British titles, and he shared the 2011
English Championship title with Mickey Adams. He made a
hugely impressive score, 8½/10, in the 2011 Gibraltar
Masters, ahead of a phenomenally strong field of
grandmasters... but for one: the genial Vasily Ivanchuk made
the almost superhuman score of 9/10! But, showing remarkable
resilience, Nigel returned to Gibraltar in 2012 to win the
Masters title, defeating Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan in
a thrilling play-off.
Married with two children, Short was awarded
the MBE for services to chess in 1999. He has written
columns and book reviews for a number of Britain’s leading
newspapers. Currently ranked in the world’s top 60, Short is
still very active as a player, still scoring regular
international tournament victories all around the world.
Photo © Ray Morris-Hill:
http://www.rmhphoto.eu/
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Nigel Short's Simultaneous Displays
