An initial file of 269 games played by Nigel Short from his earliest competition games in 1974 through to the end of the 1981/82 Hastings tournament - this file will eventually be expanded to include games played later in Nigel's career. Around 50 of these games I was sent by Nigel himself who has input them from various scoresheets in his possession and collected from elsewhere. Others who have helped him include John Upper of Ottawa, Canada, and Shahid Ahmed of ChessBase India, to whom many thanks are due. Other games I have collected myself over the past few years, mainly from newspapers and magazines, with the remainder coming from various sources such as ChessBase's Mega/Big Database, chessgames.com, etc.

The initial figure of 269 is a significant improvement on the 195 games on the 2022 edition of Mega/Big Database for the equivalent period. Of course it is not just about quantity: many of these games have been updated and corrected, with particular effort being made to establish precise dates and other relevant information. A few are stubs, which can be handy to establish the chronology of his games and also might serve to jog people's memories.

We are aware that this collection of games for the period for the 1974-1981 is far from complete and hope that BritBase readers will be able to help by sending in their own games played against Nigel or other games of his they have found elsewhere. Note that some of the earliest games in the collection, provisionally dated 1975, have only the sketchiest details and have not been fully corroborated. Any further information leading to their correction, confirmation or otherwise will be gratefully received. My email contact details may be found here.