[Event "Atherton"]
[Site "Atherton"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Wright, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c5 8.dxc6 
b6 9.Bb5 Qc7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.f5 Ng4 14.h3 Ne5 15.Qd5
h6 16.g4 a6 17.Bc4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 b5 19.Qd5 Ra7 20.Bxa7 Qxa7 21.h4 Bf6 22.e5
Qe3+ 23.Kb1 Bxe5 24.Rhe1 Qb6 25.Rxe5 Rf8 26.Qxd6 f6 27.Re7 a5 28.c7 Qxd6 
29.Rxd6 b4 30.Rd8 {Source: 'Nigel Short; Chess Prodigy' by David
Short, (Faber & Faber, 1981), p31} 1-0

[Event "Barden simul, Newbury"]
[Site "Newbury"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 b6 7.a3 Be7 8.O-O Bb7 
9.e4 h6 10.e5 Ne8 11.Bc2 h5 12.Qd3 g6 13.Nf4 Ng7 14.Nh3 Nf5 15.Ne2 d6 16.
exd6 Bxd6 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Nhxf4 Ncxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Ne2 Qxd3 21.Bxd3 Nh4 
22.f3 Rad8 23.Rad1 Nf5 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Nc3 c6 26.b4 Kg7 {Source:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p36} 
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoad, Philip Charles"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 a6 11.Rac1 O-O 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qc7 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Nge4
Ne8 16.Rfd1 Ne5 17.Nf2 Ng6 18.e4 Nf6 19.Ne2 Bf8 20.Qe3 Nd7 21.Nd3 Qb7 22.
Nef4 Ne7 23.Nh5 b5 24.Ndf4 e5 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.cxd5 g6 27.Qg5 h6 28.Qg4 Kh7 
29.f4 gxh5 30.Qxh5 Kg8 31.fxe5 Nxe5 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Qg4+ Bg7 34.Rc6 Qd7 
35.Qh4 Rdc8 {Source: Nigel Short} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McSheehy, Nigel AP?"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Nf3 b6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qd7 8.a4 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qd3 Nb8 11.O-O Nbc6 12.Ba3 h6 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.f4 h5 15.Bxe7 
Nxe7 16.c4 Nf5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.e6 fxe6 19.Nf3 O-O 20.Ne5 Qe8 21.a5 b5 22.
Qc3 a6 23.Rae1 Nd6 24.Qc5 Nb7 25.Qa7 Nxa5 26.Qxa6 Ra8 {Source:
Nigel Short. JS note - NA McSheehy played in the Staffordshire Open,
Wolverhampton, 24-27 May 1975, in which NS also played. BCM, August 1975, 
ppn
340-341} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 a5 7.a4 b6 8.Be2 Be7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 f6 11.c4 Nb4 12.c5 bxc5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.dxc5 Bxb2 15.Rb1 
Bf6 16.Nbd4 Nxc5 17.Nc6 Nxc6 18.Bxc5 Be7 19.Bb5 Bxc5 20.Bxc6 Ra6 21.Bb5 
Rb6 22.Ne5 Qf6 23.Nd3 Bd4 24.Rc1 e5 25.Qe2 e4 26.Nc5 c6 27.Nxe4 dxe4 {
Source: Nigel Short} 0-1

[Event "Bolton II v Wilmslow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kimber, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.c3 
b5 9.Bb3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 a5 11.d4 Be7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.e6 Nc5 15.Rd1
Qc7 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.exf7+ {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p51} 1-0

[Event "Chester?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Clark, R."]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 
Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.h4 Bd7 12.Rh3 dxc3 13.f4 d4 14.Qe4 Nf5 15.
Rb1 O-O-O 16.h5 Kb8 17.h6 Rg6 18.a4 Rxh6 19.Rxh6 Nxh6 20.Ba3 Bc8 21.Bd6 
Rxd6 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.g3 f5 24.Qd3 Nb4 25.Rxb4 Qxb4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4 27.Nxd4 
Ng4 28.Bc4 e5 29.fxe5 Nxe5 30.Bb3 Kc7 31.Nb5+ Kb6 32.Nxc3 Kc5 33.Ke2 Bd7 
34.Ke3 b6 35.Kf4 Nc4 36.Nd1 Nd2 37.Ne3 Nxb3 38.cxb3 Kb4 39.Nxf5 Kxb3 40.a5
bxa5 41.g4 a4 42.g5 a3 43.g6 Kb2 44.Ke5 Be8 45.Nd6 Bxg6 46.Nc4+ Kb3 {
Source: Nigel Short} 0-1

[Event "Club Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brooks, Phil J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bf6 11.Be4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bd7 13.Qd3 g6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.
Rab1 b6 16.Rfc1 Re8 17.Qa6 Qe7 18.Re1 Red8 19.d5 exd5 20.Bxd5 Be6 21.c4 
Nd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Qa4 Qf7 25.Be3 e5 26.Rbc1 Rc5 27.Rc2 Bxe3
28.fxe3 Qd7 29.Qb3 Qd3 30.Rc3 Qd2 31.Rec1 e4 32.Qb1 Rd3 33.R3c2 Qxe3+ 34.
Kh1 Qd4 35.a4 e3 36.a5 Rxa5 37.c5 Rxc5 38.Rxc5 bxc5 {Source:
Nigel Short} 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch U11"]
[Site "Newbury"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nightingale, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Qxb4 Bc6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Qa4 Rb7 13.f4 Ng6 14.
Qxc6+ Qd7 15.Qxb7 O-O 16.f5 Ne5 17.Qb5 Qd4+ 18.e3 Qd6 19.b3 Nd3 20.Ba3 
Qxa3 21.Qxd3 Qc5 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Qa5 24.f6 g5 25.Qg4 Re8 26.Rf5 Re5 
27.Rxg5+ Rxg5 28.Qc8# {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short

(Faber & Faber, 1981), p35} 1-0

[Event "Manchester Open?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Smith, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2 c5 8.c3 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nc6 11.Bf1 Rc8 12.a3 e5 13.b4 Nd7 14.Rb1 b6 15.Qb3 h6 
16.Nd2 a5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.Qa2 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Rxb6 21.Bd2 Rxb1 22.
Rxb1 Qc7 23.Be2 Rb8 24.Bd1 Bf8 25.Ba4 Rxb1+ 26.Qxb1 Na7 27.Qb3 Kg7 28.g3 
Be7 29.h4 Bd8 30.Kg2 Nc8 31.Qb5 Na7 32.Qe8 Nc8 33.Bxh6+ {Source: Nigel
Short scoresheet (20 March 2020). Scoresheet header reads "Greater 
Manchester
County". Section identifier "Open", round number "1", Date "15th May" (but
no
year). Round 1 in weekenders normally falls on a Friday but this would 
have to
be 1981 in that case. (The previous one would have been 1971)} 1-0

[Event "Chester simul 29 games"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1975.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1975.02.11"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Be7 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.dxc3 
O-O 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bxc6 Qxc6 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 b6 13.Qd3 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.
Ne4 Kg7 16.Qh4 Qc7 17.Qf6+ Kg8 18.Re3 Qd8 19.Qf4 Kg7 20.Rg3 Bb7 21.Nf6 Rh8
22.Rd1 d5 23.Rgd3 Bc6 24.c4 d4 25.c3 b5 26.cxb5 Bxb5 27.R3d2 Qa5 28.cxd4 
cxd4 29.Rxd4 Qxa2 30.Ne4 Rhf8 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Nd6 Qxb2 33.Nxf7 Rxf7 34.
Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rd8+ Be8 37.Qg6+ Kf8 {Portisch's score
+24, =5, -0. Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber 
&
Faber, 1981), p38; The Guardian, 3 March 1975} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lancashire CA op"]
[Site "Bolton"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Conroy, Michael J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1975.03.29"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 f5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bf4 d6 7.c4 Nh5 8.Be3 Nd7 
9.Ng5 Ndf6 10.Qb3 h6 11.Nf3 g5 12.h4 f4 13.gxf4 gxf4 14.Bd2 Qe8 15.Kh1 e5 
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.c5+ Kh8 18.Nc3 e4 19.Ng1 Qd8 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxh4+ 
22.Kg2 Bf5 23.Nc3 Rg8 {Source: 'A History of Lancashire Chess' (2009)
by MJ Conroy} 0-1

[Event "London Invitation B"]
[Site "London, Mary Ward Centre"]
[Date "1975.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petherick, Adrian"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1975.04.04"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.b4 c6 2.c4 Qb6 3.Qb3 Nf6 4.e3 Na6 5.a3 g6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 d6 
9.O-O Be6 10.Ng5 Nc5 11.Qc2 Ncd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.d4 d5 14.c5 Qc7 15.Nc3 e5
16.b5 exd4 17.exd4 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Na4 Nfg4 20.h3 Nf3+ {Source:
BCM, June 1975, p236} 0-1

[Event "Jersey op 3rd"]
[Site "Jersey"]
[Date "1975.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ripley, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[EventDate "1975.04.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nde2 e6 8.Be3 
Qc7 9.O-O Be7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Qd2 a6 12.a3 Na5 13.Ba2 Bd7 14.f4 b5 15.b4 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Rf4 Qc7 21.Qxd5 Bc6 
22.Qd4 Rad8 23.Qb2 Bg5 24.Raf1 Bxf4 25.Nxf4 Qd7 26.Bc5 Rfe8 27.Bd6 Qg4 28.
c3 g5 29.h3 Qh4 30.Nd3 Re6 31.Qa2 Qc4 32.Qf2 Rg6 33.Nc5 $2 g4 34.e6 fxe6 
$4 ( 34...f6 $19 ) 35.Qf7+ Kh8 36.Be5+ {Sources: 'Nigel Short:
Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p41; 1973-80 Channel
Islands Chess by Martin and O'Brien; BCM, July 1975, p307. Short scored 
4/7.
1st was BH Wood with 6½/7.} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op 11th"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1975.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Corden, Martyn John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[EventDate "1975.05.24"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 a6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bh6 Nxb3 14.axb3 Ne8 15.Nd5 
e6 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Ne3 e5 18.Nf3 Bc6 19.Nc4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 d5 21.Rxe5 dxc4 
22.Rd5 Qf6 23.Qh6 Nf5 24.Rxf5 Qxb2 25.Rfa5 cxb3 26.cxb3 {Source: 'Nigel 
Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p49} 1-0

[Event "Staffordshire op 11th"]
[Site "Wolverhampton"]
[Date "1975.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Evans, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1975.05.24"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 Qxe5 8.
c3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Nxe5 Bxd1 11.Nxc6 Ba4 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Nb5 Be5 14.f4 a6 
15.Nd4 Bd6 16.O-O-O O-O 17.Bd3 Rae8 18.Rhe1 Bg4 19.Be2 Rxe3 20.Bxg4 Rxe1 
21.Rxe1 Bxf4+ 22.Kc2 Bxh2 23.Bf3 c5 24.Nf5 b6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nd5 b5 27.Re7
f5 28.Ra7 g5 29.Rxa6 g4 30.Be2 Rd8 31.Rh6 Bg1 32.Rh1 Bf2 33.Rd1 c4 34.b3 
Ra8 35.Kb2 Re8 36.Bf1 Re4 37.bxc4 bxc4 38.Nf6 Re6 39.Nh5 Rb6+ 40.Kc2 h6 
41.Bxc4 Kh7 42.Nf4 Kg7 43.Rd7+ Kh8 44.a4 Rc6 45.Bd5 Rf6 46.Kb3 Be3 47.Rd8+
Kh7 48.Bg8+ Kh8 49.Nh5 Bb6 50.Rc8 Rd6 51.Be6+ Bd8 52.Bxf5 Kg8 53.Nf6+ Kf7 
54.Nxg4 Bb6 55.Kb4 h5 56.Nh2 Rd2 57.Be4 Rb2+ 58.Kc4 Ke7 59.Rh8 Ra2 60.Kb3 
Re2 61.Bf3 Re3 62.Nf1 Re1 63.Nd2 Bc7 64.Rxh5 Bf4 65.Ne4 Rb1+ 66.Ka2 Rb8 
67.a5 Bc1 68.g4 Rb2+ 69.Ka1 Rb3 70.Bd1 Ra3+ 71.Kb1 Be3 72.Kb2 1-0

[Event "SCCU Under-14 ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cummings, David H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Bc5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 f6 8.d4 Be7 
9.O-O c5 10.c3 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nc6 13.Nf3 b6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Bh3 
Qd7 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qf7 18.Qc2 h6 19.Bf4 Ne7 20.Rad1 Ng6 21.Bc1 Rae8 
22.Bg2 Ne7 23.Bf4 Nf5 24.h3 Nh4 25.Bh1 Kh8 26.Qe2 g5 27.Bc1 Ba6 28.Qe3 Nf5
29.Qd2 Re7 30.Bg2 Qg6 31.Bh1 Bb7 32.Bg2 Ref7 33.Qc2 Qg7 34.b3 h5 35.Qe2 
Qg6 36.a3 h4 37.g4 Ne7 38.Be3 Kg7 39.Qd2 Kh6 40.Rf1 Ba6 41.Rfe1 Nc6 42.b4 
cxb4 43.axb4 Bc4 44.Bf1 Bxf1 45.Rxf1 Rf3 46.Bd4 Nxd4 47.cxd4 Rxh3 48.f4 
Rg3+ 49.Kh2 Kg7 50.f5 exf5 51.Qc1 f4 52.e6 Qe4 53.Rf2 Qe3 54.Qc7+ Kg8 55.
Rdf1 Rh3+ 56.Kg1 Qxe6 57.Qc2 f3 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p57; "A History of 
Lancashire
Chess" by MJ Conroy (2009) (game awarded a best game prize)} 0-1

[Event "SCCU Under-14 ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frostick, Clive Anthony"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Qc7 8.Bd3 
Nbc6 9.Qg4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxe5 11.Qxg7 Nxd3+ 12.Kf1 Rg8 13.Qxh7 Nxc1 14.Rxc1
Bd7 15.Nf3 Bb5+ 16.Kg1 Qf4 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p54; "A History of Lancashire Chess" by
MJ
Conroy (2009)} 0-1

[Event "SCCU Under-14 ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 Bg7 7.Ng5+ Ke8 8.
h4 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qb3 Bf6 13.Qf7+ Kd8 14.Rd1 Nc6 
15.N1f3 Bf5 16.Nxh7 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Qc6 19.O-O Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qxc3 
21.Bd4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber &
Faber, 1981), p53} 1-0

[Event "SCCU Under-14 ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Fenton, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.h3 h6 9.
c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Ba7 11.Re1 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Be6 14.Ne3 Qd7 15.Nh4 Nc6 
16.Nhf5 Ne7 17.g4 Nh7 18.h4 Ng6 19.Ng2 Bb6 20.Qf3 Bd8 21.Qg3 Bf6 22.Kh1 
Kh8 23.Rg1 Rg8 24.Bd2 Rac8 25.a3 a5 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 Bd8 28.Ngh4 ( {
Corrected from} 28.Nfh4 {, 23 November 2023} ) 28...Nxh4 29.Nxh4 g6 30.f4 
exf4 31.Bxf4 Bc7 ( {Corrected from} 31...Be7 {, 23 November 2023} ) 32.
Raf1 ( {Corrected from} 32.Rgf1 {, 23 November 2023} ) 32...Rgf8 33.Rf2 
Kg8 34.Rh2 Kg7 35.d4 cxd4 36.cxd4 d5 37.Nf5+ gxf5 38.Qh4 Rh8 39.Qh6+ Kg8 
40.g6 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & 
Faber, 1981),
p55; BCM, November 1975, p498 (and related tournament info - "these 
events,
played in July and August...")} 1-0

[Event "SCCU Under-14 ch"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Brown, Simon D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 {... source of info: Simon D Brown, 25 May 2023} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch62 U11"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1975.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1975.08.04"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 
dxc4 9.e4 Nb6 10.a4 a5 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.h3 Be6 15.Be3
Qc7 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.f3 Nc8 18.Qf2 Qd7 19.Kh2 f5 20.d5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Qxa4 
22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.Rxd8+ Kf7 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Ra6 26.Qh8 Bd7 27.Qxh7+ Kf6 
28.Rf8+ Ke5 29.Qg7+ Rf6 30.Rxf6 exf6 31.f4+ Kd4 32.Rd1+ {Source: 'Nigel 
Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p62} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch62 U11"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1975.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walford, Neale D"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1975.08.04"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qa4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Bxd2 Qxb2 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.Qc2 Qxc2 14.Rxc2 O-O 15.
Bd3 Bd7 16.g4 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.g5 Rff8 19.h4 Rac8 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Rch2 Nf5
22.Bd2 Ng3 23.Rg1 Nh5 24.Bb4 Rxf4 25.Ke2 g6 26.Bd6 Rc3 27.Ne5 Bb5 28.Rd1 
Bxd3+ 29.Nxd3 Rc2+ 30.Rd2 Re4+ 31.Kd1 Rxd2+ 32.Kxd2 Nc4+ 33.Kc3 Nxd6 {
Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber,
1981), p64} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch62 U11"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1977.08.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Brown, James A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1975.08.04"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e5 8.d3 
Bxb4+ 9.c3 Bd6 10.a3 O-O 11.c4 Qb6 12.Qc2 Rfe8 {('R-K1' but it must be as
shown)} 13.O-O e4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Bg4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 exd3 18.Qxd3 
dxc4 19.Qxc4 Be5 20.Ra2 Rad8 21.Nc3 Qe6 22.Qxe6 Rxe6 23.Ne4 Bh2+ 24.Kxh2 
Rxe4 25.f3 Rxe3 26.Rc1 b6 27.a4 Rd5 28.a5 b5 29.a6 c4 {(The score gives
'P-N4' but the rest of it only makes sense if the text move is played - 
JS)} 30.Ra5 Rb3 {('R-N3')} 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Rxd5 Kf8 33.Rd7 Rb8 34.Rxa7 Rc8
35.Rb7 c3 36.Rb1 Ra8 37.Rc1 Rxa6 38.Rxc3 Ke7 39.Rc7+ Kf6 40.Rc5 g6 41.g5+ 
Ke6 42.f4 Kd7 43.Rd5+ Rd6 44.Rxd6+ Kxd6 45.Kg3 Ke6 46.Kg4 Ke7 47.g3 Ke6 
48.Kf3 f5 49.gxf6 Kxf6 50.Kg4 h5+ 51.Kh4 Kf5 52.Kh3 {Source: James A
Brown scoresheet. Contributed by Simon Brown, 25 May 2023} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bolton club ch"]
[Site "Bolton"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "O'Hara, Mike J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 e4 8.dxc6 
b5 9.Bxf7+ Rxf7 10.Ng5 Re7 11.Qxb5 Qd6 12.Qc4+ Kh8 13.d4 exd3 14.Bf4 Qxc6 
15.Nd2 Bb7 16.Ngf3 Re4 {Source: CHESS, October 1976, p29} 0-1

[Event "British Champ Qualifier 1976/77"]
[Site "Lancashire"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Green, Barry Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Ne7 5.d4 Nbc6 6.Bd3 Ng6 7.h4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Bb4+ 9.Kf1 Bd7 10.h5 Nge7 11.h6 g6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Qc1 Qb8 14.g4 Ba5 15.Qf4 
f5 16.Nc3 fxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf5 18.Ne2 Nb4 19.Bb1 Bb5 20.a3 Nd3 21.Kg2 Nxb2 22.
Nf4 Qe8 23.Bf6 Nc4 24.Qg5 Nd2 25.Nxg6 Qxg6 26.Qxg6+ hxg6 27.h7+ Kf7 28.
Ng5+ Ke8 29.h8=Q Rxh8 30.Rxh8+ Kd7 31.Rxa8 Bc3 32.Bxf5 {Source:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p96, 
which
gives Black's name as 'Ben Green' - think it should be Barry N Green - JS}
1-0

[Event "British Champ Qualifier 1976/77"]
[Site "Lancashire"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Miles, Richard J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.e5 Nxd4 7.exf6 Nxe2 8.fxg7
Rg8 9.Ngxe2 Rxg7 10.Bh6 Rg8 11.O-O-O e6 12.h4 Bd7 13.Ne4 f6 14.Nf4 Kf7 15.
Rhe1 Re8 16.g4 a5 17.a3 b5 18.Ba2 Re7 19.g5 f5 20.Nf6 Bc8 21.Nxh7 c5 22.h5
gxh5 23.g6+ Kg8 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Nxe6 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p92; "A History of 
Lancashire
Chess" by MJ Conroy (2009, but wrongly ascribed there to "A.J. Miles")} 
1-0

[Event "BBC TV Master Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hartston, William Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nc2 d4 8.f4 exf4 
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.N4f3 Bb4
15.O-O-O Rhe8 16.Ne5 ( 16.Rhe1 ) 16...Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Rxd2 18.Kxd2 g5 19.
Nxf7 Ne4+ {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber &
Faber, 1981), p89} ( 19...Ne4+ 20.Kc1 gxf4 21.gxf4 Rf8 22.Ng5 Rxf4 23.Nxh7
Rf7 ) 0-1

[Event "Enfield op"]
[Site "Enfield"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hooker, Stephen J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1976.01.??"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.Qxg7 
Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 a6 14.Be3 Rc8 
15.Ne2 Nf5 16.Bd2 Nce7 17.Nc3 d4 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.Rc1 Ke7 20.c3 Nfe3 21.cxd4 
Qxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 23.Kf2 Bb5 24.Qb3 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Rxg2+ {Sources:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p66; 
The
Guardian, 19 January 1976} 0-1

[Event "London simul"]
[Site "London, Islington"]
[Date "1976.01.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1976.01.17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 b6 8.Bb5 Qc7 
9.Ne2 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 ( 11.f5 exf5 $140 12.Nf4 {Bronstein, after
the game} ) 11...h6 ( 11...g6 ) 12.Ng3 ( 12.f5 exf5 13.Nf4 Nd8 14.e6 {
Barden} ) 12...g6 13.b3 a6 14.Bd3 Na5 15.Bc2 h5 16.Nh1 Rc8 17.Nf2 Nf8 18.
Rc1 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Nc6 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.Qd2 Nc5 22.Bb1 Na5 23.Ng5 Naxb3 24.axb3
Nxb3 25.Qe3 Nxc1 26.Rxc1 Bc5 27.Nf3 a5 28.Bc2 Ba6 29.Nh3 b5 30.Bd3 Qb6 31.
Nhg5 a4 32.Ra1 Ke7 33.Kf2 Bxd4 34.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35.Nxd4 Rxc3 36.Bxb5 Bxb5 37.
Nxb5 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Rb8 39.Nd4 Rc4 40.Ngf3 Rbb4 {"The manoeuvre from New
York 1927," commented Bronstein. [Ref. to Capa-Nimzo]} 41.Ne2 Re4 42.Nc3 
Rxf4 43.Na2 Rg4+ 44.Kh3 Rbc4 45.Rb1 Rc2 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.Nb4 Rcxg2 {
Sources:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p71; 
The
Guardian, 26 January 1976; The Times, 7 February 1976; BCM, February 1976,
p66} 0-1

[Event "SCCU U16"]
[Site "London, Mary Ward / Centymca"]
[Date "1976.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hambrook, David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1976.04.10"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Nf3 f5 10.Qg3 d4 11.Bxc6 dxc3 12.Bxb7 Bxb7 13.bxc3 Ba6 ( 13...Bc6 14.Nd4
Qd5 15.f3 Qc4 16.f4 Bh4 {0-1 is the finish according to BCM, June
1976, p250} ) 14.Nd4 Qd5 15.f3 Qc4 16.f4 Bh4 {Source: The Guardian, 10 
May
1976. (StarBase has more moves - see note).   The U16, U12, U10 and U8
sections were played 10-12 April, Mary Ward Centre and Central YMCA, 
London;
the U18 section was played at the same place but later - 23-25 April. 
(BCM,
ref. as above). U16 results (66 players): (1-2) JM Hodgson, DH Cummings 
5/6; 
(3-6) GM Clark, RF Holes, MA Pagden, HJ Plaskett 4½.} ( {Additional game 
moves
given in the (unreliable) StarBase 4.56 database...} 16...Bh4 17.Qxh4 
Qxc3+ 18.Kd1 Qxd4+ 19.Bd2 Qxa1+ 20.Bc1 Qd4+ 21.Bd2 Rd8 ) 0-1

[Event "Dundrum International 2nd"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1976.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Walsh, James J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.g3 c5 6.d3 Nc6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.h4 O-O 
9.Bh3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.O-O b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Bf4 b4 14.Nd1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 
cxd4 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nc5 18.Qc2 Bxh4 19.cxd4 Nb3 20.Qb2 Bd7 21.Ra3 Na5 
22.Qd2 Nc6 23.gxh4 Qxh4 24.Bg2 Nxd4 25.Bg3 Qg4 26.Ne3 Ne2+ 27.Kh1 Nxg3+ 
28.fxg3 Qh5+ 29.Kg1 Qxe5 {Source: Jim Walsh scorebook} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundrum International 2nd"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1976.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1976.04.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 a6 8.c4 Nb6 
9.a3 d6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.b4 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Rd1 Qe7
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bd3 f5 18.O-O Qf6 19.c5 Bc7 20.Nc4 e5 21.Ne3 Nd4 22.Nxd4 
exd4 23.Nd5 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Qe5+ 25.f4 Qxd5 26.Bc4 Qd8 27.Qf2 Qf6 28.Rxd4 
Be6 29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Rd7 Rad8 31.Rxb7 Rd3 32.a4 Kh8 33.Qe2 Rc3 34.Rb6 Rg8 
35.Qe5 Qxe5 36.fxe5 Rc2 37.Rg1 f4 38.Rxe6 f3 39.Rxh6+ Kg7 40.Rf6 Rh8+ 41.
Kg3 f2 42.Rxf2 {Source: CHESS, May 1976, Vol.41/745-6, p246} 1-0

[Event "Charlton op 4th"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1976.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Macdonald-Ross, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C12"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.h4 c5 11.Nh3 cxd4 $6 ( 11...Nc6 ) 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.f3 Nxd2 14.
Kxd2 Nc6 15.Rhb1 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.Rxb7 Nc6 18.f4 Na5 19.Rb4 Ke7 20.Nf2
Rac8 ( 20...Rab8 ) 21.Ng4 Rc5 22.Rab1 Rhc8 23.Nf6 Kd8 24.Rb8 Kc7 25.Rxc8+ 
Kxc8 26.Rb8+ $1 Kc7 27.Rf8 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p79; BCM, August 1976, p341} 1-0

[Event "Charlton op 4th"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1976.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Ne8 8.Nd2 Nd7 
9.a4 b6 10.a5 Nc7 11.axb6 axb6 12.Rxa8 Nxa8 13.Nc4 Nc7 14.f4 Ne8 15.Nb5 
Ba6 16.Na7 Nb8 17.fxe5 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 dxe5 19.Nb5 Nd6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Rf3 
Nd7 22.Ra3 Nf6 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.Qe2 Qc7 25.Kh1 Rb8 $2 ( 25...Ne8 ) 26.Bb5 $1 
Ne8 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Qb5 Rb8 29.Be3 h6 30.Kg1 Bg5 31.Bf2 Qd6 32.Ra4 Bd8 33.
Qe8+ Qf8 34.Qxf8+ Kxf8 35.Bg3 Bc7 36.Ra7 Rc8 37.Kf1 Ke7 $2 38.Bxe5 {
Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 
1981),
p81; BCM, August 1976, p341} 1-0

[Event "Charlton op 4th"]
[Site "Charlton"]
[Date "1976.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harding, Timothy David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1976.06.18"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Tim Harding personal dat"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 Re8 8.e5 
dxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 fxe6 11.Rd1 c6 12.Bc4 Qb6 13.Bxe6+ Kh8 14.Bxg4 Qxb2 
15.Nb1 Nb6 16.Bxc8 Raxc8 17.O-O Qxa2 18.Rfe1 e5 19.Nc3 Qf7 20.Ne4 Nc4 21.
Nd6 Nxd6 22.Qxd6 e4 23.Nd2 Qd5 24.Qxd5 cxd5 25.Nb3 Re5 26.Be3 Rxc2 27.Bxa7
b5 28.Nd4 Ra2 29.Nxb5 d4 30.Nxd4 Rxa7 31.Nc6 Rae7 32.Rd8+ {Source:
Tim Harding, contributed 27 May 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Manchester Summer op 7th"]
[Site "Manchester, Owens Park"]
[Date "1976.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ryan, Frank"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1976.07.02"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Bd3 
Bd7 9.Bc2 Nb4 10.O-O Nxc2 11.Qxc2 Nf5 12.Rd1 Be7 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.g4 Nh6 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16.Kh1 Rc4 17.Qd2 Rg8 18.h3 Qb4 19.Rac1 Rg6 20.Ne2 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 
Rc6 22.Rxc6 Bxc6 23.Nf4 Rg8 24.Nh5 Kd7 25.f4 Bb5 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Kxc8 
28.Kg2 Bc4 29.a3 b5 30.Kf3 a5 31.Nf6 b4 32.axb4 Bxb4 33.Nb1 Be1 34.Ke3 Bf1
35.Nxh7 Bxh3 36.Nf6 Bf1 37.Nd2 Bc4 38.Ne8 Kd7 39.Nd6 Ke7 40.N6xc4 dxc4 41.
Nxc4 f6 42.Ke4 fxe5 43.dxe5 Kf7 44.Nd6+ Kg7 45.Ne8+ Kf8 46.Nf6 Kf7 47.b3 
Bb4 48.f5 Bd2 49.Kd4 Bg5 50.Nh5 exf5 51.gxf5 {(not known if
this was played in the Open (played 2-4 July) or the Major or Junior 
events
held over the w/e of 25-27 June 1976 in which case the date would have 
been 25
June)} 1-0

[Event "London v New York telex m"]
[Site "London, Lloyds Bank"]
[Date "1976.09.11"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1976.09.11"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "London"]
[BlackTeam "New York"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 
O-O 9.f4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Qf3 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Qh3 Rfe8 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.
Nf3 Nc5 16.Bc2 Ncd7 17.Bc1 Nf8 18.Bd3 N6d7 19.Qg3 Bf6 20.Nd1 Kh8 21.Nf2 
Nc5 22.Bc2 g6 23.h4 Bg7 24.h5 Ncd7 25.Bd3 Nc5 26.Bc2 Ncd7 27.Ng5 Kg8 28.
Bd3 Nc5 29.Bb1 Ncd7 30.b3 Nf6 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Qh4 N8h7 33.Re3 Nxg5 34.fxg5
Nd7 35.Ng4 Kf8 36.Qh7 Ne5 37.Nxe5 dxe5 38.Ba3+ Re7 39.Bxe7+ Qxe7 40.Ref3 
Bc6 41.Qxg6 Be8 42.Qh5 Rd2 43.g6 f6 44.Rxf6+ {Sources: 'Nigel Short:
Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p87; BCM, Nov 1976, 
p495} 1-0

[Event "Fylde League v Bolton"]
[Site "Lancashire"]
[Date "1976.09.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivell, Nicholas W"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1976.09.18"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.g3 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 a6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bb7 
9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Ne5 b5 12.a3 Rc8 13.h4 Qb6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Re3 a5 
16.Bf1 Ba6 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.a4 Bb4 19.Nxb5 O-O 20.c3 Be7 21.h5 Rc4 22.h6 g6 
23.Bg5 Qd8 24.Rxe6 Bxb5 25.Rxe7 Rc7 26.axb5 {Source: Nick Ivell,
via the English Chess Forum, 27 May 2023} 1-0

[Event "Manchester Autumn op"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1976.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Farrand, Julian Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[EventDate "1976.10.08"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Ne5 5.f4 Ng4 6.e4 e5 7.f5 N8h6 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qxc4 c6 10.Bd2 b5 11.Qe2 b4 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Qa6 Qd7 14.Nd5 Nxf5 15.Rc1 
Nd4 16.Nf3 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rb8 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Rc7 Qxc7 21.Bxc7 
Rxc7 22.d6 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber
& Faber, 1981), p84; The Times, 23 October 1976; Illustrated London News, 
1
January 1982} 1-0

[Event "County m Lancs-Durham"]
[Site "Leeds"]
[Date "1976.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Knapton, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1976.12.??"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Durham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{According to CHESS Magazine, Nigel scored six goals for his school 
football
team on the morning of this match.} 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.h3 Nh6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Qe2 Qg6 13.Nd5 Rd8 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Nxc6 
{Sources: CHESS, December 1976, p93;
The Guardian, 3 January 1977} 1-0

[Event "Islington op 12th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1976.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Emerson, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1976.12.17"]
[Annotator "Emerson,Roger"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 ( {If black is playing for a win, then} 3...Nf6 
{might be best. Either that or accept the Morra gambit} ) 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.
cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 ( {The alternative is} 6...Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Nc3 {Perlis,
J-Tartakower,S/Ostend-B 1907 (3)/0-1 e.g.} ) 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 
e4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne7 12.Be2 ( {or} 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qa3 Qe6 14.Rd1 O-O
15.Rd6 Qf5 {Kuznetsov,V-Krutyanski,A/Moscow-Leningrad m 1960 
(1.29)/1/2-1/2} ) 12...O-O 13.O-O Bf5 14.Qa4 Bd7 ( 14...Qe6 15.Rfd1 {
Lammers,M (2397)
-Kostic,V (2433)/31st Munich OIS A 2011 (9.4)/1-0 doesn't have a good 
score
for black e.g.} ) ( 14...Qc6 {Jonkman,H (2456)-Afek,Y (2344)/Leuven op 
14th
2002 (6)/1/2-1/2 does better e.g.} ) 15.Qa3 Qe6 16.Bc4 Qxc4 17.Qxe7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF U18 County Jamboree"]
[Site "Birmingham, Aston University"]
[Date "1977.04.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Spurgeon, David C"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1977.04.02"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Hampshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Score not available, colours known - info from 1977/78 BCF Yearbook, p52}

0-1

[Event "County qf Greater Manchester-Lancs"]
[Site "Leigh"]
[Date "1977.07.07"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gardner, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1977.05.07"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Greater Manchester"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{score not available (but we know Short had White)} 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rochdale op"]
[Site "Rochdale"]
[Date "1977.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shepherd, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[EventDate "1977.05.13"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 exf4 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Bxf4
g6 9.Bc4 Bg7 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nh5 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.O-O-O Qe8 14.Bg5+ 
Nhf6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Rhf1 Qe5 17.Rd5 Qe6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne4 Qxd5 20.Qxf6+
Kg8 21.Qe7 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber
& Faber, 1981), p98} 1-0

[Event "Rochdale op"]
[Site "Rochdale"]
[Date "1977.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bielby, Paul R"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1977.05.13"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Bxf5 
exf5 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.a3 h6 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.b4 O-O 14.Rd1 Rac8 15.Na2
b6 16.Bd2 Nb8 17.Rdc1 Qb7 18.Rc3 Rxc3 19.Nxc3 Rc8 20.Rc1 Nd7 21.Ne1 Rc4 
22.Nb5 a6 23.Rxc4 dxc4 24.Nc3 b5 25.Nc2 Nb6 26.Qe3 Nd5 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.Ne3 
Bg5 29.Ncxd5 Bxd5 30.Qxd5 Qxd5 31.Nxd5 Bxd2 32.Kf1 Bc1 33.Nc7 Bxa3 34.d5 
c3 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber,
1981), p99} 0-1

[Event "Rochdale op"]
[Site "Rochdale"]
[Date "1977.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1977.05.13"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.e4 exd5 5.exd5 $2 ( 5.e5 d4 ( 5...Ng8 ) 6.exf6
dxc3 7.Qe2+ $18 ) 5...d6 6.Nf3 a6 7.a4 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.O-O 
Be7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rfe1 Nf8 {(/\Ng6, Nd7)} 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 
Bf6 16.c3 Qd7 17.Qd3 Qc7 18.Bf5 g6 19.Bh3 Re7 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.Kf1 Re8 22.
Qd2 $13 Qe4 $2 23.Bxd6 Qc4+ 24.Kg1 Re2 25.Qf4 $1 Qxf4 26.Bxf4 Rxb2 27.d6 {
"Black now is forced to defend passively. I wasn’t sure whether I was 
really
winning, so I offered Mr Eley a draw which would make me first in the
tournament — but he declined it." (Short)} 27...Ne6 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Rd1 
Kf7 30.d7 Bd8 31.h4 $18 h6 32.Bxh6 b5 33.Bg5 Ba5 34.axb5 axb5 35.d8=Q Bxd8
36.Rxd8 b4 37.cxb4 cxb4 38.Rb8 e5 39.g4 b3 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 e4 42.Rb7+ {
Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 
1981),
p101; Chess Player No.15, 1977B/327 (notes by Short); The Guardian, 4 June
1977} 1-0

[Event "Brit Champ Qualifier Play-Off"]
[Site "Lancashire"]
[Date "1977.05.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan Templeton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1977.05.29"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.h4 f6 
9.Be3 d5 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.h5 g5 12.h6 Bh8 13.Qg3 Nb6 14.O-O-O dxe4 15.Nxe4 
Nf5 16.Qf3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Nd5 18.Rh5 Bd7 19.Nc5 b6 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.e4 Nc7 
22.d5 cxd5 23.exd5 Rad8 24.Nc3 Qe7 25.dxe6 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Re8 ( {26...Re8 
is the move given in 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' while CHESS,
November 1977 gives} 26...Rc8 {('R-QB1') as followed at chessgames.com.} )
27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Kf8 29.Rh1 Rd8 30.Qc4 f5 31.Rf1 f4 32.g3 Bd4 33.gxf4 
Be3+ 34.Kb1 Bxf4 35.Qc3 Kg8 36.Qg7+ Qxg7 37.e7+ {Sources: 'Nigel Short:
Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p104; CHESS, 
November
1977, p59} 1-0

[Event "Sale Silver Jubilee Tournament"]
[Site "Sale"]
[Date "1977.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horner, Jeff"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1977.06.05"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.g3 f5 7.Bg2 c5 $2 {This 
move seemed a good idea at the time but really I should have played Nf6
and castled before attempting to grab some more central control. After 
all, I
was playing the Black pieces and should have been looking more to
consolidating and not losing ground, rather than getting too adventurous 
too
soon. I paid for it later - I lost because my king was stuck in the 
middle.
Still, lessons learned the hard way certainly stick in the mind and since 
this
game I have always been mindful of the advisability of tucking the king 
away
as soon as is convenient, and certainly before embarking upon any 
premature
advances - Short, "Nigel Short's Chess Skills"} 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nxd4
cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bf6 12.Qc4 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Nf6 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Bd6 
Qf7 17.O-O Rc8 18.Qd4 b6 19.f3 Rc4 20.Qd2 Qb7 21.b3 Rc8 22.fxe4 Nxe4 23.
Bxe4 fxe4 24.Bb4 Bh3 25.Qd6 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by 
David
Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p109} 1-0

[Event "Sale Silver Jubilee Tournament"]
[Site "Sale"]
[Date "1977.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jones, Brian A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1977.06.05"]
[Annotator "Leonard Barden"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 c6 ( 4...Nf6 ) 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bb3 a5
8.a3 Ba6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.h4 h5 11.Nf4 Nf8 12.d5 $1 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qf6 14.e5 $1
Qxe5 15.Kd2 {(/\Bd4)} 15...Qf5 16.dxe6 {(/\Qxc6+)} 16...Ne7 17.exf7+ Kd7 
18.Rhe1 Rh7 19.Rad1 a4 20.Ba2 d5 21.Kc1 {(/\Bxd5)} 21...Bb7 22.Nd3 Ne6 ( 
22...Qxf3 23.Ne5+ {/\Nxf3+/-} ) 23.Qg3 Rf8 24.Bb6 Rhxf7 25.Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 
26.Re1+ Kd7 ( 26...Kf6 27.Bd4+ ) 27.Qc7+ Ke8 28.Qd8# {Sources: 'Nigel 
Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p112; The Chess Player 
No.15,
1977B/659 (notes by Barden)} 1-0

[Event "Sale Silver Jubilee Tournament"]
[Site "Sale"]
[Date "1977.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[EventDate "1977.06.05"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 c5 7.Qd2 Be7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.O-O-O Qxd2+ 13.Rxd2 e4 14.Ng5 
Bd6 15.Nh3 Bc6 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Rde2 h6 18.g3 g5 19.Ng1 Re6 20.Nd1 Ng4 21.h3
Ne5 22.Ne3 Nf3 23.Rd1 a5 24.a4 Ne5 25.Red2 Kh7 26.Bc3 Kg6 27.g4 Nd7 28.Ne2
Nb6 29.Nf5 Bf8 30.Neg3 c4 31.Nd4 Ba3+ 32.Kb1 cxb3 33.cxb3 Bd5 34.Nxe6 fxe6
35.Kc2 c5 36.Re2 Rc8 37.Bxa5 c4 38.Bxb6 cxb3+ 39.Kb1 b2 40.Rxb2 Rc3 41.a5 
Bc4 42.Nxe4 Rxh3 43.Nc5 Rf3 44.Rbd2 Bb4 45.Rd4 Bxc5 46.Bxc5 Be2 47.R1d2 
Rxf2 48.Kb2 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short 
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p114} 1-0

[Event "County sf Gloucs-Lancs"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1977.06.11"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "O'Loghlen, JW."]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1977.06.11"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Gloucestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c4 d4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Bxg4 
Nb4 9.Bxd4 e5 10.Bc3 Nd3+ 11.Kf1 Ne4 12.Bf5 Nexf2 13.Qf3 Nxh1 14.Qxb7 Nhf2
15.Ba5 Qd6 16.Qxa8+ Ke7 17.Nc3 {Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 2
July 1977} 1-0

[Event "Charlton op 5th"]
[Site "London, Moorgate"]
[Date "1977.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1977.06.17"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 fxe5 13.dxe5 h6 14.Qe2 a6 15.a3 Nc5
16.Bc2 a5 17.Be3 Rxf3 18.Qxf3 d4 19.Bxh6 dxc3 20.Bg6 Nd8 21.Bxg7 {Source: 
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p117} 
1-0

[Event "Charlton op 5th"]
[Site "London, Moorgate"]
[Date "1977.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1977.06.17"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qb6 4.Bxc6 {"Neither Fuller, myself, or anyone
else watching the game had seen this before. It looks so silly - sure, 
White
gains a developing move, but he has conceded the two bishops and Black has
no
real weaknesses. As it turned out, though, the extra development paid 
off." 
(Murray Chandler, The Listener (NZ), 5 August 1977)} 4...Qxc6 $2 ( 4...
bxc6 {Short} ) 5.O-O g6 $6 {Chandler} ( 5...d6 ) ( 5...e6 ) 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4
d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Bf4 $1 {Chandler, Short} ( 9.Nd5 $14 {Stockfish} ) 9...
Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qxe4 11.Qc1 $1 Bf5 ( 11...f6 $15 {Stockfish} ) 12.Re1 Qa4 ( 
12...Qxc2 13.Qa3 b6 14.Rad1 {/\Rd2 Short} ) 13.Qe3 {(/\Be5xf6 Short)} 
13...Qc6 ( 13...e6 14.Be5 f6 15.Qxc5 {Short} ) 14.Ne5 ( 14.Bh6 $3 $18 {
Stockfish} ) 14...Qc8 15.Nc4 Be6 ( 15...Qe6 16.Nd6+ {Short} ) 16.Qe5 Nf6 
17.Nd6+ exd6 18.Qxf6 Rg8 ( 18...Kd7 19.Rad1 {Short} ) 19.Bxd6 Qd7 ( 19...
Qd8 20.Rxe6+ {Short} ) 20.Rad1 {(/\ Bxc5
Short) Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & 
Faber,
1981), p118; The Chess Player No.15, 1977B/383 (notes by Short); The 
Guardian,
2 July 1977 (Leonard Barden); The Listener (NZ), 5 August 1977 (Murray
Chandler)} 1-0

[Event "Charlton op 5th"]
[Site "London, Moorgate"]
[Date "1977.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Rumens, David E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1977.06.17"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.g4 Bc8 7.Qf3 Bb4 8.Bd3 
O-O 9.Ne2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.g5 fxg5 12.h4 g4 13.Qxg4 Nf6 14.Qg2 Bg4 15.
Rdg1 Bf8 16.Nf4 Qd6 17.h5 Qd7 18.h6 g6 19.f3 Bf5 20.Qg5 Bxd3 21.Nxd3 Qe7 
22.Re1 Nd7 23.Qg2 Qf6 24.f4 Qf5 25.Qf3 Re7 26.Reg1 Rae8 27.Rh5 Qf6 28.Nd1 
Kh8 29.Rh3 Qf5 30.Qf1 Nf6 31.Rg5 Qc8 32.Re5 Ng4 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Qh1 Qf5 
35.Ne5 f6 36.Nxg4 Qxg4 37.Kd2 Re8 38.Nf2 Qf5 39.Qg2 b6 40.Qg4 Qxg4 41.Nxg4
Re6 42.c3 Kg8 43.Ke2 Kf7 44.Kf3 Re8 45.Nf2 c5 46.Rh1 Rc8 47.Rh3 a5 48.Ke2 
Ke6 {"I had to survive a hell of an attack," said Black as the
clocks were reset at this point for the 10-minute blitz finish. The bishop
v
knight and the weak h-pawn give Black favourable prospects. But Nigel, 
ten
minutes up on the clock, now finds all kinds of resources and the England
international gets outmanoeuvred." (Barden)} 49.Kf3 cxd4 50.exd4 b5 51.Nd1
b4 52.Rh1 Kf7 53.Ke3 Bd6 54.Rf1 Re8+ 55.Kd3 Re4 56.f5 Rh4 57.Ne3 Rh3 58.
Ke2 Rxh6 59.fxg6+ Rxg6 60.Nxd5 Ke6 61.c4 h5 62.Ne3 h4 63.c5 Bb8 64.Rf5 
Rg2+ 65.Nxg2 Kxf5 66.Nxh4+ Ke4 67.Nf3 Kd5 68.Kd3 Bf4 69.Nh4 Bc1 70.b3 Bb2 
71.Nf5 {Black lost on time. Source: The Guardian, 2 July 1977} 1-0

[Event "County final Lancs-Yorks"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1977.07.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Little, Ernest A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yorkshire"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Score not available (but we know Short was Black)} 
1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Gormanston"]
[Date "1977.07.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1977.07.26"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

{n.b. COLOURS NOT KNOWN - score not available. Source of event 
information:
1977/78 BCF Yearbook, p60} 
1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Gormanston"]
[Date "1977.07.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Janssen, Han"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1977.07.26"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{n.b. COLOURS NOT KNOWN - score not available. Source of event 
information:
1977/78 BCF Yearbook, p60} 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Gormanston"]
[Date "1977.07.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lejeune, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1977.07.26"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{n.b. COLOURS NOT KNOWN - score not available. Source of event 
information:
1977/78 BCF Yearbook, p60} 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Gormanston"]
[Date "1977.07.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Botto, Paul A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1977.07.26"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

{n.b. COLOURS NOT KNOWN - score not available. Source of event 
information:
1977/78 BCF Yearbook, p60} 
1-0

[Event "Glorney Cup"]
[Site "Gormanston"]
[Date "1977.07.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dunne, David Joseph"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1977.07.26"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Qd2 
Nbc6 9.a4 Bd7 10.Bd3 O-O-O 11.O-O c4 12.Be2 f6 13.Ba3 Nf5 14.Rfb1 h5 15.
Bf1 h4 16.Qe1 Rdg8 17.Bb4 Qc7 18.a5 fxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 g5 21.Rb2 g4
22.Bd6 Nxd6 23.exd6 Qxd6 24.Qe3 a6 25.Rb6 Bc6 26.Re1 Re8 27.Qg5 g3 28.fxg3
hxg3 29.Qxg3 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Rhg8 31.Re3 Kd7 32.Be2 Kd6 33.Rb1 e5 34.Rd1 Kc5 
35.Bh5 Re7 36.g4 Bd7 37.Rde1 e4 38.Rf1 Bxg4 39.Bxg4 Rxg4 40.Rf6 Reg7 41.
Rf2 Kb5 42.Rd2 R4g5 43.Re1 Kxa5 44.Red1 b5 45.Kf1 Rf5+ 46.Ke1 e3 47.Rxd5 
Rxd5 48.Rxd5 Rxg2 49.Kd1 Rg1+ 50.Ke2 Rc1 51.Kxe3 Rxc2 {Source(s):
J. J. Walsh. Event information: Sunday Independent, August 7, 1977 p. 2 
(final
team scores). Contributed to BritBase by Andy Ansel, 25 May 2023; with 
event
information from the 1977/78 BCF Yearbook} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Neat, Kenneth P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bd3 Rc8 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb4
9.Nc3 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Ne7 11.a3 Qb6 12.b4 Rc4 13.Be3 Nf5 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.g4 
Nxe3 16.fxe3 Be7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Ndxe4 Bc6 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Rf4 Rd7 21.g5 Qd8 
22.Qg3 a5 23.b5 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Qb6 25.Qd3 Rd5 26.Nc3 Rd7 27.Rg4 Qd8 28.Ne4 
Rd5 29.Kh1 b6 30.a4 Qa8 31.Qc4 O-O 32.Qd3 Rfd8 33.Kg1 Rxe5 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 
35.gxf6 g6 36.dxe5 Rxd3 37.Rxd3 h5 38.Rc4 Qf8 39.h4 Kh7 40.Kh1 g5 41.hxg5 
Kg6 42.Rd6 Kxg5 43.Rxb6 Qa3 44.Rbc6 Qf3+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+ 46.Kh3 Qf1+ 47.Kh2 h4
48.b6 Qe2+ 49.Kh1 Qe1+ 50.Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lees, David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.dxc5 Ng6 8.Bb5 
Bxc5 9.h4 f6 10.Na4 Be7 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.h5 Ne7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.O-O-O a6 15.
Bd3 e5 16.Bg5 Qa5 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.h6 Qxa4 19.hxg7+ Kxg7 20.Kb1 Bf5 21.b3 
Qe4 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Ba6 $2 6.Bxa6 Nxa6 7.d4 $1 cxd4 
8.Nxd4 Be7 9.e5 Nd5 10.Qg4 g6 11.Bh6 Nc5 12.c4 f5 $2 13.Qf3 $2 ( 13.Qh3 {
/\ 14 cxd5 & 14 Bg7} ) 13...Nc7 14.Nc3 Qc8 15.b4 Nb7 16.a3 Nd8 17.Ndb5 
Nxb5 18.Nxb5 Nc6 19.Bg7 Rg8 20.Bf6 a6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 ( {'At this point he 
offered
me a draw. If he had played} 21...axb5 $1 {I would have accepted it. 
However,
I was feeling pig-headed and declined, realizing that I had a good 
position
and couldn’t really lose.’ (NIgel Short)} ) 22.Nd6 Qc7 23.Qg3 g5 24.
Qh3 Nxe5 25.Rad1 Raf8 26.Rfe1 Ng6 27.Qxh7+ Kf6 ( 27...Kd8 28.Rxe6 $1 ) 28.
Ne8+ Rxe8 29.Rxd7 Re7 30.Rxc7 Rxh7 31.Rxh7 Rc8 32.Ra7 Ne5 33.Rxa6 Nxc4 34.
a4 Ke7 35.a5 Rb8 36.axb6 Nxb6 37.b5 Kd6 38.h3 Kd5 39.Raa1 Nc4 40.Rad1+ Kc5
41.Rxe6 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & 
Faber,
1981), p127} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botterill, George Steven"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[ECO "E44"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[Annotator "George Botterill"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Player No.16, 1977"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 ( 5...Ba6 $1 ) 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Nxc3 O-O 8.d5 Qe7 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Ne4 $6 ( 10...Qe5 $5 11.f4 $5 $13 ( 
11.Bf3 {(misprinted as Bf4)} 11...Ba6 12.Ne2 $14 ) ) 11.Nxe4 Qxe4 12.Bf3 
Qc4 $6 ( 12...Qe7 $14 ) 13.b3 Qh4 ( 13...Qb5 $2 14.a4 $16 ) ( 13...Qc3+ 
14.Bd2 Qd3 15.Bb4 $16 ) 14.O-O d6 15.Bb2 Nd7 16.Rc1 $16 Rac8 17.g3 Qe7 18.
Qd4 f5 19.Rc2 $1 a5 20.Bg2 Ne5 21.Re1 {(/\f4, e4)} 21...Ba6 22.Rd2 Nd7 23.
b4 Ne5 24.Rc1 axb4 25.axb4 Bb5 26.h3 Ra8 27.f4 $1 Ng6 28.h4 $1 Rf6 29.e4 
$1 Ra4 ( 29...fxe4 30.Re1 $16 ) 30.e5 $5 ( 30.Rdc2 $16 ) 30...Rf7 $2 ( 
30...dxe5 31.fxe5 Rxb4 32.Qc3 Rc4 33.d6 $1 Rxc3 34.dxe7 Rxc1+ 35.Bxc1 Re6 
( 35...Nxe5 36.Bd5+ Kh8 {(or ...Nf7)} 37.Bc6 $3 $18 ) 36.Bd5 $16 ) 31.e6 
Rf6 32.Rdc2 $18 Ra7 33.Qe3 Rf8 34.h5 Nh8 35.h6 $1 gxh6 36.Qd4 Ng6 37.Bf3 
c5 38.dxc6 Re8 39.Rh2 {Source: The Chess Player No.16, 1977C/131 (notes by
Botterill)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 
Nxc3 9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Be2 Qc7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rb1 Na5 14.Qd1 Qxc3 15.
d5 Ba3 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Bxa3 Qxa3 18.Qd4 Rg8 19.Ne5 Qe7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Qxa7 Nc6 22.Qxb7 Rc7 23.Qb2 Kf7 24.Rbd1 Qe7 25.Rfe1 Re8 26.Bc4 Qb4 27.Bb3 
Qh4 28.Rd3 Qb4 29.Rf3+ Ke7 30.Rd1 Nd4 31.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Cummings, David H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Qc7 6.Qe2 Nb6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 g6
9.O-O dxc3 10.Nxc3 Bg7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Nd6+ exd6 13.Bg5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Qxg5 15.
exd6+ Kf8 16.Nb5 Bf6 17.f4 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Nd5 19.Qe4 a6 20.Rac1 Qe3 21.Qxd5 
axb5 22.Qxb5 Kg7 23.Bc4 Rf8 24.Bd5 Qd4 25.b4 Ra6 26.Rfd1 Rb6 27.Qe2 Qxb4 
28.f5 Rxd6 29.fxg6 hxg6 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bennett, Terry B"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Bf4 c5 8.O-O 
Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ne5 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qd8 13.Bf3 Qe7 14.c4 Nd7 
15.Bf4 Rd8 16.Qb3 Nb8 17.Rad1 Na6 18.c5 Nc7 19.Rfe1 Qd7 20.d5 exd5 21.Bxd5
Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Re8 23.Qd1 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Reid, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.e5 
Nxe5 9.Rxe5 d6 10.Re1 bxa4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Nc6 Bxc6 14.Qxc6 Rb8 
15.Qxa4 d5 16.Nc3 Rb4 17.Qxa6 Bd6 18.h3 Ng4 19.Qe2 Qh4 20.Nxd5 Re4 21.Be3 
Rfe8 22.Rad1 c6 23.Nf6+ Qxf6 24.hxg4 Bc5 25.c3 h5 26.Qf3 hxg4 27.Qxf6 gxf6
28.Kf1 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Rxe3 30.fxe3 Rxe3 31.a4 Kf8 32.Rd6 Re4 33.Rxf6 Rxa4 
34.Rxc6 Ra2 35.Rb6 f5 36.g3 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kd7 38.Ke3 Ra1 39.Kf4 Rf1+ 40.Ke5 
Rf3 41.Rf6 Rxg3 42.Rxf5 Rg2 43.b4 g3 44.Rg5 Rg1 45.Kd5 g2 46.Rg7+ Kd8 47.
Kc6 Rc1 48.Rxg2 Rxc3+ 49.Kb6 Rh3 50.Rg6 Rh8 51.b5 Kc8 52.Ka7 Rh7+ 53.Ka6 
Rh8 54.Rb6 Rh1 55.Ka7 Rh7+ 56.Ka8 Rh5 57.Rb7 Rc5 58.b6 Rc1 59.Ra7 Rb1 60.
b7+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 
Nbc6 9.a4 Bd7 10.Be2 O-O-O 11.c4 Qc7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.c4 Nde7 14.dxc5 f6 
15.O-O Ng6 16.a5 fxe5 17.a6 Nf4 18.axb7+ Kxb7 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Ng5 Rhf8 21.
Bf3 h6 22.Ne4 g5 23.Nd6+ Ka8 24.Nb5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e5 
Ne8 9.c3 d3 10.Qxd3 d6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.Nbd2 Qd7 14.Rad1 f6 15.
e6 Bxe6 16.Qe4 Kf7 17.Nd4 Bd5 18.Qxh7 Qg4 19.g3 Bd8 20.Nf5 {Source:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p133} 
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch64"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1977.08.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1977.08.08"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Be7 7.a4 cxd4 8.cxd4 b4 
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 d5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ndf3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.Be3 Qa5 15.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Clock Simul v England U17"]
[Site "London W1"]
[Date "1977.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1977.08.14"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.a3 {(? AK)} 
7...b5 8.Ba2 b4 9.axb4 Bxb4 10.O-O Nge7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Nd5 exd5 13.exd5 Qc7
14.dxc6 dxc6 15.Rc1 a5 16.Qe2 Ba6 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Rfe8 19.Qe4 Rac8 20.
Rfc1 Qd7 21.h4 f6 22.Be3 Nf5 23.Qg4 h5 24.Qh3 Qe6 25.Bc5 Nd6 26.Qxe6+ Rxe6
27.R4c2 Bxc5 28.Rxc5 Nb7 29.Rxh5 Rd8 30.Rf5 Rd3 31.Rf4 c5 32.Rfc4 $2 ( 32.
Ra4 ) 32...Rb3 33.R1c2 Reb6 34.Nd2 Rxb2 35.Ne4 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Kf7 37.Rc1 Ke6
38.Nxc5+ Nxc5 39.Rxc5 Ra6 40.Kf1 a4 41.Ke2 a3 42.Rc1 a2 43.Ra1 Kf5 44.Kd2 
$2 ( 44.f3 ) 44...Kg4 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Kxh4 47.Rh1+ Kg4 48.Ra1 f5 49.Kf1
Kf4 50.Ke2 g5 51.Kd2 g4 52.Ke2 g3 53.f3 Ke5 54.Ke1 Kd4 55.Kd2 f4 56.Ke2 
Kc3 57.Rd1 Kc4 58.Ra1 Kb3 59.Rc1 a1=Q {Source: 'Nigel Short:
Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p130. "The gambit is 
not
so bad but 7 a3 was weak. After that he made some good moves in the 
middlegame
but some more mistakes in the ending" (Karpov)} 0-1

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Qe2 
e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.O-O h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.a4 Re8 13.a5 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.
Rfe1 Qd6 16.Kh1 Re7 17.Qd2 Nxd3 18.Nxd3 Rae8 19.Na4 Bc8 20.c3 h5 21.b4 Bh6
22.f4 Bg7 23.Rac1 Bf5 24.Ndc5 Qc7 25.Nb3 Be4 26.Kg1 h4 27.h3 g5 28.Nac5 
gxf4 29.exf4 b6 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.axb6 axb6 32.Nd4 Bh6 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Rf1 
Bxf4 35.Qd1 Be3+ 36.Kh1 Bxd4 37.cxd4 Qe7 38.Qc1 Re6 39.Qf4 Rg6 40.Qf5 Kg7 
41.b5 Qe6 42.bxc6 Qxf5 43.Rxf5 Rxc6 44.Rxd5 Kg6 45.Rb5 f5 46.Kg1 Kg5 47.
Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.cxd5 d6 
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 12.Bf4 Ke7 13.Bxd6+ Kxd6 14.Nb5+ Ke7 
15.d6+ Kf8 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bg2 Ng4 18.Bh3 f5 19.Bxg4 fxg4 20.O-O-O Kf7 21.
Nc7 Ne5 22.f4 gxf3 23.Nxf3 Nxf3 24.exf3 Rhd8 25.Rhe1 Rd7 26.Ne6 Bh6+ 27.
Kc2 Re8 28.Nc7 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rxd6 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Bg7 32.b3 Be5 33.Nd5 
Ke6 34.Ne3 Bd4 35.Ng2 b5 36.Nf4+ Kd6 37.Ne2 Be3 38.Kc2 c4 39.bxc4 bxc4 40.
Nc3 Ke5 41.Ne2 Kd5 42.Kc3 Kc5 43.Kc2 h5 44.h3 g5 45.Kc3 Bf2 46.Kc2 Kb4 47.
h4 g4 48.fxg4 hxg4 49.h5 Be3 50.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Foucaut, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Ng3 d6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.
h4 h5 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Nc5 13.Bc2 Rd8 14.Rdf1 Re8 15.f4 
Nfd7 16.f5 Nf8 17.f6 Bh8 18.Bd1 Bd7 19.Kb1 Rab8 20.Be2 a4 21.Nxh5 gxh5 22.
Bxh5 Qc8 23.Bh6 Nh7 24.Rf3 Nxf6 25.Qg5+ {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p142} 1-0

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 f5 3.d3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.h4 c6 7.Nh3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.
Rb1 h6 10.d4 Qe7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b4 Be6 13.b5 f4 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.gxf4 Nh5 
16.fxe5 Qxh4 17.Qd3 Nd7 18.Qe4 Qxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe5 20.Ba3 Rfb8 21.Nd6 Bxh3 
22.Bxh3 Nf4 23.Bg2 Nxe2+ 24.Kh1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rf8 26.Re1 Nd4 27.Rd1 Rf4 28.
Kg1 Ne2+ 29.Kf1 Nc3 30.Re1 Nd3 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Re3 Rxf2+ 33.Kg1 Ne2+ 34.Kh1
Ndf4 35.Bxc6 Be5 36.Nf7 Bd4 37.Ng5+ hxg5 38.Re7+ Kh6 {Source:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p138} 
0-1

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.h3 g6 6.Bc2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bd7 
9.a3 c4 10.d4 cxd3 11.Qxd3 Rc8 12.Nbd2 a6 13.c4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.Bd1 Qb7 17.Be3 Be6 18.Nfd4 Bc4 19.Qb1 e5 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Bg5 Be6 22.Nd2
h6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Bb3 Bxb3 25.Nxb3 Qc2 26.Nc1 Bd8 27.Qxc2 Rxc2 28.Re2 Rc6
29.Nd3 Ba5 30.g3 Rfc8 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Kf1 Rxe2 33.Kxe2 Rc2+ 34.Kf3 Bb6 35.
Rc1 Rd2 36.Rc3 Bd4 37.Rb3 f5 38.g4 d5 39.Nxe5 dxe4+ 40.Kg2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersen, Morten"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 e5 11.dxe5 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5
15.O-O O-O 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Bb1 Rad8 19.Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sendur, Adnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 b6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.dxc5 Nh6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.h3 d6 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Rd1 Qc5 13.a4 Bd7 14.b3 Kh8 15.Ba3 
Qa7 16.Rac1 f5 17.Ng5 Rf6 18.Ndf3 Rbf8 19.Bd5 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 
Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Rf4 23.Qxg6 Bf5 24.Nef7+ Nxf7 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nxd6+ Kh8 27.
Nf7+ Kg8 28.Qg5 Rh4 29.Qxf5 Qxf5 30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Nxf5 Rxf5 32.Be6 {Source: 
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p136} 
1-0

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kappe, Markus"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 f5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.d3 d6 8.O-O c6 9.
Rb1 Nh5 10.f4 a5 11.a3 Kh8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 g5 14.Bd2 gxf4 15.exf4 Nd7 
16.b5 c5 17.Ra1 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 Ndf6 19.Qa7 Qe7 20.Re1 e4 21.Nc1 Ng4 22.Nb3 
Qf7 23.Nd5 exd3 24.Qb8 Qg6 25.Ne7 Qf6 26.h3 Be6 27.Qxb7 Qd4+ 28.Nxd4 Bxd4+
29.Be3 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 31.Kh2 d2 32.Qf3 Nf6 33.Bf1 Ne4 34.Be2 Bd4 35.
Nc6 Bg7 36.g4 Nc3 37.Qd3 Nxe2 38.Qxe2 Bxc4 39.Qxd2 Bxb5 40.Na7 Ba4 41.Qxd6
c4 42.Qb4 Bb3 43.Kg3 Ba2 44.Nb5 fxg4 45.hxg4 Rd8 46.Kh4 Rf8 47.f5 h6 48.
Nc3 Bb3 49.Kh5 Kh7 50.Qe7 Bc2 51.Nd5 c3 52.Nxc3 Kh8 53.Nd5 Bxf5 54.gxf5 
Rxf5+ 55.Kg4 Rg5+ 56.Kh4 Be5 57.Qf8+ Kh7 58.Qf7+ Kh8 59.Ne7 1-0

[Event "World U17-ch03"]
[Site "Cagnes sur Mer"]
[Date "1977.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1977.09.08"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.h3 c6 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O h6 
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rfd1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Bf8 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Qf3 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Ng3 Rf6 19.Nf5 Kh7 20.Qg4 Rg6 21.Qh4 
Nc5 22.Rd2 Qa5 23.Bxc5 Qxd2 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Qe7 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Rd1 b6
28.Rd7 a5 29.Rb7 c5 30.c4 Rd8 31.Ne7 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rgd6 33.Nc8 R6d2 34.Rxf7 
Rxb2 35.Kg3 Rd4 36.Kg4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Greater Manchester Autumn op"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1977.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1977.10.07"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Qf3 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Bxf6 
exf6 9.Nge2 b5 10.Bb3 b4 11.Na4 Ba6 12.O-O-O Bb5 13.h4 Qa5 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.
h5 Re8 16.Nf4 Bh6 17.d6 Qxd6 18.Bxf7+ Kf8 19.g3 g5 20.Bxe8 Na6 21.Nfe6+ 
Kxe8 22.Qxf6 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber 
&
Faber, 1981), p120; The Guardian, 10 February 1979 (where it was dated 
1978
but I think it was 1977 - JS)} 1-0

[Event "County m Lancs-Durham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.10.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Knapton, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1977.10.22"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Durham"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.e5 
Nxe5 9.Rxe5 bxa4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nf5 Re8 12.Bg5 d6 13.Nxe7+ Rxe7 14.Bxf6 
gxf6 15.Rh5 Rb8 16.Nc3 Re5 17.Rh4 Rxb2 18.Qc1 Rb8 19.Qh6 Bf5 20.g4 Bg6 21.
f4 Rc5 22.f5 Qf8 23.Qd2 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.Rg4+ Rg5 26.Rxg5+ fxg5 27.
Qxg5+ Qg7 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Nxa4 Rb4 30.Nc3 Rc4 31.Nd5 Rxc2 32.Nb4 Rc4 33.
Nxa6 d5 34.a4 d4 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kf3 d3 37.Nb4 Rxh2 38.Nxd3 Rh6 39.a5 Ra6 
40.Nb4 Ra7 41.a6 c5 42.Nc6 Ra8 43.a7 c4 44.Ke4 Kf6 45.Rb1 c3 46.Kd3 Ke6 
47.Rb8 {Source: Nigel Short, contributed 2 June 2021} 1-0

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 f6 5.c3 fxe5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.Bd3 Nge7 8.O-O a5
9.Nbd2 a4 10.Qc2 g6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nf1 Nf5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Ng3 
Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bd7 17.Rad1 Qg7 18.Qe2 Qh6 19.c4 Rae8 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bc4 Nb4
22.Bxd5+ Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Be6 24.Rd4 Bxa2 25.Rxa4 Bd5 26.Rh4 Qg7 27.Nd4 g5 28.
Rh5 c5 29.Nb5 h6 30.Nd6 Re6 31.Qe3 b6 32.g4 Rd8 33.Nf5 Qc7 34.Nxh6+ Kf8 
35.Qxg5 Rde8 36.Nf5 Rg6 37.Qxg6 Qh7 38.Rxh7 Rb8 39.Qg7+ Ke8 40.Qe7# 1-0

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.dxc5 
Nbc6 9.Qxg7+ Kxg7 10.Nf3 Qa5 0-1

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 f6 5.Bd3 fxe5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Bc5 8.Qh5+
g6 9.Bxg6+ Kd7 10.Bg5 hxg6 11.Qxg6 Qf8 12.O-O Bd4 13.Nc3 Bxe5 14.Rfe1 
Bxh2+ 15.Kf1 Kc6 16.Nxd5 Bg3 17.Rxe6+ Bxe6 18.Qxe6+ Bd6 19.Nb4+ Kb6 20.
Be3+ Ka5 21.Qd5+ c5 22.Qxb7 Rh1+ 23.Ke2 cxb4 24.Rxh1 Qe8 25.Qd5+ Qb5+ 26.
Qxb5+ Kxb5 27.g4 Nf6 28.g5 Nd5 29.g6 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 Bc5+ 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.b3 
Re8+ 33.Kd3 Bxf2 34.g7 Rg8 35.Rh7 Bg3 36.Ke4 Bd6 37.Kf5 Bc5 38.Kg6 Bd4 39.
Kf7 Rxg7+ 40.Rxg7 Bxg7 41.Kxg7 Kc5 42.Kf6 Kd4 43.Ke6 Kc3 44.Kd5 Kxc2 45.
Kc4 Kb2 46.Kxb4 Kxa2 47.Ka4 a5 48.Kxa5 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 e6 4.Ne5 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nd7 8.f4 
Be7 9.O-O f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 a6 13.Qd2 b5 14.Bf3 Bb7 15.Ne2 
Qb6 16.Ng3 Rad8 17.Qf2 a5 18.Rad1 a4 19.Bc3 b4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nh5 Bc3 22.
Be2 axb3 23.cxb3 Ra8 24.Bd3 Ba6 25.Qg3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 g6 27.f5 Rxf5 28.Rxf5 
exf5 29.Rxd5 Rxa2 30.Rxf5 Ra1+ 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qa6+ 33.Kf2 Qa2+ 34.
Kf3 Qa8+ 35.e4 c4 36.bxc4 b3 37.Qd6 gxh5 38.Qb6 b2 39.Ke3 Qe8 40.g3 Bg7 
41.Qb7 h6 42.Qb4 Qe5 43.Qb8+ Qxb8 44.c5 b1=Q 45.c6 Q8b3+ 46.Kf2 Q1c2+ 47.
Ke1 Qbb1# 0-1

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 
9.e5 Nh5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.exd6 Bd4+ 13.Kh1 Qxd6 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.
Rxf3 Nd7 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.b3 Qd7 18.Bb2 Rfe8 19.f5 Bf6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Raf1 
Qg4 22.Rxf6 Nxf6 23.Rxf6 Nxc4 24.bxc4 Qd4 25.Nb1 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.f4 e5 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.d4 Ne7 6.c4 Ng6 7.c5 Be7 8.Qb3 
Bh4+ 9.Kd1 O-O 10.Qxb7 Bxb7 11.Bc4 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Nd3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4 7.Be2 d6 8.
O-O Bf5 9.f3 Nf6 10.Nf4 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.cxd3 Re8 13.d4 Nd7 14.b3 Kh8 
15.Bb2 Qg5 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Rad1 Ne7 18.c4 Ng6 19.Nxg6+ Qxg6 20.d5 Nd7 21.Qd4
f6 22.Rde1 Qc2 23.Qc3 Qg6 24.Re6 Nc5 25.Ree1 Nd3 26.Rd1 Re2 27.Rd2 Qxg2# 
0-1

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Nf3 
Nbc6 9.Bd2 f5 10.Qg5 b6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Ba6 Rc7 14.Kh1 Na5 15.
Rac1 Ba4 16.Qh4 Qd7 17.Bd3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Rg1 Nd5 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nf3 
Qe7 22.Qxe7 Nxe7 23.h3 Bc6 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Rb1 Kh7 26.Kh2 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Nd5
28.h4 Rff7 29.Rb8 Rb7 30.Rb1 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Nb6 32.Be3 Rc7 33.Rb5 Na4 34.Ra5
Nxc3 35.Bxc5 Nd5 36.Bxa7 Kg6 37.a4 Kf7 38.Bc5 Ke8 39.Rb5 Kd7 40.Bf8 g5 41.
h5 Ke8 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.Bxh6 g4 44.fxg4 fxg4 45.Kg3 c3 46.Rf8+ Ke7 47.Rg8 
Rc4 48.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 49.Kxg4 Nb4 50.Bg5+ Kf7 51.Bd8 Nxc2 52.Ba5 Nd4 53.Bxc3 
Nc6 54.a5 Nb8 55.f4 Na6 56.f5 exf5+ 57.Kxf5 Ke7 58.h6 Kd7 59.h7 Kc6 60.e6 
Kd5 0-1

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 f6 5.Bd3 fxe5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 g6 8.h4 
Bd7 9.h5 g5 10.h6 Bxh6 11.Qh5+ Kf8 12.Be3 Be8 13.Bc5+ Kg7 14.Qg4 Bf7 15.
Nd2 c6 16.Nf3 Qa5+ 17.b4 Qa3 18.Rxh6 Qc3+ 19.Ke2 Nxh6 20.Qxg5+ Bg6 21.Rh1 
b6 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Bxg6 Qc4+ 24.Bd3 Qxd3+ 25.cxd3 bxc5 26.Rh5 cxb4 27.Rg5+
Kf7 28.Rg7+ Ke8 29.Qxe6+ Kd8 30.Qd7# 1-0

[Event "London blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.02.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Computer CHESS 4.6"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.f3 e5 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Be6 5.Qa4+ Nd7 6.Be3 c5 7.Bf4 a6 8.Bg3 
b5 9.Qf4 Ngf6 10.e3 b4 11.Nce2 Be7 12.Qc7 O-O 13.Qxd8 Rfxd8 14.a3 a5 15.
axb4 axb4 16.Rxa8 Rxa8 17.Nc1 Ra1 18.Kd2 c4 19.Nge2 Nc5 20.Nd4 c3+ 21.bxc3
bxc3+ 22.Kd1 Na4 23.Bb5 Ba3 24.Nb3 Nb2+ 25.Ke2 Nc4 26.Nxa1 1-0

[Event "Centymca simul 30 bds"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian \[simul\], Tigran V"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1978.01.15"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 d5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 h6 13.Bb1 dxc4 14.bxc4 Qd6 15.Qe2 
Nb8 16.Ne5 Nbd7 17.f4 Rfe8 18.Rf1 Bf8 19.Kh1 g6 20.Qd3 Bg7 21.Ba3 Qb8 22.
Rce1 Qa8 23.Qh3 Nb8 24.c5 b5 25.Bb2 Bd5 26.Kg1 Nc6 27.Ndf3 Ne7 28.g4 Nh7 
29.Qg3 Qb7 30.f5 g5 31.fxe6 fxe6 32.h4 gxh4 33.Nxh4 Ng5 34.Bc1 Rf8 35.Bxg5
hxg5 36.Nhg6 Rf6 37.Qh2 $4 ( 37.Rxf6 Bxf6 38.Rf1 $18 ) 37...Rxg6 38.Qh5 
Rh6 39.Qf7+ Kh8 {Source: BCM, May 1978, p215} 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Blow, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.h3 Nf6 8.d4 O-O 
9.Bf1 Qc7 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.c4 Ne8 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Nd6 15.Nc3 a6 
16.a4 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 e4 19.Qc2 b6 20.Qf2 Rfc8 21.Be2 Rab8 22.Rec1 
Qd8 23.Kh1 Qf8 24.Rc2 Bf6 25.Rb1 Qg7 26.Rg1 Qh6 27.Kh2 Kf7 28.g3 Rg8 29.a5
Bxc3 30.Rxc3 bxa5 31.Bxc5 Rxb2 32.Bh5+ Qxh5 33.Qxb2 Qg6 34.Qb6 Rc8 35.Qa7 
Ke8 36.Rb1 Qh5 37.Rb2 Qd1 38.Bxd6 exd6 39.Qxa6 Qd4 40.Rcc2 Qc5 41.Qb6 a4 
42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Ra2 Kd8 44.Kg2 Kc7 45.Kf2 Kb6 46.Ke3 Ka5 47.Kd4 Bc8 48.Rc3
Kb4 49.Rb2+ Ka5 50.Rb8 Ba6 51.g4 fxg4 52.hxg4 e3 53.Kxe3 Bxc4 54.Kd4 Ba6 
55.Rxc5+ dxc5+ 56.Kxc5 a3 57.d6 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ripley, John M"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "E30"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.Bd3 
exd5 9.cxd5 Qe5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.O-O 
Rfe8 15.Qd2 b5 16.Ng3 a5 17.e4 b4 18.c4 a4 19.Rab1 Rab8 20.Qe3 Qc3 21.Qxc3
bxc3 22.Rbc1 Rb2 23.Rxc3 Rxa2 24.Rb1 a3 25.Rb7 Ra1+ 26.Nf1 Ra8 27.Rcb3 g6 
28.Rb8+ Rxb8 29.Rxb8+ Kg7 30.Ra8 Kf6 31.f4 g5 32.fxg5+ Ke5 33.Kf2 Kxe4 34.
Ra7 a2 35.Ra3 Bg4 36.Ne3 Bh5 37.Nc2 Rd1 38.Rxa2 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Bd1 40.Nb4 
Rxa2 41.Nxa2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hartston, William Roland"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.c3 a5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 e5 8.O-O 
Bc5 9.Bb5 Qe7 10.Nc4 Bd7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bg5 Bd6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 Rfd8 
15.a4 h6 16.Bh4 Be6 17.Nc4 Rac8 18.Nb6 Rc7 19.f3 Nb8 20.Rad1 g5 21.Bf2 Nh5
22.g3 Nf6 23.Rd2 Kg7 24.Be3 Kh8 25.g4 Qf8 26.Kg2 Nbd7 27.h4 Nh7 28.Bxd7 
Bxd7 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Rh1 f6 31.Nd5 Rc6 32.Bb6 Ra8 33.Kg3 Be6 34.Qh2 Bg8 
35.Qg1 Qf7 36.Rdh2 Qg7 37.Rh6 Rf8 38.Qh2 Rcc8 39.Qh5 Rf7 40.Bxa5 Rcf8 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bachmann, Friedhelm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 e5 9.
Nbd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Qc2 Rb8 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Ne3 Qb6 14.Nd2 Na5 15.Kh1 Qc7 
16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Rfd8 18.c4 Nc6 19.Nf3 Bc8 20.Rb1 Bg4 21.Nxg4 Nxg4 22.h3
b3 23.Qe2 Nh6 24.Be3 Re8 25.f5 gxf5 26.Qd2 Ng4 27.hxg4 fxg4 28.Nh4 Re6 29.
Nf5 Rbe8 30.Rf1 Ne7 31.Rbe1 h5 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Qc3+ Kg6 34.Rf4 Nc6 35.Rf5 
f6 36.Ref1 Qe7 37.e5 Nxe5 38.Be4 Kg7 39.Rxh5 Rh8 40.Rxh8 Kxh8 41.Kg2 Nxd3 
42.Rh1+ Kg8 43.Bd5 {BCM, June 1978, clearly lists Black's name as F
Bachmann with a rating of 2220. Other sources give Karlheinz Bachmann.} 
1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
exd4 9.Bf4 a6 10.Bc4 d6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Rc1 h6 13.h3 d5 14.Bb3 Be6 15.e5 
Qb6 16.Nf1 a5 17.Re2 g5 18.Bh2 Bf5 19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 Nb4 21.Qb1 Rac8 22.
Rd1 Rc4 23.b3 d3 24.Red2 Rc3 25.a3 Nc2 26.Rxd3 Nxa3 27.Qb2 Rc2 28.Qd4 Qxd4
29.Nxd4 Rc5 30.Ra1 Nc2 31.Nxc2 Rxc2 32.Rxa5 Rd8 33.Rb5 Rd7 34.g4 d4 35.Ng3
Rc3 36.Rd1 Nc6 37.Ne4 Rc2 38.Nd6 Bxe5 39.Rxe5 Nxe5 40.Bxe5 f6 41.Ne4 fxe5 
42.Nf6+ Kf7 43.Nxd7 Ke6 44.Nb6 Rc3 45.Rb1 Rxh3 46.Kg2 Rc3 47.Kf1 e4 48.Nc4
Kd5 49.Ke2 b5 50.Nd2 Ke5 51.f3 exf3+ 52.Nxf3+ Ke4 53.Nd2+ Kf4 54.Rh1 d3+ 
55.Kd1 Rc6 56.Rg1 Ra6 57.Kc1 Ra1+ 58.Nb1 Ra2 59.Rh1 Rc2+ 60.Kd1 Rg2 61.Nc3
Rb2 62.Rxh6 Rxb3 63.Kd2 Kxg4 64.Rb6 b4 65.Nd5 Kf3 66.Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soos, Bela"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.h3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.O-O Rac8 12.Qb1 Na5 13.Re1 Qd8 14.Ne5 b5 15.a3 h6
16.g4 Nc4 17.Re2 a5 18.Bh2 Ne8 19.f4 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Nd6 21.Re2 Be8 22.f5 
exf5 23.gxf5 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Qe1 Bg5 26.Nf3 Bf6 27.Ra6 Nb5 28.Be5 Bxe5 
29.dxe5 bxc3 30.f6 cxb2 31.Rxb2 g5 32.Rg2 Kh8 33.Nxg5 Rc4 34.Bxc4 dxc4 35.
Rd2 Nd4 36.Qh4 Nf5 37.Qxh6+ Nxh6 38.Rxd8 Rg8 39.h4 c3 40.Ra3 c2 41.Rc3 Nf5
42.Rxc2 Nxh4 43.Kh2 Rxg5 44.Rxe8+ Kh7 45.Rc3 Kg6 46.Rh3 Rh5 47.Kg1 Kf5 48.
Kf2 Kg4 49.Rg3+ Kf5 50.Rh3 Kg4 51.Rh1 Kf5 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Bb5 Qg5 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.Nf3 
Qxg2 9.Rg1 Qh3 10.Nbd2 g6 11.O-O-O Qe6 12.Qf1 Bd7 13.Re1 Qd6 14.c4 O-O-O 
15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qe6 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Bc4 Qa5 19.e6 Bc6 20.Bxh8 Qxd2+ 
21.Kb1 f6 22.Re2 Qd4 23.Rg3 Nh6 24.Rd3 Be4 25.Rxe4 Qxe4 26.f3 Qf5 27.Bg7 
Ng4 28.Ka1 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Qxd3 30.Bxd3 Nxh2 31.Be2 c6 32.Kb2 Kc7 33.Kc3 Kd6 
34.Kd4 Kxe6 35.Bc4+ Kf5 36.Ke3 Bc5+ 37.Ke2 Kf4 38.Bxf6 Nxf3 39.Bg8 h5 40.
Bf7 Kf5 41.Kxf3 Kxf6 42.Be8 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stirling, William J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Qe3 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bb1 Ba6 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Nc3 f6 13.f4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Qh4+ 15.g3 
Qg4 16.h3 Qh5 17.Kf2 Be7 18.Kg2 O-O 19.Nf3 h6 20.Bd2 Nc6 21.Re1 Nxd4 22.
Nxd5 exd5 23.g4 Rxf3 24.gxh5 Rxe3 25.Bxe3 Nc2 26.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 27.Kg3 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Goodman, David SC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 b6 2.d3 Bb7 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 Nf6 9.
d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bb2 Nh5 15.Nd2 Ba6 
16.Bf3 Bh6 17.Nf1 Ng7 18.Be2 Bb7 19.a4 f5 20.f3 a6 21.Qd3 Ne8 22.Nd2 f4 
23.g4 Bg5 24.Nc4 Nc8 25.Kg2 Bh4 26.Rh1 h5 27.h3 Qe7 28.Na2 Bg3 29.Bd1 Qh4 
30.Qe2 Ra7 31.Nb4 Ba8 32.Bc2 Qg5 33.a5 Rh7 34.axb6 Nf6 35.Qd3 Bb7 36.Rag1 
Qh4 37.Qe2 Kf7 38.Na5 Rfh8 39.Nxb7 hxg4 40.Bd1 gxh3+ 41.Kf1 Nxb6 42.Nxd6+ 
Kg7 43.Bxe5 Nd7 44.Bd4 Kg8 45.Qxa6 Be1 46.Qc8+ Nf8 47.Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1978.03.23"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 ( 6...b6 {
Nunn-Short, Geneva 1979} ) 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.
Nf1 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.a3 a5 15.b3 Rae8 16.Bb2 Bd6 17.Bc2 Bc8 
18.Rc1 Bf4 19.Rb1 Qd8 20.Qd3 g6 21.Rbd1 Ng4 22.Re2 b6 23.h3 Nf6 24.Ne5 
Nxe5 25.dxe5 Nd7 26.b4 Qg5 27.Rde1 Bb7 28.Ba4 Re7 29.Bd4 axb4 30.axb4 Bc8 
31.Nf1 Ref7 32.g3 Rf5 33.Bxd7 Bxd7 34.Kh2 Bc1 35.f4 Bxf4 36.gxf4 Qxf4+ 37.
Ng3 Rg5 38.Rg2 Bb5 39.Qe3 Qh4 40.Bxb6 Rf4 41.Bd8 h6 42.Bxg5 hxg5 43.Rf2 d4
44.Qd2 Rg4 45.Ne4 Rxe4 46.Rxe4 Qxe4 47.Qxg5 Be8 48.Qf6 Kh7 49.Qe7+ Kh6 50.
Qf8+ Kh7 51.Qf4 Qd5 52.b5 d3 53.b6 Bc6 54.Kg3 Be8 55.Qg5 Qe4 56.Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Jersey op 6th"]
[Site "St Helier"]
[Date "1978.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Parr, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1978.04.02"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GCI"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 Nbd7 4.e3 e6 5.Ngf3 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Be5 
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.c3 Nd7 12.f4 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Bd7 14.Qh5 Qe7 15.
O-O Rf8 16.Nb3 O-O-O 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Qe2 Bxe5 19.Ba6 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Bc6 21.b4 
g4 22.Kxh2 Qh4+ 23.Kg1 g3 24.Bxb7+ Bxb7 25.Rf4 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Qh1# {Source: 
BCM, August 1978, p350. BCM gives the dates of this 7-round tournament
as 3rd to 11th whereas CHESS, April 1978, p197, gives April 7-9! However, 
a
tournament listing given in CHESS, Feb 1978, p129, gives the true dates as
2-8
April and this is more likely to be right.} 0-1

[Event "Lancashire Championship"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1979.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Collins, Richard Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1978.05.04"]
[Annotator "Collins,Richard A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Collins,RA Book 20"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Time limit 40 moves in 2hrs} 
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.c4 {A strong line for 
White} 6...d6 7.Nc3 a6 {Else 8.Nb5 is a bit awkward.} 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Ne5 {
A bit of tactical play to catch up on development.} 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nd2 Ne7 
12.f4 N5c6 13.Nf3 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.b3 Qb6 {I felt
I was holding my own.} 18.Qf3 Bc6 19.Ne2 {[25']} 19...Bc5 {[53']} 20.g4 {I
felt that it was now fairly critical and that I had to react
actively or get squashed so......} 20...f5 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Nc3 ( {This 
surprised
me. All my calculations had been based on} 22.Qh5+ g6 23.Qh6 Bb4 {etc.} ) 
22...Bb4 23.Nd5 Bxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Qd4+ ( {If} 24...Qa5+ 25.Qc3 Qxa2+ $2 26.Rc2
) 25.Qd3 {Best} 25...Qf2+ 26.Qe2 Qxe2+ ( {If} 26...Qd4+ 27.Ke1 ) 27.Kxe2 
fxe4 28.Bxe4 Nxd5 29.cxd5 Bb5+ {[1hr 31']} 30.Kf3 {[37']} 30...Rxc1 31.
Rxc1 Kd8 32.Bf5 Bd7 33.Be6 Rf8 34.Ke4 Rf6 35.f5 g6 36.Bxd7 Kxd7 37.fxg6 
Rxg6 38.Rf1 {[46']} 38...Ke7 ( {[1hr 47'] The position should be drawn but
I eventually lose due
to not playing accurately enough. I decided to try to hold it together 
whereas
I should have activated the Rook. Probably} 38...Rg4+ {is best.} ) 39.Rf4 
Rg2 40.Rh4 Rg7 ( {Again, maybe} 40...Rxa2 41.Rxh7+ Kf6 {is best.} ) 41.a4 
Rf7 42.a5 Kd7 43.Kd4 Re7 44.Kc3 Kc7 45.b4 b5 {It's not clear whether this 
is good,
bad or indifferent.} 46.Kd3 Kb7 47.Rh3 Rg7 48.Ke4 Rf7 49.Rh5 Kc7 50.Rf5 
Re7+ {I realised that I had gone wrong} 51.Kf4 {[59']} 51...Rg7 {[2hr 30']
} 52.Rf8 Re7 53.h4 Rg7 ( {Maybe} 53...Kb7 {offers more hope.} ) 54.Kf5 Kb7
55.Ke6 Rg6+ {Adjourned.} 56.Rf6 {[Sealed Move]} 56...Rg4 57.Kxd6 ( {An 
easier win than} 57.Rf7+ Kb8 58.Rxh7 ) 57...Rxh4 58.Kd7 Rxb4 59.Rb6+ Ka7 
60.d6 Rc4 61.Rc6 Kb7 62.Rc7+ ( {and not} 62.Rxc4 $4 ) 62...Kb8 63.Rxc4 {
Inaccurate endgame play.
I should have activated the Rook. 40......Rxa2 seems O.K. Nigel Short had 
the
British Expert title (BX)— held by players who achieve a B.C.F. grading 
of
at least 200 in two consecutive lists.} 1-0

[Event "County qf Lancs-Essex"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1978.05.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Stebbings, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1978.05.06"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Essex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Score not available, colours known - Short was White} 
1-0

[Event "vs Atherton"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1978.05.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jackson, Oliver A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1978.05.20"]
[Annotator "Oliver Jackson"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Oliver Jackson"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 Qa5 8.Bd2 {At
the time the preferred move was Qd2 as played by Bobby Fischer vs
Weinstein in USA Championship. I didn't like this move because it allowed
Black to swap Queens by cxd4 which didn't suit my style so I started 
playing
Bd2 which, over time, became the standard move in this position.} 8...Nbc6
9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Be2 f6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Qb1 {Nowadays I'd prefer to play c4 
once
Black has 0-0-0 as the game opens up for the 2 Bishops which suits my 
style} 12...c4 13.Qb2 Qc7 14.Rfb1 ( 14.a5 $5 Nxa5 15.Rfb1 {By sacrificing 
the "a" pawn
this ensures that the Rook on the "a" file is not shut out of play} ) 
14...Na5 $1 {Making it virtually impossible to attack Black's King. This 
was the first
time I'd seen this move and it was extremely worrying that my attacking
chances were effectively reduced to zero so early on and, to add salt to 
the
wound, by a junior} 15.Qa3 Ng6 16.Be3 {My best chance is to sacrifice the
"e" pawn and hope that my Be3 can create some attacking chances against 
the
Black King} 16...Kb8 17.Bf1 {Aiming to bring the Bishop to g2 or h3 to 
become more
active} 17...Ka8 {It's not for me to criticise Nigel's defensive moves, 
which show
a degree of maturity for such a young player, but with the King in the 
corner
it is more likely to be attacked by my Bishop when it gets to g2 although
Black's Bishop can come to c6 to defend the King} 18.Rb2 b6 19.Rab1 Rb8 
20.g3 Nc6 21.Bg2 Rhf8 22.Nd2 $1 {With possible threats of sacrificing on 
c4 and
playing a5 at the right time.} 22...fxe5 23.dxe5 Ngxe5 $6 {Taking the "e" 
pawn
gives White's Bishop on e3 much more scope. I think he shouldn't have 
taken it
yet} 24.Bf4 h6 25.a5 $1 {Sacrificing the "a" pawn to open up the file for
the Queen and to temporarily take support from the other Knight} 25...Nxa5
26.Re1 Nac6 27.Ra2 ( 27.Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 $19 ) 27...Rxf4 ( 27...a5 28.Nxc4 $1 
Rxf4 29.Nxe5 Rxf2 30.Nxd7 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Qxd7 $13 ) 28.gxf4 Ng4 29.h3 Qxf4 
30.Nf3 Nf6 31.Ne5 a5 32.Nxd7 Nxd7 33.Rxe6 Rf8 34.Ra1 $1 ( 34.Qd6 Qxf2+ 35.
Kh1 Ndb8 36.Qxd5 Rf6 37.Re7 Qf5 38.Qxc4 $16 ) 34...Nde5 35.Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 
36.Bxd5+ Kb8 37.Qd6+ Kc8 38.Be6+ {I knew I had him in a mating net and 
threw
this move in to gain time on the clock.} ( 38.Qxb6 Rf6 39.Be6+ Rxe6 40.
Qxe6+ Kc7 41.Qe7+ Kc6 42.Rxa5 Nf3+ 43.Kf1 Nd2+ 44.Kg2 Qf3+ 45.Kg1 Qd1+ 46.
Kh2 Nf3+ 47.Kg3 $18 ) 38...Kb7 39.Bd5+ Ka6 $2 {Perhaps Nigel didn't like 
the
previous variation starting with Qxb6 or perhaps he didn't see the mate at
the
time...knowing Nigel he would be in time trouble and was looking for any 
way
to win the game} ( 39...Ka7 40.Qe7+ Ka6 41.Bb7+ Kb5 42.Rb1+ Ka4 43.Rb4+ 
Ka3 44.Rb3+ Ka2 45.Qa3# ) 40.Rxa5+ $3 {Perhaps he had seen the mate 
(40...Kxa5
41.Qa3+ Kb5 42.Qb4+ Ka5 43.Qa4 mate) as he resigned immediately  Source:
"Forever a 180" by Oliver Jackson (self-published) via Nigel Short} 1-0

[Event "National Club sf Brighton-Atherton"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1978.06.10"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atherton"]
[BlackTeam "Brighton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 
cxd6 9.b3 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc8 14.a3 Bf6 15.b4 
N8e7 16.Ne2 Nf5 17.Rc1 g6 18.Qd2 Nh4 19.Bg4 h5 20.Bh3 Kh8 21.f3 Kh7 22.Nf4
Ne7 23.Qd3 Bg5 24.Kh1 Nef5 25.Bd2 Qf6 26.g3 Ng7 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 
29.f4 Qf6 30.gxh4 Qxh4 31.b5 f5 32.Bg2 Ne6 33.Qe3 Rfe8 34.Bxd5 $2 Nc7 35.
Qf3 Nxd5 36.c6 ( 36.Qxd5 Re2 $1 ) 36...bxc6 37.Rxc6 Rad8 38.Rc5 Re1 {
Source: N J Holloway. Contributed by Brian Denman, 26 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Manchester op"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jackson, Oliver A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1978.07.14"]
[Annotator "Oliver Jackson"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Oliver Jackson"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Rc1 e6 14.f4 d5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16.e5 Ne8 17.Na4 Qe7 $2 ( 17...b6 18.Qd2 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Nc7 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Qd2 d4 23.Bf2 Bh6 24.g3 Nxf4 $5 25.gxf4 Qxh3 26.Nb2
Qg4+ 27.Kf1 Bxf4 {with good chances} ) 18.Qd2 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 b6 20.Rxc8 Rxc8
21.Qxd5 Rd8 22.Qc4 Qd7 23.Nc3 Qd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Nd1 Nc7 26.Kf2 f6 27.Ke2
Rd7 28.exf6 Bxf6 29.Nf2 Re7 30.Rd1 Nb5 31.Kf3 Kf7 32.Rd3 Nc3 33.a4 Ke6 34.
Ne4 Nxe4 35.Kxe4 Rc7 36.g4 Rg7 37.f5+ gxf5+ 38.gxf5+ Ke7 39.Bf4 Rg2 40.
Bd6+ Kf7 41.Bb8 Re2+ 42.Kd5 Re7 43.Kc6 Be5 44.Bxe5 Rxe5 45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.
Rxa7 h5 47.Kxb6 Re3 48.b4 Rxh3 49.a5 Kxf5 50.a6 Ra3 51.Rh7 {Source: 
"Forever a 180" by Oliver Jackson (self-published) via Nigel Short. N.
b. there are conflicting reports as to whether this tournament was held on
the
7-9 July or 14-16 July - I'm plumping for the latter but I'm not certain -
JS} 1-0

[Event "National Bank of Dubai"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Boey, Josef Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[EventDate "1978.07.28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bc4 Na5
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.a4 Qc8 14.O-O Nd8 15.axb5 
axb5 16.Nc3 c6 17.Be3 Be6 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 O-O 21.Qd3 Qe6 
22.Rfd1 Qc4 23.b3 Qxd3 24.cxd3 h6 25.Bd2 Nd7 26.Be3 Kf7 27.g3 Bf6 28.Kf1 
Ke6 29.Ke2 Bg5 30.d4 Bxe3 31.fxe3 exd4 32.exd4 Nb6 33.d5+ cxd5 34.exd5+ 
Ke5 35.Nxb5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5+ Kxd5 37.Nc7+ Kc6 38.Rxa8 Rf7 39.Ne8 Re7+ 40.Kd3 
Kd7 41.Nxg7 {Sources: BCM, October 1978, p462; CHESS, Sept 1978, p387} 1-0

[Event "National Bank of Dubai"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Botterill, George Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1978.07.28"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.e5 Nh5 7.Bb5 O-O 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.g4 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.Rg1 Qc6 13.Nd4 Qxc5 14.Nb3 Qxe5 15.
Qxe5 Bxe5 16.gxh5 Bxh2 17.Rg4 Be5 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Be3 c5 20.Kd2 Bf3 21.Rg5
Rab8 22.Rxe5 dxe5 23.Bxc5 Rbd8+ 24.Ke3 Bg4 25.Nd2 Rd7 26.Nce4 h5 27.Rh1 
Bf5 28.f3 Rc8 29.b4 Kg7 30.Nc4 Bxe4 31.Kxe4 Rxc5 32.bxc5 Rd4+ 33.Kxe5 Rxc4
34.Kd5 Rxc2 35.Rh4 Kf7 36.c6 a5 37.Rf4+ Ke8 38.Ra4 g5 39.Rxa5 h4 40.Ke4 
Rxc6 41.Rxg5 Rc2 42.Rh5 Rxa2 43.Kf4 Kf7 44.Rxh4 Ra4+ {Source:
CHESS, Sept 1978, p387} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.d3 h6 9.
Be3 Nd7 10.Qc1 Kh7 11.d4 Ne7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nbd2 c6 14.Bf1 Qc7 15.Qc2 Rd8
16.Bc4 Rf8 17.a4 b6 18.b4 Bb7 19.Nb3 Rad8 20.a5 Nc8 21.axb6 axb6 22.Ba6 
Rfe8 23.c4 Nf8 24.c5 b5 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Qa2 Ne6 27.Qa6 Qc7 28.Na5 Ne7 29.
Qb6 Rd7 30.Qxc7 Rxc7 31.Red1 f5 32.Rd6 fxe4 33.Nd2 Nd4 34.Nxe4 Nef5 35.
Bxd4 Nxd4 36.f3 Ra8 37.Rd1 Bf8 38.f4 Bxd6 39.cxd6 Rf7 40.fxe5 Ne6 41.Nxc6 
Rf4 42.Nc5 Ra2 43.Rf1 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David
Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p147} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Bb7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 f5 7.b3 Nf6 8.f3 O-O
9.e3 Qe8 10.Bb2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Nh3 Nc6 13.b4 e5 14.Be2 f4 15.b5 Nd8 
16.Qxe5 fxe3 17.Qxc5 d5 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qd4 Ne6 20.Qxe3 d4 21.Bxd4 Nxd4 22.
Qxd4 Rd8 23.Qb2 Ng4 24.fxg4 Bxg2 25.Rg1 Bxh3 26.Qc3 Qf7 27.Qg3 Qf6 28.Rc3 
Rde8 29.Kd1 Qd4+ 30.Kc1 Rxe2 31.Rd1 Rf1 32.Qb8+ Kf7 33.Rf3+ Kg6 34.Qd6+ 
Qxd6 {Sources: bulletin; 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short 
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p151; The Guardian, 26 August 1978; BCM, October 
1978,
p437} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 Bd7 
9.Nbd2 exd4 10.cxd4 Re8 11.a3 a6 12.Ba4 h6 13.Bc2 Nh7 14.d5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 
Bxd4 16.Nf3 Bg7 17.Rb1 Ng5 18.Nh2 c6 19.Bd2 Rc8 20.Bd3 Qb6 21.Ng4 cxd5 22.
exd5 Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1 Qd4 24.Be2 Qxd1 25.Bxd1 Bf5 26.Ra1 Bxb2 27.Ra2 Bg7 28.
Ne3 Bb1 29.Re2 Ne4 30.Bb4 Bd3 31.Ra2 Bb1 32.Re2 Bd3 33.Ra2 Rc1 34.Kh2 Bd4 
35.Bb3 Nxf2 36.Rxf2 Bxe3 37.Rf3 Bg1+ 38.Kg3 Be2 39.Rf4 Bc5 40.Bxc5 Rxc5 
41.Kf2 Rb5 42.Ba4 Rb2 43.Kg1 Bb5 {Source: BCM, October 1978, p436} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Findlay, David John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Ne7 6.dxc5 Nbc6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Qh4 h6 11.f4 Bxc5 12.Nf3 Nb4 13.g4 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Qf8 15.Ne2
Ng6 16.Qg3 Bd6 17.O-O Bd7 18.Ne5 Be8 19.Rac1 a5 20.h4 Qe7 21.g5 hxg5 22.
hxg5 Rf8 23.Kg2 Bb4 24.Be3 Rd8 25.Nd4 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Bg6 28.Rh1
Bxd3 29.g6 Be4+ 30.Nf3 Bxf3+ 31.Qxf3 {Source: BCM, October 1978,
p437} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 c5 6.b4 cxb4 7.e4 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Re1 d6 11.Bf1 a5 12.Rb1 Ba6 13.Nfd4 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Bg2 
e5 16.f4 Nd7 17.Rf1 Nc5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Bb2 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Bd4 
22.Bxd4 Qxd4 23.Ra1 Qb6 24.d4 exd4 25.e5 Bb7 26.Rf4 Rc5 27.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 28.
Kg1 Rxe5 29.Qxd4 Rfe8 30.Raf1 f6 31.R4f2 Qd5 32.Qxd5+ Rxd5 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.
Rf4 Rdd8 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Ke2 g5 37.Rf5 Re8+ 38.Kf3 Re5 39.Rxe5 fxe5 40.Ke4 
Ke6 41.Rd1 a4 42.Rd5 a3 43.Rxe5+ Kd6 44.Rd5+ Kc6 45.Rd1 g4 46.Rf1 a2 47.
Ra1 Kc5 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.Ke3 h6 50.Rd1+ Ke5 51.Ra1 h5 52.Kd3 h4 53.gxh4 Rh8 
54.c4 Rxh4 55.cxb5 Kd5 56.Ke3 Rxh2 57.Kf4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Horner, Jeff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 e6 5.e5 d5 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 
Nbd7 9.Bb3 b5 10.a3 a6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Bh6 O-O 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
O-O c5 16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Qe3 Qd6 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.dxc5 Qc6 21.Qh3 
Rd4 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Rd1 Rg4 25.f3 Qxc5+ 26.Kf1 Rd4 27.Rxd4 
Qxd4 28.Qg3 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Nxd5 30.Nxd5 exd5 31.b4 h6 32.Qe1 Kg7 33.c3 Qc4+ 
34.Kg1 Qf4 35.h3 Kf6 36.Kh1 h5 37.Qd1 Ke6 38.a4 Qe3 39.axb5 axb5 40.Qa1 
Kf5 41.Qf1 Qxc3 42.Qxb5 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Qe5+ 44.Kh1 Kf4 45.Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botterill, George Steven"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[Annotator "George Botterill"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Player No.4, 1978D"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Ba6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.d5 $5 Qc8 ( 7...
c6 8.Bf4 ( 8.dxc6 dxc6 9.Bf4 $13 ) 8...d6 9.dxc6 Qc7 $13 ) 8.e4 exd5 9.e5 
$5 ( 9.cxd5 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 $14 ) 9...Ne8 10.Nxd5 Bd8 11.Bd3 c6 12.Nb4 ( 12.
Qc2 $2 cxd5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Qf5 {(/\Qh5/Qh3)} 14...Qxc4 15.Nd4 Qxd4 16.Qh5
Nf6 $1 $19 ) 12...Bb7 13.Qc2 h6 14.O-O a5 15.Na2 Na6 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 
bxc5 18.Nc3 $16 Nc7 19.Rad1 Ne6 20.Qe2 $1 {(/\Qe4)} 20...Nf4 21.Qe3 Nxd3 
22.Rxd3 Bb6 23.Ne4 {(/\Nf6+!)} 23...d5 24.exd6 Qe6 25.Qf4 Ba6 26.Ned2 Rfe8
27.Re1 Qg6 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.d7 Rd8 30.Rb3 $1 Qc2 31.Rxb6 Qc1+ 32.Ne1 Qxe1+
33.Nf1 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Rxd7 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.Qc2+ g6 37.Qc3 $18 Qxc3 38.bxc3 
Rd3 39.c4 $6 Rxa3 40.Rc8 Rc3 41.Rxc6 Rxc4 42.g3 a4 43.Ne3 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 a3 
45.Ra6 Rc3 46.Ra4 h5 47.Nc4 a2 48.Ne3 g5 49.Rxa2 Rc1 50.Ra6 c4 51.Rc6 {The
New
Chess Player No.4, 1978D (notes by Botterill)} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Reid, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[ECO "C85"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Qf3 g6 12.Bh6 Rf7 13.Qg3 Ne6 14.Kh1 Bf8 15.Bxf8
Qxf8 16.c3 c5 17.a4 b6 18.Qe3 Bb7 19.Nf3 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Rfd7 21.Rd2 a5 22.Ng1
Ba6 23.Rad1 Qe8 24.b3 Bxc4 25.dxc4 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Qd8 28.Qxd8+ 
Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rumens, David E"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qf4 Qc7 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 f6 
9.exf6 Qxf4 10.Bxf4 gxf6 11.O-O Nge7 12.Na4 e5 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Bg3 Be6 15.c4
d4 16.Rfe1 Bg7 17.a3 Kf7 18.b4 Nc8 19.Nd5 Nd6 20.Kf1 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.
Nc7 Bc4 23.Bxc4+ bxc4 24.b5 Nxb5 25.Na6 Ra8 26.a4 Nc3 27.Nc7 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 
Nxa4 29.Ra1 Nc5 30.Nd2 c3 31.Nc4 d3 32.f4 Rd8 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Nb5 Nb3 35.
Ra6 c2 36.Ncd6+ Ke6 37.Rxc6 c1=Q+ 38.Rxc1 Nxc1 39.Ke1 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Haygarth, Michael John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.Qd3 
O-O 9.O-O-O Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Bd6 11.h4 Qe7 12.h5 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 
15.Nc3 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 h6 17.f3 b6 18.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch65"]
[Site "Ayr"]
[Date "1978.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1978.08.07"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Bd3 b6
9.O-O Ba6 10.a4 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nd7 12.Ba3 Rc8 13.c4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 O-O 15.a5 
bxa5 16.Ng5 Nf5 17.c3 Qc6 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Nf3 Rfe8 20.h3 Nb6 21.Qa6 cxd4 22.
cxd4 Nd5 23.Qxc6 Rxc6 24.Bc5 Ra6 25.Rd3 Nfe7 26.Nd2 Nc6 27.Rda3 Rb8 28.Ne4
g5 29.g3 Kg7 30.Kg2 Rb5 31.Nd6 Rb2 32.Nc4 Rc2 33.Nxa5 Nxe5 34.dxe5 Rxc5 
35.Nb7 Rxa3 36.Rxa3 Rc7 37.Nd6 Kg6 38.Nb5 Rc5 39.Nd6 a5 40.Ne4 Rc7 41.Rxa5
Kf5 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6+ Kxf6 44.Rb5 Kg6 45.Rb6 Kf5 46.Rb5+ e5 47.Rb6 f6 
48.g4+ Kg6 49.Ra6 h5 50.Ra8 Rc4 51.Kg3 h4+ 52.Kg2 e4 53.Ra7 Rc2 54.Re7 Rc4
55.Kh2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London, Cumberland Hotel"]
[Date "1978.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C73"]
[EventDate "1978.08.24"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3 g6 8.Nc3 
Nh6 9.dxe5 fxe5 10.Qd2 Nf7 11.h4 h6 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.h5 g5 14.Ng1 Be6 15.
Nge2 Qb8 16.g3 g4 17.f4 gxf3 18.Ng1 Qb4 19.a3 Qb7 20.Kb1 Rb8 21.Qc1 O-O 
22.Nxf3 d5 23.Na4 Bg4 24.Nc5 Qb5 25.c4 Qa5 26.Qd2 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London, Cumberland Hotel"]
[Date "1978.08.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Nicholson, John Graham"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1978.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "JG Nicholson Collection"]
[Source "John Nicholson"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 O-O 14. Bd3 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. h3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rae8 19. Re3 Bc8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Ne4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Ref7 26. Nc5 b6 27. Nxe4
Bb7 28. Rd1 h6 29. f3 Bc6 30. Nc3 Bd7 31. Rd4 Kg8 32. Rc4 Rf4 33. Rc7 Rd8 34.
Re4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 e5 36. Rb7 Bc6 37. Rxb6 Rxd6 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Rxa5 Rd2 40. Rc5
Be8 41. b4 g5 42. Rxe5 Rd4 {Source: John Nicholson} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London, Cumberland Hotel"]
[Date "1978.08.27"]
[Round "5.53"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1978.08.24"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.a3 e5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.b4 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Nd2 Re8 8.c4 dxc4 
9.Nxc4 Be6 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.Nf3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.O-O Bd5 15.a4 
Rad8 16.Rc1 Re6 17.Bh3 Re5 18.e4 Rh5 19.Bg4 Bb3 20.Bxh5 Bxd1 21.Bxd1 Qb4 
22.Ba1 Qd2 23.Rxc7 Qxd3 24.e5 Nd5 25.Rxb7 Qe4 26.Ra7 Qxe5 27.Bb3 Qe4 28.b6
Nxb6 29.Rxf7 Nd5 30.Ra7 Kf8 31.Bb2 Rb8 32.Ba3+ Kg8 33.Ba2 Kh8 34.Bb1 Qf3 
35.Bd6 Nc3 36.Bd3 Rd8 37.Bc7 Rf8 38.Bc4 d3 39.h4 d2 40.Be5 Qxf2+ 41.Rxf2 
d1=Q+ 42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Bxf1 Qf3 44.Rd7 Qe3+ 45.Kh2 Kg8 46.Rxg7+ Kf8 47.Bxc3
Qxc3 48.Rg4 Qd2+ {Source: Michael Yeo. Contributed, 14
July 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manchester (Abraham Moss) open"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1978.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Baruch, Andrew Jan Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1978.10.06"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d5 5.d4 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 c4 8.Be2 Bf5
9.a4 Qa5 10.Qd2 b5 11.O-O bxa4 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.f5 e6 14.Qe3 a3 15.Bh5 g6 16.
fxg6 hxg6 17.Rxf7 Rxh5 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Bxa3+ Kg7 20.Qf3 Qd8 21.Rf1 Qxh4 
22.Bf8+ Kh8 {Source: Andy Baruch. Contributed by Mark Page, 25 May 2023.} 
0-1

[Event "British Lightning Individual ch"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1978.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "1978.11.12"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.O-O Qc7 6.d3 e6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 e5 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f5 Rd8 12.Qe2 b5 13.Nd1 a5 14.Ng5 Ba6 15.Qf3 b4 
16.Re1 c5 17.g4 c4 18.Nh3 Nc5 19.Ndf2 Be7 20.g5 Ne8 21.Be3 Bb7 22.Rf1 Nd6 
23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.f6 Bf8 25.fxg7 Bxg7 26.Rae1 Rf8 27.Ng4 Kh8 28.Nf6 c3 29.
bxc3 Qxc3 30.Qh5 Bxf6 31.gxf6 Rg8 32.Ng5 Rxg5 33.Qxg5 Rg8 34.Qe3 Qxc2 35.
Bf3 Nc4 36.Qh6 Qd3 37.Qh5 Nd2 38.Bg2 Nxf1 39.Rxf1 Qxf1+ {Source:
BCM, January 1979, p41 (Barden gives the date of 11 November but I think 
more
likely Sunday 12th - JS - result 1 N Short 9/10; 2 G Lee 8; 3 C M Cooley 
7½;
4 A A Smith 7; 5-12 R A Beach, J Horner, B Cafferty, J E Littlewood, J T
Pitcher, R H Watson, R Webb, N R Davies 6, 35 players)} 0-1

[Event "World U17-ch02"]
[Site "Sas van Gent"]
[Date "1978.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svenn, Gosta"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1978.12.27"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O g6 10.c4 Nc7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Bg5 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Bc5 15.Qa4 
Qxe5 16.N2g3 h6 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.Bc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qc7 21.Rad1 
Rd8 22.Ne4 Kf8 23.Rd2 Kg7 24.Rfd1 Nb6 25.Qb5 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Qe5 27.Qe2 Rb8 
28.g3 Na4 29.f4 Qf5 30.Kg2 h5 31.Qf3 Rb2 32.Rxb2 Nxb2 33.Qe3 Qd5 34.Kh3 
Nd1 35.Qe2 Qxe4 36.Qxd1 Qf5+ 37.Kh4 f6 38.Qd7+ Kh6 {n.b. full
crosstable of this event may be found here: 
https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/
tournament/cadets-world-championship-sas-van-gent/} 0-1

[Event "World U17-ch02"]
[Site "Sas van Gent"]
[Date "1979.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Utasi, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1978.12.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.e5 Nd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.e6 fxe6
9.Bxe6+ Kh8 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Bxc8 Qxc8 12.O-O-O e5 13.d5 e4 14.Ng5 Nb4 15.a3 
Bxc3 16.axb4 Be5 17.h4 h5 18.Nxe4 c6 19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.Bd4 Rae8 21.Qe3 Kg7 
22.b5 Qc7 23.f4 Nd5 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Qb3 exd4 26.Qxd5 Rd8 27.Qb3 Qf4+ 28.
Nd2 Qc7 29.Kb1 b6 30.Nf3 {n.b. precise date not known but within a
day of date given. Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short 
(Faber
& Faber, 1981), p156} 1-0

[Event "World U17-ch02"]
[Site "Sas van Gent"]
[Date "1979.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1978.12.27"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ngf3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 
Nxa6 9.Qe2 Nc7 10.O-O Be7 11.Ne1 Qc8 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Ndf3 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 
15.Qh3 Ne4 16.Nd3 Bd6 17.Ng5 Nxg5 18.Bxg5 c4 19.Ne1 Qe8 20.Bh4 Qh5 21.Bg3 
Qxh3 22.gxh3 Ne8 23.Ng2 Rf6 24.Ne3 h5 25.Rfe1 Kf7 26.Re2 Rc8 27.Rae1 b5 
28.Nf1 Rg6 29.Kh1 Be7 30.Nd2 Rc6 31.f4 Nd6 32.Nf3 Bf6 33.Rxe6 Rb6 34.R6e5 
Ne4 35.Rxd5 Nxg3+ 36.hxg3 Rxg3 37.Re3 Re6 38.Rde5 Rxe5 {n.b. precise
date not known but within a day of date given} 1-0

[Event "World U17-ch02"]
[Site "Sas van Gent"]
[Date "1979.01.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bumbar, Rado"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1978.12.27"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Bb3 Ne7 6.h4 d5 7.Nge2 Nbc6 8.e5 h5 
9.Bg5 Na5 10.Nf4 Nxb3 11.axb3 Qd7 12.Nd3 b6 13.Qf3 Nf5 14.Qf4 a5 15.f3 Ba6
16.Nf2 Ne7 17.g4 Nc6 18.Bf6 Bxf6 19.Qxf6 Rh7 20.O-O-O Qe7 21.Nxd5 Qd7 22.
Nf4 Nb4 23.Ne4 Qc6 24.Rh2 a4 25.d5 exd5 26.Qxc6+ Nxc6 27.Nf6+ {Source: 
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p154} 
1-0

[Event "Manchester op"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jackson, Oliver A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[Annotator "Oliver Jackson"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Oliver Jackson"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Nbc6 10.Be2 f6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Qb1 c4 13.Qb2 Ng6 14.Rfb1 b6 $5 ( 
14...Qc7 15.a5 fxe5 16.dxe5 Ngxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Bc6 19.Be3 Kb8 20.
Bb6 $3 axb6 21.axb6 Qd7 22.Qa3 Ba4 23.Rb4 {Wins} ) 15.Qa2 fxe5 16.Rb5 Qa6 
17.Bg5 e4 $2 18.Nd2 Rde8 19.Nxc4 $1 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Qb7 21.a5 Nxa5 22.Rxa5 
bxa5 23.Rb1 Qc6 24.Bb5 Qxb5 25.Rxb5 Bxb5 26.Qxa5 Bc6 27.Qxa7 h6 28.Be3 Re7
29.Qb6 Rc7 30.c4 Ne7 31.h3 g5 32.Bd2 Rd8 33.Ba5 Rdd7 34.Qc5 Rb7 35.Qe5 
Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Rd1 37.c3 Rd2 38.Qxe6 Rxf2 39.d5 Ba8 40.Qxe4 $2 ( 40.Qa6+ Bb7 
41.Qxh6 Kb8 42.Qxg5 Re2 43.Qe5+ Ka8 44.h4 {WINS} ) 40...Ra2 41.Bb4 Nxd5 $1
42.Qe8+ Rd8 43.Qe6+ Kb8 44.cxd5 Rxg2+ $1 45.Kh1 Rxd5 46.Bd6+ Ka7 47.Qd7+ 
Ka6 48.Qa4+ Ra5 49.Qc4+ Kb6 $4 50.Qc7+ $4 ( 50.Bc7+ Ka7 51.Qd4+ Kb7 52.
Bxa5 {WINS} ) 50...Ka6 51.Qc4+ {Source: "Forever a 180" by Oliver
Jackson (self-published) via Nigel Short} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spassky Evening Standard simul 30 bds"]
[Site "London, Highbury Grove"]
[Date "1979.01.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1979.01.20"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Qa5 9.Qd2 f6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Ba3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Na5 14.Rhb1 Ng6 
15.Bb4 Bxb5 16.Bxa5 Ba6 17.Bb4 Rc8 18.Ra3 Kd7 19.Re3 Rc4 20.c3 Rc6 21.g3 
Bc4 22.a5 b6 {Source: CHESS, Feb 1979, p144} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aaronson Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1979.04.12"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bd3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 Bxg2 9.Rg1 Bb7 10.Bh6 Ne8 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qc2 d5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Rg3 
Nbd7 15.Rh3 c5 16.cxd5 cxd4 17.dxe6 dxe3 18.fxe3 Rc8 19.Qa4 Bg2 20.exd7 
Bxh3 21.Qh4 Bxd7 22.Be4+ Kg8 23.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1979.04.12"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.h4 h6 8.O-O Bg7 
9.Re1 b6 10.e5 a5 11.c4 Ra7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nf1 Be6 14.Bf4 O-O 15.N1h2 Qd7
16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rac1 a4 18.Kh1 c4 19.dxc4 dxc4 20.Qe2 Nb4 21.Red1 Nd3 22.Bf1
Qb5 23.Rc2 Rd7 24.Kg1 Rfd8 25.Rcd2 Nd5 26.Be3 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 Nxb2 28.Rb1 
Rxd2 29.Nxd2 Qxe5 30.Qxe5 Bxe5 31.Rxb2 Bxb2 32.Nxc4 a3 0-1

[Event "Aaronson Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Century, Jonathan Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1979.04.12"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Qg4 Nf5 6.Bd3 h5 7.Qf4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Nce7
9.a3 Ng6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Ng3 Ngh4 12.Nxf5 Nxf5 13.Ne2 Bd7 14.b3 Bc6 15.Bb2 
Qd7 16.O-O g6 17.c4 Bf8 18.c5 Bb5 19.a4 Bh6 20.f4 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 a5 22.Bc3 
c6 23.Rab1 O-O 24.Rb2 Ra7 25.g3 Rb8 26.h3 b6 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Ne7 29.Qh3
Bg7 30.Ng3 bxc5 31.f5 exf5 32.gxf5 Nxf5 33.Rxf5 cxd4 34.Bxd4 Rab7 35.Rh2 
Qe7 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qxg6 Qb4 38.Rhf2 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bennett, Terry B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1979.04.12"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Nf3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nbc6 8.Be2 
Bd7 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Rb1 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxc3+ 12.Qd2 Qxe5 13.Rxb7 Bc6 14.Bb2 d4
15.Bxd4 Qe4 16.f3 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh5 18.Bxg7 Rd8 19.Rxe7+ Kxe7 20.Qf4 Rhe8 21.
Qc7+ Rd7 22.Qxc6 Qg5 23.Bb2 Rb8 24.f4 Qf5 25.Be5 Rb1+ 26.Kf2 Rxh1 27.Bd6+ 
Kf6 28.Qxh1 Rxd6 29.cxd6 Qc5+ 30.Kf1 Qxd6 31.Qf3 Qc5 32.c4 a5 33.g4 Kg7 
34.Kg2 h6 35.Qb3 a4 36.Qc3+ f6 37.Bf3 e5 38.f5 Qe7 39.Bd5 1-0

[Event "Aaronson Masters 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.04.12"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "ChessBase 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qa5 8.dxc5 
Qxc5 9.Bd3 f6 10.Nh3 Be7 11.Qe2 fxe5 12.fxe5 d4 13.O-O Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 dxc3+
15.Kh1 Qxe5 16.Be4 Bd7 17.Bf4 Qc5 18.Rac1 Bf6 19.Ng5 Ne7 20.Nxh7 Rxh7 21.
Bxh7 Nd5 22.Qh5+ Ke7 23.Be5 Qc4 24.Bxf6+ gxf6 25.Qh6 Bc6 26.Qg7+ Kd6 27.
Qg3+ e5 28.Bg8 Rxg8 29.Qxg8 Qe2 30.bxc3 Ne3 31.Rxf6+ Kc7 32.Qg7+ Kb6 33.
Rb1+ Ka6 34.Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Lancashire Open"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1979.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1979.05.04"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3 d4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nce2 Nf6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.Qg3 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 
Bb4 9.c3 dxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.Bc2 e5 13.Nf3 Ncd7 14.h3 O-O 15.
O-O Nh5 16.Qh2 g6 17.g4 Ng7 18.Bh6 Qc7 19.Kh1 Re8 20.Rg1 Bf8 21.Ng3 Nc5 
22.d4 exd4 23.cxd4 Nce6 24.e5 Rd8 25.Rad1 c5 26.d5 Nd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Bb3
a5 29.Ne4 Ne8 30.Qf4 a4 31.Bxf8 axb3 32.Qh6 Ra6 33.d6 Raxd6 34.exd6 Rxd6 
35.Bxd6 {Source: John Littlewood via Keith Brown} 1-0

[Event "Lancashire Open"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1979.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1979.05.04"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 f6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.exf6 
Bxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qa4 Ncb8 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ndf3 c4 14.Qd1 a6 15.
Ba4 b5 16.Bc2 Nf8 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.Bg3 a5 19.Qd2 Nc6 20.h4 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Be7 
22.Qf4 h6 23.Qg4 Qc7 24.Bf4 Kh8 25.Re3 Bc5 26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.cxd4 Bc6 28.Qh5 
Re7 29.Rg3 Nh7 30.Qg6 Nf8 31.Qg4 Nh7 32.h5 Rf8 33.Qg6 {Source: Ian
Wells scorebook (contributed by Sean Parker)} 1-0

[Event "North West Zonal, British Championship "]
[Site "Atherton"]
[Date "1979.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taylor, Robert K"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1979.05.19"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 f5 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Na4 O-O 13.Nc5 e5 14.d5 Qd6
15.b4 cxd5 16.Qe2 f4 17.Rfd1 f3 18.Qf1 Bf5 19.Nb7 Qg6 {Source: Robert
K Taylor, contributed 25 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Geneva op"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "1979.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.06.01"]
[Annotator "John Nunn"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Player No.6, 1979B"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 b6 ( 6...Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4
8.cxd4 Qb6 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O $2 ( 10...Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nf3 $13 ) 
11.Nf1 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ng3 {Nunn-Short, Aaronson Masters, London
1978} ) 7.Bb5 $1 Be7 ( 7...Ba6 8.a4 Bxb5 9.axb5 a5 10.O-O Be7 11.c4 O-O 
12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qb3 c4 14.Qe3 Re8 15.b3 cxb3 16.Qxb3 $16 {Nunn-Sowray, 
Oxford
1978} ) 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Na6 $2 ( 9...Ba6 10.a4 Bxb5 11.axb5 c4 12.b3 cxb3 
13.Qxb3 Qc7 14.Ba3 Re8 15.c4 $16 {Nunn-Moberly, England 1973} ) 10.Nf1 Nc7
11.Bd3 $16 Ba6 12.Bb1 Re8 ( 12...Bxf1 13.Qc2 g6 14.Kxf1 {& Qd2-h6} ) 13.
Ng3 Nf8 14.Qd2 {(/\Qf4)} 14...Ng6 15.Nh5 Bf8 ( 15...-- 16.Nxg7 Kxg7 17.
Qh6+ Kg8 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 $18 ) 16.Qe3 ( 16.Ng5 f6 ) 16...Nb5 17.Ng5 {
/\Qh3+-} 17...Be7 $1 18.h4 {/\Qg3+-} 18...Bxg5 19.hxg5 cxd4 20.cxd4 Re7 $1
21.Bd2 ( 21.Nf6+ gxf6 22.gxf6 Rd7 {/\Qf8} ) 21...Rc8 22.Bb4 $2 ( 22.a4 $1 
Nc7 23.Bb4 $18 ) 22...Rd7 23.a4 Nc7 $2 ( 23...Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Qxg5 25.Ng3 Rc4
26.Qd2 Qg4 {/\Rxa4+/-/+-} ) 24.f4 Bc4 25.g4 a5 26.Bd2 Ne8 27.f5 Nf8 28.Ra3
Ba6 29.Nf6+ $5 ( 29.Kf2 $1 {/\Rh1, Qh3+-} ) 29...gxf6 30.gxf6 Rc4 $1 ( 
30...Nxf6 $2 31.Qg5+ ) ( 30...Rdc7 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Qh6 Kg8 33.Rh3 Rc2 34.
fxe6 fxe6 35.f7+ Kxf7 36.Rf1+ $18 ) 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Qh6 $2 ( 32.Qh4 $1 Rxd4
33.Bh6 exf5 34.Bxf5 Ng6 35.Bxg6 fxg6 36.f7 Rxg4+ 37.Qxg4 Rxf7 38.e6 $18 ) 
32...Kg8 33.Rg3 ( 33.Qg5+ $1 ) 33...Rxd4 34.g5 Rxd2 $2 ( 34...Re4 $1 35.
fxe6 $1 fxe6 36.Rxe4 dxe4 37.Bxe4 ( 37.g6 $2 hxg6 38.Rxg6+ Nxg6 39.Qxg6+ 
Rg7 $1 40.f7+ Kf8 41.Bh6 Qd1+ $19 ) 37...Rxd2 $2 ( 37...Ng7 $1 38.Rh3 $1 
Nf5 39.Bxf5 exf5 40.e6 Nxe6 41.g6 Qf8 42.f7+ Rxf7 43.gxf7+ Qxf7 44.Rg3+ 
Kh8 45.Bc3+ $18 ) 38.Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 39.f7+ Kxf7 40.g6+ Ke7 41.Qxh7+ $18 ) 
35.g6 $18 fxg6 36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Bxg6 Ng7 38.Bf7+ $1 Kxf7 39.Rxg7+ {Source: 
The New Chess Player, No.6, 1979B/353 
(notes by Nunn)} 1-0

[Event "Geneva op"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "1979.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Villanyi, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1979.06.01"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Nb5 
Qb8 9.a3 Be7 10.O-O d6 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Be3 b6 13.f3 Bb7 14.b4 Rd8 15.Qb3 a6 
16.Nd4 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Rad1 Qb7 20.a4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Bf8 22.
b5 Rxd1 23.Qxd1 axb5 24.axb5 Be8 25.Qe2 Rc8 26.Bd4 Nd7 27.Bd5 Qb8 28.Ne4 
Nc5 29.Re1 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qd6 31.Qf5 Qd7 32.Bxf7+ Kh8 33.Be6 Qe7 34.Qe5 Rd8 
35.Bxb6 Rd2 36.Be3 Rc2 37.Bg5 Qb4 38.Bd5 Bd7 39.Rd1 Qxb5 40.Qf4 {Source: 
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p162} 
1-0

[Event "Geneva op"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "1979.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Preissmann, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C63"]
[EventDate "1979.06.01"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O c5 13.f4 Nd7 14.Qh5+ g6 15.
Qg4 exf4 16.Bxf4 O-O 17.Qe6+ Kg7 18.Nd5 Bh4 19.Nxc7 Qxc7 20.Bxd6 Qd8 21.
Bxf8+ Nxf8 22.Qf7+ Kh8 23.Rad1 Qe7 24.Qd5 Ra7 25.Qd8 Kg7 26.Rxf8 Qxe4 27.
Rg8+ Kh6 28.Qf8+ Kh5 29.g4+ Kg5 30.Qxc5+ Kf4 31.Qxa7 {Sources: Source:
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p164; 
The
Guardian, 30 June 1979} 1-0

[Event "National Club sf Atherton-Brighton"]
[Site "Sutton Coldfield"]
[Date "1979.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Holloway, Nigel John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1979.06.10"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atherton"]
[BlackTeam "Brighton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.O-O g6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.d3 
Bg7 9.Nd5 O-O 10.Bd2 Nbc6 11.a3 f5 12.b4 b6 13.b5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.f3 
Nxd5 16.exd5 Rae8 17.Re1 Be5 18.a4 Qd8 19.f4 Bf6 20.a5 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 Re8 
22.Qd1 Qd7 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra6 Bd8 25.Be1 Qe7 26.Bf2 h6 27.h3 Qf7 28.Ra8 
g5 29.Qf3 Kg7 30.Qg3 $2 g4 $1 31.Ra1 h5 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Re1 Rh8 34.Kf1 Qa7
35.Kg1 Qa2 36.Rf1 Bh4 37.Qxh4 Rxh4 38.Bxh4 Qd2 39.Re1 Qxd3 40.Be7 Qxc4 41.
Bxd6 Qxd5 42.Bc7 d3 43.Be5+ Kf7 44.Kf2 c4 45.Bc3 d2 46.Rd1 g3+ 47.Kg1 Qd3 
{Source: N J Holloway. Contributed by Brian Denman, 26 May 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Wch U16-ch05"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1979.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1979.07.08"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e5 
Ne8 9.c3 d3 10.Qxd3 d6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bf4 c5 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.
Rad1 Qc6 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Bg4 18.f3 Bf5 19.Nb3 Bc2 20.e6 fxe6 21.Na5 
Qb6 22.Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.Nxe6 Bxd1 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Rxd1 Rb8 26.b3 Nf6 27.g4 
Rb5 28.g5 Rxa5 29.gxf6 d4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.fxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxd4 Rxa2 33.Rd7+ 
Kg6 34.Rxc7 a5 35.Rc5 a4 36.bxa4 Rxa4 37.Kg2 Rb4 38.Kg3 Ra4 39.h4 Rb4 40.
Re5 Ra4 41.Re4 Ra1 42.Kg4 Rg1+ 43.Kf4 Ra1 44.Re6+ Kf7 45.Rh6 Ra4+ 46.Kg5 
Ra5+ 47.Kg4 Kg7 48.Rd6 Rb5 49.h5 h6 50.f4 Ra5 51.Rd7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Rb5 53.
Re5 Rb6 54.Kf5 Kf7 55.Rc5 Rf6+ 56.Ke5 Re6+ 57.Kf5 Rf6+ 58.Kg4 Ra6 59.Rc7+ 
Kg8 60.Kf5 Ra5+ 61.Ke6 Ra6+ 62.Kd5 Ra5+ 63.Rc5 Ra6 64.Rc6 Ra5+ 65.Ke6 Rxh5
66.f5 Rh1 67.Rc8+ Kh7 68.f6 Re1+ 69.Kf7 Ra1 70.Ke8 Kg6 71.f7 Re1+ 72.Kf8 
Rf1 73.Rc6+ Kh5 74.Ke7 Kg5 75.f8=Q Rxf8 76.Kxf8 h5 77.Kf7 h4 78.Ke6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16-ch05"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1979.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.07.08"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qa5 8.dxc5 
Qxc5 9.Bd3 b5 10.Qe2 b4 11.Be3 Qa5 12.c4 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.
e6 b3+ 16.Kd1 f6 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Qh5+ g6 19.Bxg6+ Ke7 20.Bd3 bxa2 21.Qf7+ 
Kd6 22.Ngf3 Rxb2 23.e7 Qc3 24.Bc4 Rxd2+ {Source: Birmingham Daily Post
- Saturday 06 October 1979 (Peter Gibbs column)} 0-1

[Event "Wch U16-ch05"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1979.07.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1979.07.08"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bd3 Nb4 7.Be2 c5 8.c3 Nc6 
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nb3 a5 12.a4 Be7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rc1 Nb4 15.Nfd2 
Qd8 16.f4 f5 17.Nf3 b6 18.Bd2 Nb8 19.Bb5 Bd7 20.Qe2 N8c6 21.Bxb4 Nxb4 22.
Ne1 Rc8 23.Nf3 Nc6 24.Nbd2 Na7 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Qa6 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Nb1 Bb4 30.Kf2 h6 31.h4 Kf7 32.h5 Qc6 33.Nc3 Bxc3 34.bxc3 
Qxc3 35.Qb7+ Ne7 36.Qxb6 Qc2+ 37.Kg3 Qxa4 38.Nh4 Qb4 39.Qa7 Qe1+ 40.Kh3 
Qh1+ 41.Kg3 Qe1+ 42.Kh3 Qe3+ 43.Nf3 Qxf4 44.Qxa5 Qg4+ 45.Kh2 Qxh5+ 46.Kg3 
g5 47.Qd8 f4+ 48.Kf2 g4 49.Ne1 g3+ 50.Kf1 Qd1 51.Qh8 Qd2 52.Qh7+ Ke8 53.
Nd3 Qd1+ 54.Ne1 Qxd4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David
Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p186} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan Templeton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nd5 8.Bd2 
Nd7 9.f4 N7b6 10.Bb3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.c4 Nc7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Ne6 17.Qe3 Qd4 18.Qxd4 Nxd4 19.Be3 O-O-O 20.O-O-O c5 21.
Rhe1 b6 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 cxd4 24.Kc2 f6 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Kd3 Rd8 27.Bd1
g5 28.f5 Kc7 29.Bf3 a5 30.a3 Rd7 31.g4 h6 32.b3 Bg7 33.Re6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qa5 8.Be3 b5 
9.a3 c4 10.Ne2 Qc7 11.g3 Nb6 12.h4 a5 13.Bg2 h5 14.O-O Bd7 15.f5 exf5 16.
Ng5 Be6 17.Nf4 Qd7 18.Bf3 Nd8 19.Bxh5 g6 20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bxg6+ Nf7 22.Nxe6
Qxe6 23.Bxf5 Qc6 24.Qg4 Nh6 25.Bg6+ Kd8 26.Rxf8+ Kc7 ( 26...Rxf8 27.Bxh6 )
27.Bxh6 Raxf8 28.Bxf8 Rxf8 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Na4 31.e6 Nxb2 32.e7 Nd1 
33.Qf4+ {Source: BCM, October 1979, p436} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Quigley, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.d3 a6 8.Bc4 b5 
9.Bb3 O-O 10.Be3 d6 11.a3 h6 12.h3 Kh7 13.d4 c4 14.Bc2 Bb7 15.dxe5 dxe5 
16.Nbd2 Qc7 17.a4 Nd8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.Qa1 Ne6 21.b4 cxb3 22.
Bxb3 Nc5 23.Bc2 f5 24.Qa3 Ne6 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Rd1 Kh8 27.Nh4 Kg8 28.Nxf5 
Nxf5 29.Bxf5 Bd5 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Qc6 32.Qd6 Rc8 33.Rd5 Qxd6 34.Rxd6 
Nf4 35.Bd2 Rc4 36.f3 Ra4 37.Rb6 Ra5 38.Rb7 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 f5 8.d5 
exd5 9.Qxd5 Ne7 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bg5 Be6 12.O-O-O+ Kc8 13.Rhe1 a6 14.Bf1 
Ng6 15.f3 Rf8 16.Bd2 b6 17.fxe4 f4 18.Nd5 Kb7 19.Bc3 Nge5 20.h4 Rf7 21.Be2
Raf8 22.Nb4 b5 23.Nxc6 Nxc6 24.e5 Kb6 25.Bf3 a5 26.Re4 Rd8 27.a4 Rxd1+ 28.
Kxd1 Bd5 29.e6 Re7 30.Re1 Bxf3+ 31.gxf3 bxa4 32.Re4 g6 33.Bf6 Re8 34.Bg5 
Kb7 35.Bxf4 Nd8 36.e7 Nc6 37.Bg5 Kc8 38.Rxa4 Nxe7 39.Rxa5 Nc6 40.Ra8+ Nb8 
41.Kd2 Kb7 42.Ra3 Nc6 43.Rb3+ Kc8 44.Re3 Rf8 45.c4 Nd4 46.f4 Nf5 47.Re6 h6
48.Bf6 Kd7 49.Ra6 Nd6 50.Bg7 Rxf4 51.c5 Nf5 52.Be5 Rc4 53.b4 Nxh4 54.Kd3 
Rxb4 55.c6+ Ke6 56.Bxc7 Nf5 57.Bh2 Rd4+ 58.Kc3 Rd1 59.c7+ Kd7 60.Rxg6 Rc1+
61.Kd3 Rxc7 62.Bxc7 Kxc7 63.Ke4 Ne7 64.Rxh6 Kd7 65.Ke5 Nc6+ 66.Kd5 Ne7+ 
67.Kc5 Nf5 68.Rg6 Ne7 69.Rf6 Ng8 70.Kd5 Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 Ne5 6.d3 Qd7 7.O-O e6 8.Be3 
Nf6 9.h3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.b3 Qc7 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qb8 16.Qg3 Rfe8 17.Nb5 e5 18.Bxa7 Qa8 19.Qd3 b6 20.Bxb6 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 
Nxe4 22.Nc7 Rf8 23.Nd5 Bg5 24.Rc2 f5 25.Rd1 Bd8 26.f3 Ng3 27.Bf2 f4 28.
Bxg3 fxg3 29.Re2 h5 30.Kf1 g5 31.Re4 Ra8 32.a4 Kf7 33.Nc3 Ke6 34.Ne2 h4 
35.Nd4+ Ke7 36.c5 Kf6 37.Nc6 dxc5 38.Nxe5 Kg7 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Nd3 Rc8 41.
Rd5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.c3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Ne2 e5 7.O-O Qe7 8.f3 b6 9.
Be3 c5 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.d5 Nbd7 12.c4 Ne8 13.Nc3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Kh8 
16.Qc2 e4 17.Rae1 Nc7 18.g4 Nf6 19.gxf5 Ng4 20.Nd1 Qh4 21.h3 Nxe3 22.Nxe3 
Rg8 23.Nxe4 Bd4 24.Kh1 Raf8 25.Qf2 Qh6 26.Qf3 Ne8 27.Ng4 Qh4 28.Ng5 Bc8 
29.Ne6 Rxf5 30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Qd1 Nf6 32.Qxd4 Rxg4 33.Re8+ Rg8 34.Re7 Rh5 
35.Rf3 Bxh3 36.Kg1 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short 
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p169} ( 36.Kg1 Rxg2+ 37.Kf1 Rc2+ 38.Kg1 Qg4+ 39.Kh1
Qg2# ) ( 36.Rxh3 Qxh3+ 37.Bxh3 Rxh3# ) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Botterill, George Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[Annotator "George Botterill"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e5 
Nd5 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 ( 9...Nb6 $5 10.Bb3 d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qh5 $1
$14 ) 10.Qxd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 d5 12.exd6 Bxd6 ( 12...Qxd6 13.Qe4 $16 ) 13.Bf4 
Qh4 14.g3 Qg4 15.h3 Qd7 ( 15...Qf3 $5 16.Re3 $1 Qc6 17.Rc3 $1 $16 ) 16.
Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qxd6 cxd6 18.Kh2 $6 ( 18.Re7 $1 $16 ) 18...Be6 19.Nd2 a5 20.
f4 $6 d5 21.a3 Nc4 22.Nxc4 dxc4 23.Ba4 Ra6 $2 ( 23...Rad8 24.Rad1 h5 $1 
$15 ) 24.Bb5 Rd6 25.Rad1 Rxd1 ( 25...Rfd8 $4 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.f5 $18 ) 26.
Rxd1 g6 $11 27.c3 Rc8 28.a4 Kf8 29.g4 Ke7 30.Kg3 h5 31.Rd4 {Source: The 
New Chess
Player No.7, 1979C/307 (notes by Botterill)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Qe7+ 9.Ne2 Bd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bf4 O-O-O 12.c4 Be6 13.c5 g5 14.Bd2 Ne4 
15.Rb1 f5 16.f3 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 f4 18.Bb5 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Qc3 Rde8 21.Qb3 
Re3 22.Bd3 Nd8 23.c4 Bf5 24.Bxf5+ Qxf5 25.Qa2 Rhe8 26.Rb2 g4 27.Rf1 gxf3 
28.gxf3 Rg8+ 29.Kh1 Qh3 30.Rf2 Rxf3 31.Ng1 ( 31.Nxf4 Qf1+ ) 31...Re3 32.
Rg2 Qe6 33.Rxg8 Qxg8 34.cxd5 f3 35.d6 Qg5 36.d7+ Kxd7 37.Qb1 Ne6 38.Qh7+ 
Kc6 39.Qf7 Nxd4 40.Qc4 Qxc5 41.Qa4+ b5 42.Qd1 Qd5 43.Rf2 Re2 44.Qc1+ Kb7 
45.Nxe2 fxe2+ 46.Rg2 Nc2 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David
Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p173; BCM, October 1979, p444} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.dxc5 Nxe5 7.Nd4 Bd7 8.Be2 e6 
9.b4 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.f4 Ng6 14.Qe1 b6 15.N4b3 Ba4 
16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Qf2 Bxb3 18.axb3 Rab8 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Bb5 Bd6 
22.g3 Re7 23.Nf3 Nc5 24.Qc2 Ne4 25.Qd3 e5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Bxe5 28.c4 
Bxd4+ 29.Qxd4 Rc8 30.Kg2 h5 31.cxd5 Qxc1 32.Rxc1 Rxc1 33.Bd3 Re1 34.d6 
Nxd6 35.Qxd6 R1e6 36.Qd5 g6 37.b5 Ra7 38.b4 Kg7 39.Bc4 Rf6 40.Qe5 {
Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 
1981),
p176; BCM, October 1979, p446} 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bd3 f6 7.Ng5 Ndxe5 8.dxe5 
fxg5 9.Qh5+ Kd7 10.Nf3 g6 11.Qg4 Be7 12.Nxg5 Qg8 13.Qa4 h6 14.Nf3 Kd8 15.
Bd2 g5 16.h3 Qg7 17.O-O-O Rf8 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Bb5 a6 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Qb3 
Kc8 22.Be3 a5 23.a3 Ra6 24.Kb1 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch66"]
[Site "Chester"]
[Date "1979.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e5 
Ne8 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 d6 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 h6 
15.Bh4 Rb8 16.Rad1 Rb4 17.Qa5 Bg4 18.Rxd6 Qxd6 19.Bg3 {Source: BCM,
October 1979, p449} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chorley Invitation"]
[Site "Chorley"]
[Date "1979.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jackson, Oliver A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1979.08.25"]
[Annotator "Oliver Jackson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Oliver Jackson"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O ( 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Rc1 e6 14.f4 d5
15.cxd5 exd5 16.e5 Ne8 17.Na4 Qe7 $2 ( 17...b6 18.Qd2 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Rxc1 
20.Rxc1 Nc7 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Qd2 d4 23.Bf2 Bh6 24.g3 Nxf4 $5 25.gxf4 Qxh3 26.
Nb2 Qg4+ 27.Kf1 Bxf4 {With good chances} ) 18.Qd2 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 b6 20.Rxc8 
Rxc8 21.Qxd5 Rd8 22.Qc4 Qd7 23.Nc3 Qd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Nd1 Nc7 26.Kf2 f6 
27.Ke2 Rd7 28.exf6 Bxf6 29.Nf2 Re7 30.Rd1 Nb5 31.Kf3 Kf7 32.Rd3 Nc3 33.a4 
Ke6 34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.Kxe4 Rc7 36.g4 Rg7 37.f5+ gxf5+ 38.gxf5+ Ke7 39.Bf4 Rg2
40.Bd6+ Kf7 41.Bb8 Re2+ 42.Kd5 Re7 43.Kc6 Be5 44.Bxe5 Rxe5 45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.
Rxa7 h5 47.Kxb6 Re3 48.b4 Rxh3 49.a5 Kxf5 50.a6 Ra3 51.Rh7 {1-0 (51) 
Short,N (2050)-Jackson,O (2220) Manchester 1978} ) 5...Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 
g5 $5 {This is a typical pawn sacrifice which gives good attacking
chances. Ideal against this young "kid" who probably wasn't that good at
defending} 8.Nxg5 Rg8 9.f4 $6 {Presumably White wants to be able to guard 
g2
laterally with Qe2 but this is weakening} ( 9.d4 $1 h6 10.Nf3 Qg4 11.g3 
cxd4 12.cxd4 Nxe4 $4 13.d5 $18 ) 9...h6 10.Nf3 Qg4 11.Qe2 ( 11.g3 Qxf4 $11
) 11...Nxe4 12.d3 Nf6 13.Nfd2 Qg6 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.a3 e5 16.b4 exf4 17.bxc5
d5 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.Qf2 f3 20.g3 Ne5 21.Re3 d4 22.cxd4 Rxd4 23.Nd2 Rxd3 24.
Ne4 $2 {Missing the tactics based on the loose Rook on a1} ( 24.Bb2 Qg5 
25.Rxe5 Qxd2 26.Qxd2 Rxd2 27.Bc3 Rd3 28.Bb4 $17 ) 24...Rd1+ 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 
26.Qxe1 f2+ 27.Qxf2 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Qxa1 $2 {Not thinking that White may have 
some
chances - i expected him to resign as I'm a Rook up and we've both got 
pieces
en prise. If I'd looked a little closer I would have played the following 
line
which wins trivially} ( 28...Nh4+ $1 29.Kf1 ( 29.Kh3 $4 Qe6+ $19 ) 29...
Qxa1 {Now we've still got a piece each en prise but I'm taking with CHECK 
so there's
no time for White to create counterplay and he resigns immediately a Rook 
down} 30.Qe3 Nf5 31.Qf4 Nd4 32.Qe3 Nb3 33.Qxb3 Qxc1+ $19 ) 29.Qxf3 Qxc1 {
I
planned to give back my Bishop and win with Rook against Knight} 30.Qf5+ 
Kd8 31.Qd5+ Kc8 ( 31...Ke8 32.Nf6+ Ke7 33.Qd6# ) 32.Qf5+ Kb8 33.Qe5+ Bd6 
34.Nxd6 ( 34.cxd6 Rd8 35.Qe7 Qc2+ 36.Kf3 Qc8 37.Nc5 Qc6+ 38.Ne4 Qd7 $19 ) 
34...Qd2+ 35.Kh3 Qg5 $4 ( 35...Ka8 36.Qe4 Rb8 37.a4 h5 38.a5 a6 39.Qf3 h4 
40.gxh4 Qd4 41.Qxf7 Qxc5 42.Ne4 Qxa5 $19 ) 36.Qe4 {I completely overlooked
this
move which wins outright. I was utterley distraught that I'd lost the 
game
TWICE. Firstly when winning a Rook but overlooking a zwishenzug and 
secondly
by blundering into a mate when still in a winning position} 36...Kc7 37.
Qxb7+ {Source: "Forever a 180" by Oliver Jackson (self-published) via 
Nigel Short. (n.
b. Oliver Jackson has down as round 4, 28 August 1977, but I think it is
likely to be from the Chorley Invitation (25-31 August 1979) reported 
briefly
in CHESS, September 1979, Vol.44/823-4, p336: 1 J Horner 7½/9; 2-4 V 
Knox, J
Littlewood, N Short 6½, no other scores given)} 1-0

[Event "Chorley Invitation"]
[Site "Chorley"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1979.08.25"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3
Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 h6 10.Bd2 g6 11.O-O Bg7 {Source: John Littlewood via Keith
Brown. (Undated! No year, no nothing. Not 1977 because Littlewood was
otherwise engaged in a round-robin - so I'm going to go for the Chorley
Invitation event of 25-31 August 1979 - JS)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benedictine International 2nd"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1979.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Qe2 Nd7 8.Be3 Nb6
9.Bb3 Na5 10.O-O c6 11.Rae1 a6 12.Nd1 Nxb3 13.axb3 a5 14.c4 Nd7 15.Nc3 b5 
16.d5 b4 17.Na4 c5 18.Bf4 f6 19.Bg3 Qc7 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.f4 Rae8 22.Rf3 e5 
23.f5 Bc8 24.Nf1 Rf7 25.Ne3 Nf8 26.Ref1 Qd8 27.R1f2 g5 28.Rf1 Ree7 29.Be1 
Rb7 30.h4 gxh4 31.Bxh4 Bd7 32.Rg3 Be8 33.Rff3 Rfc7 34.Rf2 Kh8 35.Rh3 Qe7 
36.Qf1 Bf7 37.Kh1 Rc8 38.Qg1 Nd7 39.Qh2 Bg8 40.Rff3 Rf8 41.g4 Rf7 42.Kg2 
Qf8 43.Bg3 Qe7 44.Kf1 Nf8 45.Ke2 Qe8 46.Kd3 h6 47.g5 fxg5 48.Rxh6+ Bxh6 
49.Qxh6+ Nh7 50.Qxd6 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p180} 1-0

[Event "Benedictine International 2nd"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1979.09.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 f6 8.exf6 
Bxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Qe7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Qf7 13.Ba3 Re8 14.b5 Nd8 15.Qc2 
g6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Be7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.c4 c6 20.Nf3 Bd7 21.bxa6 bxa6 
22.Rab1 a5 23.Rb6 Bc8 24.Reb1 Rb7 25.Qc3 Rxb6 26.Rxb6 Qa7 27.c5 Qc7 28.Nd2
Nf7 29.f4 g5 30.Nf3 gxf4 31.Qd4 Rb8 32.Rxb8 Qxb8 33.Qxf4 Qa7 34.Qg4+ Kf8 
35.Qd4 Kg8 36.h4 Kh8 37.Kh2 Qe7 38.g4 Kg8 39.Kg3 Qa7 40.g5 Nh8 41.Nh2 Ba6 
42.Bc2 Be2 43.Ng4 Bxg4 44.Qxg4 Qe7 45.Qh5 Qd7 46.Qh6 Qf7 47.h5 Qd7 48.Qf6 
Nf7 49.h6 Nh8 50.Bd1 Ng6 51.Bg4 {(sealed)} 51...Nf8 52.g6 hxg6 53.h7+ Qxh7
54.Bxe6+ Nxe6 55.Qxe6+ Qf7 56.Qxc6 g5 57.Qf6 Qh5 58.Qd8+ Kg7 59.Qd7+ Kf8 
60.Qxd5 Qh4+ 61.Kg2 g4 62.Qd3 Qh5 63.Qe3 Qg6 64.Kg3 Ke8 65.Qe2 Qh5 66.Kf4 
Ke7 67.Qxg4 Qh2+ 68.Ke4 Qh1+ 69.Kd4 Qc6 70.Qh4+ Ke8 71.Qh8+ Kd7 72.Qg7+ 
Ke8 73.Qg8+ Ke7 74.Qc4 Qd7+ 75.Kc3 Qd1 76.Qh4+ Ke8 77.Qd4 Qa1+ 78.Kd3 Qb1+
79.Kd2 Qa2+ 80.Ke3 Qe6 81.Qd6 Qb3+ 82.Kd4 Qd1+ 83.Kc4 Qxa4+ 84.Kd5 Qc2 85.
Kc6 Qc4 86.Kc7 Qf7+ 87.Kb8 a4 88.c6 Qb3+ 89.Kc8 a3 90.e6 {Source: Chandler
scoresheet} 1-0

[Event "WchT U16 qual Gr4 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Norgaard, J."]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.10.14"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.O-O 
c5 9.c3 b5 10.f4 g6 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.b3 c4 13.b4 Nb8 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Qd2 h5 16.
g3 a5 17.a3 Ra7 18.Ra2 Be7 19.h3 Kd7 20.Rfa1 Qc7 21.Kg2 Rha8 22.Bf2 Na4 
23.Be1 Qb7 24.Qc2 Ra6 25.Nc1 R8a7 26.Qb1 Qa8 27.Kh2 Kc7 28.Kg2 Kb6 29.Bd2 
Qf8 30.Ne2 axb4 31.axb4 Nxc3 32.Rxa6+ Rxa6 33.Rxa6+ Kxa6 34.Bxc3 Nxb4 35.
Qa1+ Kb6 36.Bxb4 Bxb4 37.Nc3 Ba5 38.Nd2 Qb4 39.Ndb1 Qb3 40.Qa2 Qxa2+ 41.
Nxa2 b4 42.Kf2 Kb5 43.Ke3 Ka4 44.Nc1 b3 45.Ne2 Be1 46.Nec3+ Kb4 47.Ne2 b2 
48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 Kb3 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy'
by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p186} 0-1

[Event "WchT U16 qual Gr4 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventDate "1979.10.14"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.a3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 c6 
9.b4 Ne8 10.Ne2 f5 11.c3 Ndf6 12.Ne1 Be6 13.Nc2 Nh5 14.f3 Rc8 15.Bh3 Rc7 
16.Be3 Rcf7 17.a4 a6 18.b5 Qd7 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Qd2 fxe4 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.
fxe4 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Qa2 25.Qc1 Qxa4 26.Qb2 Nhf6 27.c4 c5 28.
Nc3 Qd7 29.Qb8 h5 30.Bg5 Ng4 31.Nd5 Qf7+ 32.Ke2 Nxh2 33.Be7 Kh7 34.Kd2 
Nf1+ 35.Kc3 Nxg3 36.Nce3 Ne2+ 37.Kb3 Nd4+ 38.Ka4 Qf2 39.Ka3 Qe1 40.Ka2 
Qd2+ 41.Ka1 Qc1+ 42.Ka2 Qd2+ 43.Ka1 Qa5+ 44.Kb2 Qa4 45.Bg5 Nf3 46.Be7 Qd7 
47.Ng2 Nd4 48.Nge3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "WchT U16 qual Gr4 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1979.10.14"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.g4 Bg6 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Nf1 a6 13.Ba4 Nb6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.b4 
1-0

[Event "WchT U16 semi-final A2 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C64"]
[EventDate "1979.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.O-O
Qh4 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.fxe4 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Rxf8+ Kxf8 14.Qf1+ Kg8
15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Bf4 Qc5+ 17.Nd4 Nxe5 18.b4 Qe7 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Re8 21.
Bg3 Nf7 22.Re1 Qd7 23.Bxc7 Rf8 24.Bg3 Nh6 25.Qc4+ Qd5 26.Qxd5+ cxd5 27.Bf2
b6 28.b5 Rxf5 29.a4 Kf8 30.Bg3 d4 31.cxd4 a6 32.Rb1 axb5 33.axb5 Ke8 34.
Bc7 Rf6 35.Be5 Rf7 36.Rc1 Ng4 37.Rc8+ Kd7 38.Rc7+ Ke8 39.Rxf7 Kxf7 40.Bc7 
{Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber &
Faber, 1981), p196} 1-0

[Event "WchT U16 semi-final A2 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Cardon, Helmut"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1979.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 b6 4.e4 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O d6 8.Qe2 a6
9.c4 Nd7 10.Nc3 g5 11.d5 Bg7 12.Rac1 h5 13.b4 g4 14.Nd2 Bh6 15.Rc2 h4 16.
Nb3 Ne5 17.Kh1 h3 18.g3 c6 19.Na4 b5 20.Nb6 bxc4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 cxd5
23.exd5 Rc8 24.Kg1 Qf3 25.Qxf3 gxf3 26.Nd4 Bg7 27.Nc6 Kd7 28.b5 exd5 29.
Bxd5 axb5 30.Rfc1 Bh6 31.Be4 Rxc6 32.Bxc6+ Bxc6 33.Rd1 Ra8 34.Rb2 Bg7 35.
Rbd2 Be5 36.Rb1 Bc3 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p193; BCM, December 1979, p602} 0-1

[Event "WchT U16 semi-final A2 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Graf, Jurgen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1979.10.17"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "West Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9.Nc3 Bc6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 e5 12.Qb4 Qd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd2 Qb5
15.Qe4 Qxb2 16.Rab1 Qxa2 17.Rxb7 Bg7 18.Nc4 O-O 19.Nxd6 Rab8 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 
21.c4 Bf8 22.Qg4+ {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p191; BCM, December 1979, p602} 1-0

[Event "WchT U16 final 1st"]
[Site "Viborg "]
[Date "1979.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1979.10.20"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4
Nbd7 9.h3 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.O-O Nfd5 12.Ne5 c6 13.Re1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 c5 8.O-O 
e5 9.Ng3 Re8 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.Ne4 cxd4 12.exd4 exd4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 
15.Nxd6 Re6 16.c5 Qa5 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Qc4 Qa4 19.Qd5 f5 20.Bc4 Nb5 21.Bxb5
Bxb5 22.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.
d4 Nd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.c4 a4 12.Bc2 Bc7 13.Bd2 Be6 14.b3 Qd7 15.Bc3
Rfe8 16.Ng3 axb3 17.axb3 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Nc8 20.Qd3 f5 21.g4 Ne7
22.Bb4 g6 23.Bc3 f6 24.g5 fxg5 25.d5 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Qe3 f4 28.Qb6 c5
29.Re1 Qc6 30.Qxc6 bxc6 31.Bf6 g4 32.Bg5 f3 33.gxf3 gxf3 34.Re3 Bf7 35.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 36.Be7 Bf7 37.Bxc5 Bd5 38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Bd4+ Kg5 41.b4 
h5 42.Be3+ Kf6 43.Kh4 Bf7 44.Bd4+ Ke7 45.Be4 Be8 46.Bxf3 Kd6 47.Kg5 Ke6 
48.Be4 Kd6 49.f4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p200} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.e3 Nh6 7.Nge2 Nf5 8.Rb1 a5 
9.b3 h5 10.h3 e5 11.Bb2 h4 12.g4 Nfe7 13.d4 cxd4 14.exd4 O-O 15.d5 Nb8 16.
b4 f5 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Rg1 Na6 19.Ba1 axb4 20.axb4 Rf6 21.f4 Ng6 22.Bf3 Kh7
23.Bh5 Bh6 24.Bxg6+ Rxg6 25.Rxg6 Kxg6 26.fxe5 dxe5 27.d6 Be6 28.b5 Nc5 29.
Nd5 Ra3 30.Bc3 Qg5 31.Ra1 Qg2 32.Rxa3 Qh1+ 33.Ng1 Qxg1+ 34.Ke2 Qg2+ 35.Ke1
Qg3+ 36.Ke2 Ne4 37.Qd3 Qg2+ 38.Ke1 Bxd5 39.cxd5 Qg1+ 40.Qf1 Qe3+ {Source: 
'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber,
1981), p202} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1979.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 e6 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.c3 Bd7 8.h4 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Nf5 10.a3 h5 11.g3 Qb6 12.Bh3 Na5 13.b4 Nc4 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Nf4 Be6
16.O-O Be7 17.Nd3 a5 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.Rb1 Qa7 21.Nxg5 b6 22.Nf4
Kd7 23.Nxh5 Rxa3 24.Nxg7 Qa5 25.Nh5 Nd2 26.Nf6+ Ke7 27.Rc1 Nc4 28.Nh3 b5 
29.Nf4 b4 30.Rxc4 dxc4 31.d5 Qc5 32.dxe6 Rxg3+ 33.Kh2 Rd3 34.Nxd3 cxd3 35.
f4 Qc2+ 36.Qxc2 dxc2 37.Nd5+ Kxe6 38.Nxb4 Rxh4+ 39.Kg3 Rg4+ 40.Kf3 f6 41.
exf6 Rh4 42.Nxc2 Rh3+ 43.Ke2 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p207; CHESS, February 1980,
Vol.
45/831-2, p76} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.c4 Nxd4 
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Qb7+ 13.e4 O-O 14.f3 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16.Rd2 a6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Ne4 Bf8 19.Rad1 Qc6 20.Qd3 h6 21.h4 d5 
22.cxd5 Rxd5 23.Qxa6 Ra5 24.Qd3 Rxa2 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Rc2 Qb7 
28.h5 Ra5 29.Qc4 Ra8 30.Kh3 Be7 31.Qc6 Qxc6 32.Rxc6 Rb8 33.Bd4 b5 34.Kg4 
b4 35.Kf4 Bd8 36.Nc5 Nc7 37.Ke4 Nd5 38.Na6 Ra8 39.Bc5 Bb6 40.Bxb6 Rxa6 41.
Rc8+ Kh7 42.Bd4 Ra3 43.Rf8 Rxb3 44.Rxf7 Rb1 45.f4 Rh1 46.f5 Re1+ 47.Kd3 
exf5 48.e6 Kg8 49.Rxg7+ Kf8 50.Rd7 Nc3 51.Bc5+ Ke8 52.Re7+ Kd8 53.Bxb4 Rg1
54.Rd7+ Ke8 55.Bxc3 Rxg3+ 56.Kd2 Rg2+ 57.Kd1 Rg1+ 58.Ke2 Rg4 59.Rd4 Rg5 
60.Bb4 f4 61.e7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.d5 
e5 9.Ne1 Ne7 10.g3 Bh3 11.Ng2 g6 12.Qf3 h5 13.a4 Bg7 14.Re1 b6 15.Ne3 O-O 
16.g4 hxg4 17.Nxg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 f5 19.Qh3 Qb7 20.Bg5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.
f4 exf4 23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxe5 Raf8 25.Rae1 Nc8 26.Qh4 f3 27.Kf2 Qh7 28.Qxh7+ 
Kxh7 29.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Nbxd2
d6 9.Re1 e5 10.e4 f4 11.gxf4 Nh5 12.fxe5 Nf4 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.d5
Ne5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Nf1 Qh4 18.Ng3 Rf6 19.Re3 Bh3 20.Nf5 Rxf5 21.exf5 Bxg2
22.Rg3 Bh3 23.Re1 Rf8 24.Qxb7 Qh6 25.Kh1 Bxf5 26.d6 Nh5 27.Rge3 Nf6 28.f3 
e4 29.fxe4 Bc8 30.Qxa7 Ng4 31.R3e2 Qxd6 32.Qg1 Qd3 33.b3 Qf3+ 34.Qg2 Nf2+ 
35.Kg1 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Qh5 37.Re3 Rf2 38.Rxh3 Qf7 39.Rd3 h5 40.Qg3 Bg4 41.Kg1 
Rxa2 42.Rf1 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p210} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Qe2 Nd7 8.Be3 Nb6
9.Bb3 Na5 10.O-O c6 11.Rfe1 d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Bf4 e6 14.Nd1 Nbc4 15.c3 
Nxb3 16.axb3 Nd6 17.Ne3 b6 18.Ng4 f6 19.Ne3 Bb7 20.Nf1 Re8 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.
Re3 Bc6 23.Rd1 Rac8 24.g4 Ne4 25.N1d2 Qf7 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Nd2 g5 28.Bh2 f5
29.Nc4 f4 30.Rxe4 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Qd7 32.f3 b5 33.Nd2 b4 34.Nc4 Rb8 35.Qc2 
Red8 36.Re1 bxc3 37.bxc3 Qb5 38.Nd2 Rbc8 39.Nc4 Rb8 40.Nd2 Rdc8 41.Re4 Qa5
42.Nc4 Rxc4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short 
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p182 (in the notes)} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 ( {The game was not published 
in
BCM, CHESS or Informator and I have not seen the bulletin. The move order 
may
have been} 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 {- JS} ) 5...c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
O-O b5 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.h4 c4 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.h5 h6 14.Bh4 b4 15.Nh2 Be7 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17.f4 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nc7 19.a4 Nd7 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Rxb8+ Nxb8 22.Ng3
Qh4 23.Qf3 Nc6 24.f5 Ne7 25.Rb1 Kd7 26.Ng4 Nc6 27.f6 Rg8 28.fxg7 Rxg7 29.
Nf6+ Kc8 30.Nf5 exf5 31.Qxf5+ Ne6 32.Ne8 Qg4 33.Nd6+ Kd8 34.Qf6+ Ne7 35.
Nxf7+ Kc8 36.Nd6+ Kd7 37.Rb2 Qg3 38.Qxh6 Qxc3 39.Rb7+ Kc6 40.Qxe6 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C71"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.c3 
Bb7 9.cxd4 Nf6 10.f3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 c5 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Qe1 Bf8 15.Rd1
c4 16.Bc2 Nd7 17.d5 g6 18.Qg3 Qc7 19.a3 Bg7 20.f4 Nc5 21.e5 Nd3 22.Bxd3 
cxd3 23.Rxd3 dxe5 24.f5 Qc4 25.Rd2 Rad8 26.h4 a5 27.h5 Rd6 28.fxg6 fxg6 
29.h6 Bf6 30.Bg5 Bxg5 31.Qxg5 b4 32.Nd1 Rxd5 33.Ne3 Qc5 34.Rdf2 Rdd8 35.
Ng4 Rf8 36.Nf6+ Kh8 37.Ne4 Qd4 38.Qxe5+ {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p213; CHESS, February 1980,
Vol.
45/831-2, p77} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 g6 6.dxc5 Nxc3 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
bxc3 f6 9.Ba3 Kc7 10.O-O-O e5 11.Nd2 Be6 12.e3 Nd7 13.Ne4 f5 14.Nd6 Be7 
15.Bb5 Rhb8 16.Ba4 a6 17.Bxd7 Bxd7 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Nxe5 Bf6 20.Rd6 Re8 21.
Nd3 Bxc3 22.Bb4 Bxb4 23.Nxb4 a5 24.Nd5+ Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Kc6 26.Rhd1 Rac8 27.
Kb2 Re4 28.g3 Rb4+ 29.Ka3 Kb5 30.R1d4 Rb1 31.c6+ Kxc6 32.Rxa5 Kb6 33.Rad5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 Bd7 10.O-O e5 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.a3 b6 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 d5 15.Bb3 dxe4 
16.dxe4 Nh5 17.Bd5 Rac8 18.c4 Nf4 19.c5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rb8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.
Nc4 Ne6 23.Qd2 a5 24.Ra1 Ncd4 25.Qxa5 Qxc5 26.Qxc5 Nxc5 27.Nfxe5 Nde6 28.
Ra7 Be8 29.Bxc5 Nxc5 30.Nxf7 Kf8 31.Ng5 Bd7 32.Rc7 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.
Nxh7+ Ke7 35.Ng5 Ba6 36.h4 Nd3 37.Nf3 Nf4 38.Ne3 Be2 39.Ne1 Bd4 40.N1c2 
Bc5 41.Bc4 Nd3 42.g3 Kd6 43.Kg2 Ke5 44.f4+ Kf6 45.e5+ Kg7 46.Bd5 Nb2 47.
Be4 Ba6 48.g4 Nd3 49.Kg3 Bb5 50.Ng2 Nc1 51.Nce3 Ne2+ 52.Kf2 Ba7 53.g5 Nd4 
54.Kg3 Bb8 55.Ng4 Ne2+ 56.Kf3 Nd4+ 57.Kf2 Ba7 58.N2e3 Ne2 59.Kf3 Nc3 60.
Bb7 Bd3 61.Nf6 Ne2 62.Nfd5 Nd4+ 63.Kg4 Bc5 64.Bc8 Be4 65.Nc3 Bf3+ 66.Kg3 
Bc6 67.Bg4 Bb4 68.Ned5 Bc5 69.h5 gxh5 70.Bxh5 Nf5+ 71.Kh3 {(sealed) 
Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber,
1981), p218; CHESS, February 1980, Vol.45/831-2, p76 - this secured Short 
his
IM title} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O b5 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.h4 Qd7 12.h5 h6 13.Nh2 b4 14.f4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Nc4 
16.Ng4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Be7 18.Rf3 Rc8 19.Ng3 Nc7 20.f5 exf5 21.Nxf5 Ne6 22.
Kh1 Rc6 23.Qd3 Rb6 24.Rf2 Rg8 25.Rb1 Qc6 26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Rf1 Qa8 28.Qf3 
Rf8 29.Nxg7+ Nxg7 30.Bxh6 Ne6 31.Bxf8 Ng5 32.Nf6+ Kxf8 33.Qg4 Bxf6 34.exf6
Ne6 35.h6 Ke8 36.h7 Kd7 37.Qg8 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy'
by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p187 (in the notes)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1979/80 55th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1980.01.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1979.12.28"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3
Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 h6 10.Bd2 Nb6 11.O-O Bd7 12.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold vs Computer"]
[Site "Hollenstedt"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sargon (Computer)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Nc6 4.Qg4 f5 5.Qf4 Bb4+ 6.c3 Bf8 7.h4 Nh6 8.Nh3 Qe7 
9.Qg3 Nf7 10.Nf4 Bd7 11.Nh5 Nfd8 12.Be2 Rb8 13.Nd2 b5 14.Nf3 Qf7 15.Ng5 
Qe7 16.Nxh7 Bc8 17.N5f6+ gxf6 18.Nxf6+ Kf7 19.Bh5+ Rxh5 20.Qg8# {Source: 
chessgames.com} 1-0

[Event "Atherton v Sale"]
[Site "Sale"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jackson, Oliver A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Nigel Short"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qd2 Nxe4 8.Nxe4
d5 9.Bh6 dxe4 10.h4 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Nxd4 12.O-O-O e5 13.h5 Nxe2+ 14.Bxe2 Qf6 
15.hxg6 Qxg6 16.Qh4 Be6 17.Bh5 Qf5 18.Bg4 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 h6 20.Bxe6 Qxh4 21.
Rxh4 fxe6 22.Rxh6 Rxf2 23.Rxe6 Rf4 24.b3 Kf7 25.Rh6 Ke7 26.Rh7+ Rf7 27.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 28.Re1 Rg8 29.Rxe4 Ke6 30.Re2 Kf5 31.Kc1 e4 32.Kd2 Ke5 33.c3 
Rd8+ 34.Kc2 Kf4 35.Rd2 Rg8 36.Re2 e3 37.Kd3 Rd8+ 38.Kc2 Ke4 39.a3 Rf8 {
Source: Nigel Short} 0-1

[Event "Manchester Open"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jackson, Oliver A"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[Annotator "Oliver Jackson"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Oliver Jackson"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 b5 5.Qd2 d6 6.O-O-O Nd7 $2 7.h4 h5 8.e5 $6
Nb6 ( 8...dxe5 9.dxe5 Bxe5 10.Nf3 Bd6 {Best as it covers Q file} 11.Qd5 
Rb8 12.Ba7 Bb7 13.Qd4 e5 14.Re1 Ne7 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 O-O 
18.Bxb8 Nc6 19.Qxc7 Qxb8 20.Qxb8 Rxb8 21.Bd3 Ne5 22.Be4 {Should WIN} ) 9.
Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Nc4 11.Bxc4 bxc4 12.Ne2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 dxe5 14.Qb4 $1 Qd5 15.
Nc3 Qxf3 16.Qxc4 exd4 17.Nd5 $1 Rd8 18.Nxc7+ $2 ( 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 $2 ( 18...
Rxd5 $2 19.Qc6+ Kd8 20.Bxg7 {WINS} ) ( 18...Qxd5 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.Bxg7 
Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rh7 22.Be5 c6 23.Bc7 Kf8 24.Rd8+ Kg7 25.Ra8 e6 26.Rxa6 Ne7 
27.Bd6 {Winning ending} ) 19.Qxd4 {WINS a R} 19...Kf8 20.Qxh8 Rxd5 21.Rxd5
Qxd5 22.Rd1 Qa8 23.Qd4 Nf6 24.Qd8+ Qxd8 25.Rxd8+ Kg7 26.Ra8 Ne4 27.Rxa6 
Nxf2 28.Rc6 ) 18...Kf8 19.Nxa6 Nh6 20.Nb4 Nf5 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.Bxf6 exf6 23.
Qc6 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 Kg7 25.Rhe1 $4 ( 25.Nd3 Qb8 {Good chances for White} ) 
25...Qxf2 26.Nd5 Ne3 27.Nxe3 dxe3 28.Qc3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rd8 30.Rc1 e2 31.a4
Rd1 {Source: "Forever a 180" by Oliver Jackson (self-published) via Nigel 
Short} 0-1

[Event "Manchester Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[Annotator "Littlewood, John"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nbc3 d5 5.e5 f6 $1 6.Bf4 Nd7 $1 7.exf6 Ngxf6 
8.h3 O-O 9.g4 Qe8 $1 10.Bg2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.O-O h5 $3 {The best move
in the game!} 13.g5 Nh7 ( 13...Ne4 $2 14.Nxd5 $1 ) 14.Kh1 Qe7 15.Bh2 $1 {A
clever move that deserved a better fate; Nigel exploits the possible fork 
by
f4 and tempts me into the unclear line. 15...Nf3!? 16 Nf4! etc..} 15...Nf7
{A
strange-looking move, but the knight is heading via d6 to f5, given the 
chance.} 16.h4 Qb4 $1 {planning after 17 f4 Bg4! followed by ...Nd6-f5 
with a
strategically won game. This tempts Nigel into a desperate sacrifice 
which
looks more dangerous than it is.} 17.Bxd5 $6 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Qc5 $1 ( {But 
not
the obvious} 18...Qe4+ 19.f3 {when Black is in trouble.} ) 19.b4 Qc6 20.f3
Re8 21.Nef4 Bf5 22.b5 Qc4 $1 {Source: John Littlewood via Keith Brown} ( {
The game might end} 22...Qc4 23.Rc1 Rad8 {ties White up completely.} ) 0-1

[Event "County m Lancs v Yorks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Eley, Brian Ratcliffe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "1980.01.26"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Yorkshire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.Qe2 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Nf1 Be6 14.d4 Bc4 15.Bd3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Rfc8 17.Ne3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nc4 19.Nf5 d5 20.Nxe5 Nxe4 21.Qh3 Nxe5 
22.dxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxd5 Rd8 24.Nxh6+ gxh6 25.Qg4+ Qg7 26.Qxe4 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 
Rd8 28.Qb3 Bf6 29.Be3 Bxb2 30.Bxh6 Qxh6 31.Qxb2 Qd2 32.Qb1 Rc8 33.Qf1 Rc2 
34.a3 Qe2 35.g3 Qxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Kg7 37.Kg2 Rb2 38.h4 Rb3 39.g4 Kg6 40.a4 b4 
41.Rd1 Ra3 42.Rd6+ Kg7 43.Rxa6 b3 44.f3 f5 45.g5 b2 46.Rb6 Rxa4 47.Kg3 Ra2
48.Kf4 {Sources: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short
(Faber & Faber, 1981), p220 (based on an article which appeared in George
Botterill's Western Mail column, December 1980); "A History of Lancashire
Chess" by MJ Conroy (2009)} 1-0

[Event "County m Lancs-Cumbria"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.02.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1980.02.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Wells scoresheets"]
[Source "Parker, Sean"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Cumbria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Ng3 Bg6 5.h4 h6 6.h5 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7
9.d4 e5 10.c4 Nf6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bd3 e4 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.Nc3 Rd8 15.a3 Qb8 
16.Nf1 Bf5 17.Rh4 a6 18.Bb3 Be6 19.Bf4 Qa7 20.Be5 Bd6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Bxd5
Bxd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd4 24.Nfe3 Be5 25.Qg4 Rhg8 26.Qxe4 Qxb2 27.Rb1 Qa2 28.Rxb7+
Kf8 29.Qh7 Bc3+ 30.Kf1 Qa1+ 31.Ke2 Qe1+ 32.Kf3 Ne5+ 33.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Open"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1980.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shephard, Christopher CW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1980.03.07"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 
b6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 Re8 11.d4 a6 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nc4 Bb4 14.Ne3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3
Ne4 16.Be1 Ndf6 17.f3 Nd6 18.Bf2 Qd7 19.g4 Re7 20.Re1 Rf8 21.Nf1 Nfe8 22.
Ng3 g6 23.e4 f5 24.e5 f4 25.Ne2 Nc8 26.Bh4 Rg7 27.Bg5 Rgf7 28.e6 Qxe6 29.
Nxf4 Qd6 30.Ne6 Ng7 31.Nxf8 Qxf8 32.Re5 {Sources: 'Nigel Short:
Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p222; The Guardian, 
17
May 1980} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool Open"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1980.03.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1980.03.07"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Wells scoresheets"]
[Source "Parker, Sean"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nh5 8.Be3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Be2 Ng4 11.Bd4 Nf4 12.O-O Re8 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nd4 Qg5 15.
N2f3 Qh6 16.Bd3 Re5 17.Ne2 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Nxh2 19.Nxh2 Qh3+ 20.Kg1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.e3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b4 O-O 8.Bb2 c5 9.
dxc5 bxc5 10.b5 Bb7 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Ne4 13.cxd5 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 exd5 15.a4
Nf6 16.a5 Ne4 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Nd2 f5 19.Rfd1 Qd6 20.f3 Qh6 21.Nf1 Nd6 22.Be5
Rfe8 23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.a6 Ba8 25.Qxf5 Bxh2+ 26.Kf2 Qh4+ 27.g3 Bxg3+ 28.Kg2 
Be5 29.Rac1 c4 30.Rc2 Rcd8 31.Qh3 Qe7 32.Kf2 Bc7 33.e4 Bb6+ 34.Ke1 dxe4 
35.Bxc4+ Kh8 36.f4 Qb4+ 37.Ke2 Rxd1 38.Kxd1 Ba5 39.Qe3 Rd8+ 40.Kc1 Bb6 41.
Qc3 Qd6 42.Ne3 Bd4 43.Qb3 Qxf4 44.Re2 Qe5 45.Kb1 Rf8 46.Qd1 Qc5 47.Qb3 Rf3
48.Rd2 g6 49.b6 axb6 50.Qa4 Rf8 51.Nc2 Bg7 52.Qb3 Bc6 53.Rd1 Qe5 54.a7 Ba4
55.Qa3 Rc8 56.Ne3 Qa5 57.Rc1 h5 58.Bd5 Rxc1+ 59.Qxc1 Qxa7 60.Qc8+ Kh7 61.
Nf5 Be8 62.Nxg7 Qd7 63.Qxe8 Qxd5 64.Ne6 Qb3+ 65.Kc1 Qc3+ 66.Kd1 Qf6 67.
Ng5+ Qxg5 68.Qf7+ Kh8 69.Qf8+ Kh7 {Source: 'Nigel
Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p224} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qxd4
Nc5 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qg4 Kf8 11.O-O d5 12.Qd4 c6 13.Bb3 h5 14.Ne2 Bf5 15.Be3 
Nxb3 16.cxb3 c5 17.Qd1 d4 18.Bf4 g5 19.Bc1 h4 20.Re1 Qd5 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Nb1
g4 23.Bf4 h3 24.f3 Rg8 25.g3 gxf3 26.Kf2 Rg4 27.Rg1 Rxf4 28.gxf4 Bh4+ 29.
Rg3 Bxg3+ 30.hxg3 Qe4 31.Qxf3 Qc2+ 32.Qe2 d3 33.Qd2 Ke7 34.Kg1 h2+ 35.Kxh2
Rh8+ 36.Kg1 Be4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by
David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p230} 0-1

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 b6 4.d5 Bb7 5.dxe6 dxe6 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O
Nd7 9.b3 Ngf6 10.Bb2 Ke7 11.Nbd2 Bd5 12.Rfe1 Rae8 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nc6+ Bxc6 
15.Bxc6 Rc8 16.Bxd7 Kxd7 17.e4 Be7 18.Rad1 Rhe8 19.Nc4+ Kc7 20.Bxf6 gxf6 
21.exf5 exf5 22.Ne3 Bd6 23.Nxf5 Be5 24.f4 Bc3 25.Re7+ Rxe7 26.Nxe7 Bd4+ 
27.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 
Nc6 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Nf1 Qb6 13.Ng3 Be8 14.Bg5 Qc7 
15.b4 h6 16.Bd2 Bf8 17.a3 a5 18.Rab1 axb4 19.axb4 Ra3 20.b5 Nb4 21.b6 Qc8 
22.Bb5 Bxb5 23.Qxb5 Nc6 24.Be1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ra5 26.Qe2 Ra6 27.c4 Rxb6 28.
Bc3 Be7 29.Ne4 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Ra6 31.g3 Bf8 32.h4 Ra4 33.Rb1 Ra3 34.Qc2 Ne7 
35.Nd2 Nf5 36.Qb2 Qc5 37.Kg2 Qc6+ 38.Kh2 Qc5 39.Kg2 Qd6 40.Bb4 Qc6+ 41.Kh2
Bxb4 42.Qxb4 Rd3 43.Rb3 Rd7 44.Nf3 Qe4 45.Qb5 Rc7 46.c5 Kh7 47.Rc3 Ne7 48.
Qb3 Nd5 49.Rc4 Qe2 50.Rc2 Qd1 51.Nd2 f5 52.Qb2 Nf6 53.Kg2 Rd7 54.Nf3 Rd3 
55.Ne5 Rd5 56.Rc1 Qa4 57.Rc4 Qa5 58.Nf3 Qa6 59.Rb4 Rd1 60.Rb5 Ne4 61.Qe2 
Rb1 62.Rb2 Rxb2 63.Qxb2 Qc6 64.Ne5 Qxc5 65.Nd3 Qd6 66.Ne5 Qd5 67.Kg1 b5 
68.h5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B37"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 d6 7.e4 a5 8.Na4 Nf6
9.f3 Be6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.b3 f5 
16.f4 Nd7 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.Bb1 b5 19.cxb5 fxe4 20.Ncxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxc1 22.
Qxc1 a4 23.Qd2 Nxb5 24.O-O Qa8 25.Ng5 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Rc1 axb3 28.axb3
Bf6 29.g4 Rd5 30.Rc8+ Qxc8 31.Qxd5+ Kh8 32.Qxb5 Qxg4+ 33.Kf2 Qh4+ 34.Kf3 
Bxg5 35.Qxg5 Qh3+ 36.Ke4 Qe6+ 37.Kd4 Qxb3 38.Qxe7 Qd1+ 39.Kc4 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.Nf3 Qd7 5.c4 Ne7 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Be2 Nbc6 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Na5 10.Bb5 Bc6 11.Bd3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Ne4 Bb4 14.Rc1 Bb5 15.Bxb4 
Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxb4 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Qg5 Kf8 19.Nc3 Rc8 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Rc3 h6 
22.Qc1 c6 23.b4 Nb7 24.Qa3 Ra8 25.Rxc6 g5 26.b5+ Kg7 27.Qe7 Nd8 28.Qf6+ 
Kh7 29.Rd6 Qxb5 30.d5 Qe8 31.Nd4 Rg8 32.dxe6 Nxe6 33.Nxe6 Rg6 34.Nc7 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4
cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.b3 a6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rc1 Bf8 14.h3 Nc5 15.Rc2
Qc7 16.Rce2 Qb8 17.Re3 g6 18.Qa1 Bh6 19.Rf3 Ncd7 20.a4 Nh5 21.g4 Nhf6 22.
Nde2 Bg7 23.g5 Nh5 24.Rd1 h6 25.h4 hxg5 26.hxg5 Rc5 27.Bc1 b5 28.axb5 axb5
29.cxb5 Rxb5 30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxb3 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Rh3 Nc5 34.Be3 Qb7 35.
Rh4 Nd7 36.Ne2 Rc2 37.Qd1 Rc6 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Qxd6 Rb1 40.Nd4 Rd1 41.Qe7 
Qb1 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Nf3 e5 44.Rxh5 gxh5 {(sealed)} 45.g6 Kxg6 46.Qh8 Rg1+ 
47.Nxg1 Qxe4+ 48.Kh2 Nf6 49.Qh6+ Kf5 50.f3 Qc2+ 51.Kg3 Ke6 52.Nh3 Qg6+ 53.
Ng5+ Ke7 54.Qh8 Nd7 55.Kh4 Qb1 56.Bf2 Qh1+ 57.Kg3 h4+ 58.Qxh4 Qxh4+ 59.
Kxh4 Kf6 60.Ne4+ Kg6 61.Ba7 Kf5 62.Kg3 Nf8 63.Bc5 Ng6 64.Nd6+ Ke6 65.Kg4 
Nf4 66.Nf5 Nd3 67.Bb6 Ne1 68.Nh4 Kf6 69.Bf2 Nd3 70.Bg3 Nb2 71.Nf5 Nc4 72.
Bh4+ Ke6 73.Bg5 f6 74.Bc1 Nb6 75.Nh4 Nd5 76.Nf5 Nb4 77.Be3 Nd5 78.Bd2 Nc7 
79.Ne3 Nb5 80.Nc2 Nd6 81.Bb4 Nb5 82.Ne1 Nd4 83.Bc5 Nb3 84.Bb6 f5+ 85.Kg5 
f4 86.Bc7 Nd2 87.Ba5 Nc4 88.Bc3 Nd6 89.Bb4 e4 90.Bxd6 Kxd6 91.fxe4 Ke5 92.
Nd3+ Kxe4 93.Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E08"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 b5 
9.c5 a5 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Bg5 
Nd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.a3 f6 19.Nd2 Nc7 20.Qb2 Qd7 21.Nf3 Nd5 
22.b4 a4 23.Rad1 Ne7 24.Qc1 Nf5 25.Qf4 e5 26.dxe5 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.
Bf1 Nd4 29.Kg2 Ne6 30.Qg4 f5 31.Qxf5 Bc8 32.Qe4 Bd7 33.Bd3 g6 34.Qe2 Ra1 
35.Qb2 Rd1 36.Qc2 Ra1 37.Qb2 Rd1 38.Bc2 Rd5 39.Be4 Rd1 40.Bc2 Rd5 41.Qc1 
Nd8 42.Be4 Be6 43.h4 Rd7 44.h5 Bf7 45.Qh6 Re6 46.Ng5 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O 
Bd6 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.a3 Bg4 12.c5 Be7 13.b4 a6 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 
Ne4 16.f3 Ng5 17.Ng3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.d6 Ng6 10.Ne2 b5 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bb6 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bb2 c4 15.Bc2 Nd5 
16.e4 Ndf4 17.Nxf4 Nxf4 18.Qd2 Ng6 19.a4 bxa4 20.Qc3 f6 21.Rfe1 Nf4 22.
Qxc4 Ba6 23.b5 Rc8 24.Qxa4 Bxb5 25.Qxb5 Rxc2 26.Bd4 Rc6 27.g3 Rxd6 28.gxf4
Bxd4 29.Rad1 Rb6 30.Qa4 Bc5 31.Rxd7 Qe8 32.Qa7 Qg6+ ( 32...Rf7 33.Rxf7 
Qxf7 $11 ) 33.Kf1 Qg4 $4 ( 33...Rd6 34.Qc7 Rxd7 35.Qxd7 Qg4 36.Ng1 Qxf4 
37.Qxe6+ Rf7 38.Qf5 $1 Qxf5 39.exf5 $11 ) 34.Ng5 $1 {Source: (moves 
32-end)
Jon Speelman's Best Games by Jon Speelman (Batsford, 1997), p76} 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Stean, Michael Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Qe2 Bg7 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Bd2 Re8 13.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.c5 O-O
9.Rc1 h6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bb5 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Bd7 13.O-O a6 14.Ba4 f5 15.a3 Bf6 
16.b4 g5 17.Qd3 Ne7 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.a4 g4 20.Ne1 Bg5 21.Qe2 Kh8 22.Nd3 Ng6
23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.exf4 Bf6 25.Qe3 Kg7 26.Rfd1 Kf7 27.Rd3 Rfe8 28.b5 axb5 29.
axb5 Ra5 30.Rd2 Rea8 31.Rb2 h5 32.Rcb1 Ra3 33.Qd2 Qc7 34.b6 Qd7 35.Nb5 
R3a4 36.Rb4 Rxb4 37.Qxb4 Ra2 38.Qb3 Ra5 39.Kf2 h4 40.Ke3 Kg6 41.Kd3 Bh8 
42.Nc3 Qc8 43.Qb4 Qa8 44.c6 Qa6+ 45.Kc2 bxc6 46.b7 c5 47.Qb3 Bxd4 48.b8=Q 
Bxc3 49.Kxc3 Ra3 50.Kd2 Rxb3 51.Qxb3 d4 52.Ke1 c4 53.Qb6 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.c4 f5 
9.Qe2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Ndb4 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bc3 Be7 13.Nbd2 Bf6 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16.c5 Qc7 17.g3 O-O 18.Bg2 Na5 19.Nfd4 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 Qe5 21.Qxe5 
fxe5 22.O-O a5 23.Rae1 a4 24.Nc1 e4 25.f3 Nc2 26.Re2 Nd4 27.Rd2 exf3 28.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Ra5 30.Rc3 e5 31.Nd3 Rd8 32.Re2 e4 33.Nf4 Bd7 34.Rd2 
Raa8 35.Kf2 Bc6 36.Rcc2 Kf7 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Ne2 Ke5 39.Nd4 Rd5 40.Rc1 Rad8 
41.Rcd1 Be8 42.b4 Bh5 43.Ne2 Rxd2 44.Rxd2 Rxd2 45.Kxd2 Bxe2 46.Kxe2 a3 0-1

[Event "County Champ S/F Kent-Lancs"]
[Site "Long Lawford"]
[Date "1980.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1980.06.07"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kent"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

0-1

[Event "Manchester op 11th"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1980.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Basman, Michael John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1980.06.27"]
[Annotator "Short, Nigel"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "StarBase 2.74"]
[Source "Pickard & Son"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.12.15"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.c4 b5 4.cxb5 axb5 5.Bxb5 Bb7 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.f3 Qh4+ 8.Kf1 
Ne7 9.Nge2 f5 10.e5 g5 11.Bd2 g4 12.f4 Rg8 13.Ng3 c5 14.Na4 $2 Nd5 $2 ( 
14...Ra5 $1 $19 ) 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Nc6 17.Qb3 Rf8 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.Qc4 
Na5 20.Qc1 Nc6 21.a4 Rc8 22.Kf2 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Rxc5 24.Qb1 Rxb5 25.axb5 Qc5+
26.Ke1 Qxb5 27.Bh6 Rf7 28.Qc1 Ba6 29.Rd2 Qb8 30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Bf4 Qb5 32.
Qd2 Qc4 33.Kf2 d4 34.Rc1 Qd5 35.Nh5 Bb7 36.Kg3 Kf8 37.Nf6 Qb3+ 38.Rc3 dxc3
39.Bh6+ Rg7 40.Qd6+ Kf7 41.Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "County Champ Final Middx-Lancs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.07.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1980.07.05"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteTeam "Middlesex"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 a6 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.f4 O-O 11.f5 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Bg5 h6 14.fxg6 $6 hxg5 15.Nd2
c5 $2 ( 15...g4 $17 {Barden} ) ( 15...Bh6 $19 {Stockfish 10} ) 16.Rxf6 $1 
$18 Qxf6 17.Qh5 Rfd8 18.Bxf7+ Kf8 19.Rf1 {Source: The Guardian, 19 July
1980} 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bd3 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nf3 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Be7 10.O-O Bd7 11.Be3 Qb6 12.Qd2 a5 13.Rac1 a4 14.h4 h6 15.h5 
Qa5 16.Qe2 Nb4 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Bxb4 Qxb4 19.Rc2 Bd8 20.Rc5 Ra5 21.a3 Qb6 22.
Rfc1 Qa7 23.Rxa5 Qxa5 24.Rc5 Qb6 25.Bb5 Be7 26.Rc8+ Bd8 27.Rc5 Be7 28.Rc8+
Bd8 29.Bxd7+ Kxd7 30.Qc2 Qa7 31.g3 Re8 32.Kg2 Qa6 33.Kg1 Rh8 34.Kg2 b5 35.
Rc5 Bb6 36.Rc3 Ba5 37.b4 axb3 38.Rxb3 Qb6 39.Qd3 Kc6 40.Rb1 Qb7 41.Rc1+ 
Kb6 42.a4 Qd7 43.Qb3 Ka6 44.axb5+ Qxb5 45.Qa3 Qb4 46.Qd3+ Qb5 47.Rc6+ Bb6 
48.Qa3+ Kb7 49.Rc2 Qd7 50.Ra2 Qc6 51.Qa6+ Kc7 52.Ne1 Kd7 53.Nc2 Bc7 54.Qa3
Rc8 55.Nb4 Qb5 {time} 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qd6 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.O-O Nb4 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Ne5 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Qa4 Nc6 14.Nc4 Qd8 
15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Nbd6+ Bxd6 17.Nxd6+ Kf8 18.Nxb7 Qb6 19.Nc5 Ke7 20.Bg3 Rac8 
21.Bh4+ Nf6 22.Bxf6+ gxf6 23.Nb3 Rhd8 24.Rfd1 Rd6 25.d5 Rcd8 26.Qh4 Rxd5 
27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Qxh7 Nb4 29.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O b5 10.f4 g6 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 Nc7 14.Ra5 c4 15.b4 cxb3 
16.Qxb3 Nc4 17.Ra2 Be7 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 O-O 20.g4 Qb8 21.Qd1 f5 22.exf6
Bxf6 23.Ng3 Bh4 24.f5 Nb5 25.Bf4 Qe8 26.Qd3 Rc8 27.Rc2 a6 28.Be5 exf5 29.
gxf5 Rc6 30.c4 Bxg3 31.hxg3 dxc4 32.Rxc4 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shrentzel, Mordechai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Qa4 g6 8.Nf3
Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxd7 Qxd7 11.Qxd7 Bxd7 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.d4 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bf5 
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne5 Bg7 17.h3 f6 18.Nc4 b5 19.Ne3 Bc8 20.Nc2 a5 21.Nxb5 
Bf5 22.Ne3 Rb8 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.a4 Kf7 25.Rac1 Rbd8 26.d6 e5 27.Rc7+ Kg6 
28.dxe5 fxe5 29.Rd1 e4 30.d7 Re7 31.Na7 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Be3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Na5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qa4 Rc8 13.Ne5 a6 14.Rfc1 b5 15.
Qd1 Nc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Bf3 b4 18.Na4 Nd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nb6
Qd8 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.Qb3 Qxb3 24.axb3 Rd8 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Kf1 Rc2 27.Rd2 Rxd2
28.Bxd2 Bxd4 29.Bxb4 e6 30.Ke2 Bxb2 31.Kd3 f5 32.Kc4 Kf7 33.Kc5 e5 34.Kd5 
e4 35.Bc5 a5 36.h4 Bc3 37.g3 Kf6 38.Bd6 g5 39.h5 h6 40.Bc7 Bd2 41.Bd8+ Kf7
42.Ke5 f4 43.Kxe4 fxg3 44.fxg3 Ke6 45.g4 Be1 46.Bc7 Bb4 47.Be5 Kf7 48.Bd4 
Be1 49.Kd5 Bb4 50.Kc6 Be1 51.Kb5 Bb4 52.Ka6 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Darcy, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 d5 8.Bd3 
Nd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 Nxc5 11.Nd4 Nxd3 12.cxd3 O-O 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Re3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16.Be5 Rc8 17.Rc1 Rf7 18.g3 Be7 19.h4 Bc5 20.Kg2 Qa5 21.Rf3 Rcf8
22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qe2 Qa3 24.Qd2 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Rf5 26.Re1 b6 27.g4 Rf7 28.h5 
Qe7 29.Kg3 h6 30.f4 Rf8 31.Qe3 Qf7 32.Qe5 Qf6 33.Qc7 Qf7 34.Qe5 Qf6 35.Qd6
e5 36.Qxe5 Qxe5 37.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3 b5 6.a3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.O-O c5 9.
d5 Ngf6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf1 Nb6 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Bh6 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Nh2 e5 19.Ng4 Rd8 20.b3 Nc7 21.Ne3 Ne6 22.Ncd5
Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 h5 25.c3 Nf4 26.Qc6 Qh4 27.g3 Nxh3+ 28.Bxh3 Qxh3
29.Rxd6 Rxf2 30.Kxf2 Rf8+ 31.Ke2 Qg4+ 32.Kd2 Rf2+ 33.Kc1 Qxg3 34.Rxg6+ 
Qxg6 35.Qxc5 Qg3 36.Qa7+ Kg6 37.Qb6+ Kg5 38.Qd8+ Kg4 39.Qg8+ Kh3 40.Rh1+ 
Rh2 41.Qxg3+ Kxg3 42.Rxh2 Kxh2 43.c4 h4 44.c5 h3 45.c6 Kg3 46.c7 h2 47.
c8=Q h1=Q+ 48.Kd2 Qxe4 49.Qxa6 Qd5+ 50.Ke2 Qf3+ 51.Ke1 Qxb3 52.Ke2 Qf3+ 
53.Ke1 Kg2 54.Qxb5 Qf2+ 55.Kd1 Qf1+ 56.Qxf1+ Kxf1 57.Kd2 Kf2 58.Kd3 Kf3 
59.Kd2 Kf2 60.Kd3 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.a3 h6 8.Nf3 dxe5 
9.dxe5 e6 10.c4 Ne7 11.Nd4 Nd7 12.f4 Qb6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.b4 Nd3+ 
16.Bxd3 Rxd4 17.Qe2 Bxd3 18.Qd2 Nf5 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.O-O-O Be7 21.g3 Ne3 
22.Qxd3 Qxd3 23.Rxd3 Nxc4 24.Kc2 Nb6 25.Kb3 O-O 26.a4 Rc8 27.a5 Nd5 28.
Nxd5 exd5 29.Rc1 Rb8 30.b5 Bd8 31.Ka4 Be7 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.Kxb3
c5 35.Rd1 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Bd6 6.Be3 c4 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 
Ne7 9.c4 Nbc6 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.O-O Qd7 14.Ra4 a5 15.Ne1 
b6 16.Nb5 Nb4 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Nd3 b5 20.Ra1 Nc6 21.Qg4 Qd7 
22.Rfe1 f6 23.Nf4 Rf7 24.Qe2 b4 25.Qd3 Re8 26.Ne2 Rfe7 27.Bd2 h5 28.f3 h4 
29.Kf2 g5 30.Rad1 Kg7 31.Bc1 Nh6 32.Ng1 Qf5 33.Rxe7+ Rxe7 34.Qxf5 Nxf5 35.
Ne2 a4 36.bxa4 Ra7 37.g4 hxg3+ 38.hxg3 Rxa4 39.g4 Nh4 40.f4 Ra2 41.fxg5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Bg7 8.gxh7+
Kf8 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Qh4 Nc6 11.Ne2 Bxh1 12.Nd2 e5 13.Ng3 e4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Ngxe4 Rxh7 16.Qf4 Nxd4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxf6 Qe7+ 19.Nde4 Rh4 20.Ng4+ Qf7 
21.Qg3 Re8 22.Kf1 Qxc4+ 23.Kg2 Nf5 24.Qa3+ d6 {Source: 'Nigel
Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p233} 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Na3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bb5 Qf6 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qxh5 Qxe4 16.Rfe1 Qf4 17.Qe2 c6 18.Bd3 Be6 19.g3 Qf6 20.Nc2 Rfe8 21.Qe4 
Kf8 22.Qh7 Bh3 23.Nd4 Rad8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nf5 Re5 26.Nxg7 Qxg7 27.Qxg7+ 
Kxg7 28.Rd1 Bg4 29.Rd2 Be6 30.c4 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Rc1 32.b3 a5 33.Rc2 Rd1 34.
Be2 Rb1 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.Bd3 Ke5 37.Ke3 g4 38.Be2 c5 39.Rd2 b6 40.Rd8 Rb2 41.
Rb8 Rxa2 42.Rxb6 a4 43.bxa4 Ra3+ 44.Kd2 Rxa4 45.Rb8 Ra2+ 46.Ke3 Ra3+ 47.
Kd2 Ke4 48.Rh8 Ra2+ 49.Ke1 Kd4 50.Rxh6 Kc3 51.f3 gxf3 52.Bxf3 Kxc4 53.h4 
Kd4 54.Bd1 c4 55.Rf6 c3 56.Rf2 Ra1 57.Rf4+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch19"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.08.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hjorth, Greg"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.Nbc3 Nc6 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London BBC TV 1980/81 A"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1980.12.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 
exd5 9.cxd5 Bc5 10.Nd4 d6 11.Be2 a6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Re8 15.
Rc1 Nf8 16.b4 Ba7 17.Nb3 Ng6 18.Bg3 Ne7 19.h3 Nf5 20.Bh2 Bd7 21.Na5 Rc8 
22.Kh1 Bd4 23.Na2 Rxc1 24.Nxc1 Ne4 25.g4 Nxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Bxf2 27.gxf5 Bxf5 
28.Nd3 Qh4 29.Bf3 Bxd3 30.Qxd3 Qxh3 31.Be4 Qg4 32.Bg2 Re1+ 33.Bf1 Rd1 {
Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981),
p236} 0-1

[Event "London BBC TV 1980/81 A"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1980.12.??"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Bxd7+
Bxd7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Rfd1 Rfd8 12.Rac1 Be8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 b6 15.
Qd3 h6 16.Bh4 Rac8 17.h3 Qc5 18.Nd4 Qh5 19.Bg3 Nd7 20.Nde2 Qa5 21.Qb1 Qc5 
22.Rc2 Ne5 23.Kf1 Ng6 24.Rcd2 Bh4 25.Bxh4 Nxh4 26.Qd3 Ng6 27.f4 Ne7 28.g4 
Nc6 29.Qg3 Na5 30.Rb1 Qb4 31.g5 hxg5 32.Qxg5 Qc5 33.Qg3 Qh5 34.Nd4 Qh6 35.
Rg2 Qf6 36.Nf5 g6 37.Nxd6 Rxd6 38.e5 Qf5 39.exd6 b5 40.Rd1 Bc6 41.Re2 Nxb3
42.axb5 axb5 43.Nxb5 Bxb5 44.cxb5 Qxb5 45.Kf2 Nc5 46.h4 Rd8 47.Qe3 Qb6 48.
Rc2 Ne4+ 49.Kf3 Qxe3+ 50.Kxe3 Rxd6 51.Rxd6 Nxd6 52.Kd4 Nf5+ 53.Ke5 Kg7 54.
Rh2 Ne3 55.Rh3 Ng4+ 56.Kd4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p240} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London BBC TV 1980/81 A"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1980.12.??"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
Ne7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Be3 Re8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.
Be2 Rad8 16.Nfd4 Bg6 17.Bf3 Qc7 18.Qe2 Kf8 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Qe3 Nc8 21.Qc5+
Qd6 22.c4 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qxc5 24.Nxc5 Nb6 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Rd1 Ke7 27.b4 Bf5
28.Kf1 Be6 29.a4 Nc4 30.Ke2 Ne5 31.Nb3 Rb8 32.b5 Kd6 33.Rc1 Nc4 34.Kd3 a6 
35.Nd4 axb5 36.Nxb5+ Kc5 37.Kc3 Ra8 38.Kb3 Ra6 39.Be2 Ra8 40.Bd3 g6 41.Be2
h5 42.h4 Rg8 43.Nc7 Rb8+ 44.Nb5 f6 45.g3 Bf7 46.Bd3 g5 47.hxg5 fxg5 48.Kc3
h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 50.Nd4 Rh8 51.Rh1 h3 52.Bf1 h2 53.Nf3 d4+ 54.Nxd4 Ne5 55.
f3 Rh4 56.Nf5 Rxa4 57.Be2 Ra3+ 58.Kd2 Nc4+ 59.Bxc4 Bxc4 60.Ng3 Kd4 61.Nf5+
Ke5 62.Ne3 Ra2+ 63.Kc3 Be6 64.Nf1 Ra1 65.Rxh2 Rxf1 66.Re2+ Kd6 67.Re3 Bd5 
68.Rd3 Kc5 69.Re3 Bc6 70.Re5+ Bd5 71.Rf5 Rb1 72.Kd2 Rb3 73.Ke2 Kd4 74.Kf2 
Rb8 75.Kg3 Be6 76.Rg5 Rf8 77.f4 Bf5 78.Kf3 Rf7 79.Rg8 Be4+ 80.Kg4 Ke3 81.
Re8 Rg7+ 82.Kh5 Kxf4 83.Rf8+ Bf5 84.Rh8 Rg6 85.Rf8 Rb6 86.Rf7 Rc6 87.Rf8 
Rc7 88.Rh8 {... (no further moves recorded)
Source: 'The Master Game Book Two', James & Hartston, p125} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London BBC TV 1980/81 Final"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1980.12.??"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "David Short"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4
O-O 9.Rd1 Rc8 10.e5 Ne8 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nf1 Qc4 14.Qxc4 Rxc4 
15.Ne3 Rc7 16.Bd2 d5 17.Rac1 Nb8 18.h4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nc6 20.h5 h6 21.Kf1 
Nc7 22.Ke2 Rc8 23.Kd3 Kf8 24.Ng1 Na8 25.Ne2 Nb6 26.f4 Ke8 27.g4 Kd7 28.Rg1
Na4 29.Nd1 Rh8 30.f5 Nb6 31.Nf4 Rf8 32.Ne3 Rc8 33.fxe6+ fxe6 34.Ng6 Ke8 
35.Rf1 Nd7 36.Ng2 Bg5 37.N2f4 Bxf4 38.Rxf4 a5 39.Nh8 b6 40.Nf7 Ke7 41.g5 
hxg5 42.Rf1 Nb4+ 43.Ke2 Rc2 44.Kd1 Rxb2 45.Bxg5+ Kf8 46.Nd8+ Kg8 47.Rf7 
Nf8 48.h6 gxh6 49.Bxh6 Rg2 50.Rxf8+ Kh7 51.Bd2 Nd3 52.Nxe6 Nb2+ 53.Kc1 Nc4
54.Bc3 Rg1+ 55.Kc2 Rg2+ 56.Kb3 b5 57.Nf4 Rf2 58.e6 b4 59.e7 Nd6 60.Nxd5 
Re2 61.e8=Q a4+ 62.Qxa4 {Source: 'Nigel Short: Chess
Prodigy' by David Short (Faber & Faber, 1981), p246} 1-0

[Event "Simul Austicks"]
[Site "Leeds"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Swallow, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qxd4
Nc5 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qg4 Kf8 11.O-O d5 12.Qd4 c6 13.f4 Bf5 14.g4 Ne4 15.Be3 
Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Be4 17.f5 a5 18.a3 Kg8 19.Rae1 h5 20.f6 gxf6 21.exf6 Bd6 22.
g5 Qd7 23.Bf4 Bc5+ 24.Qxc5 Qg4+ 25.Bg3 h4 26.Rf4 Qh3 27.Qf2 hxg3 28.Qxg3 
Qxg3+ 29.hxg3 Rh1+ 30.Kf2 Rh2+ 31.Ke3 Re8 32.Kd4 b5 33.Bb3 a4 34.Ba2 Rxc2 
35.Rfxe4 Rxe4+ 36.Rxe4 dxe4 37.g6 c5+ 38.Kxe4 c4 39.gxf7+ Kxf7 40.Ke5 Rxb2
41.g4 {Source: chessgames.com} 0-1

[Event "Greater Manchester Winter Open"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1981.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1981.01.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Wells scoresheets"]
[Source "Parker, Sean"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Be3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nd5 Bb7 8.Bd3 a5 9.
h4 e6 10.Nf4 Nf6 11.Ng5 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qg4 Nxg5 14.hxg5 c5 15.Bb5+ Ke7 
16.O-O-O c4 17.Rh3 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Nxc6 19.Rdh1 b3 20.c3 Nb8 21.Rxh7 Rxh7 22.
Rxh7 Qg8 23.Qh3 Nd7 24.Ne2 Nb6 25.f4 Nxa4 26.f5 exf5 27.Nf4 Nb6 28.Nxg6+ 
fxg6 29.Qh6 Kf8 30.Qxg6 Nc8 31.Qc6 Qxh7 32.Qxa8 Qh1+ 33.Kd2 Qxg2+ 34.Ke1 
Qg3+ 35.Kd2 Qh2+ 36.Ke1 f4 37.Qxc8+ Kf7 38.g6+ Kxg6 39.Qg4+ Kh7 40.Bxf4 
Qxb2 41.Qf5+ Kh8 42.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "County Champ Q/F Lancs-Middx"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1981.04.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1981.04.25"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lancashire"]
[BlackTeam "Middlesex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{result listed in 1981/82 BCF Yearbook, p54. Colours known: Short was 
White. 
(Yearbook gives 24th as date but this was a Friday - all the other QFs 
were
played on 25th so assume a misprint.)} 
1/2-1/2

[Event "County Champ S/F Lancs-Gloucs"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1981.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Binks, Michael E"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1981.06.06"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gloucestershire"]
[BlackTeam "Lancashire"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{(n.b. Nigel did not play in the County Final (Lancashire 8½-11½ Kent, 
4
July 1981, Birmingham)} 
0-1

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Velikov, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Ne2 Nf6 5.O-O d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Nf6 8.Nbc3 
cxd4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Bf4 Be7 13.Bd6 c5 14.Qa4+ Qc6 
15.Qxc6+ Bxc6 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nf4 Rhd8 18.Nd3 Nd7 19.Re1 Rac8 20.a4 Ba8 
21.Kf1 g5 22.a5 f6 23.a6 c4 24.Nb4 Rb8 25.Nbd5+ Kf7 26.Nc7 Rxb2 27.Rad1 
Bc6 28.Rxe6 Rxc2 29.Rxc6 Ne5 30.Rxd8 Nxc6 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.N7d5 Ne5 33.Rxa7 
Nf3 34.h3 h5 35.Rb7 Rc1+ 36.Ke2 g4 37.hxg4 hxg4 38.Rb1 Rc2+ 39.Ke3 Nd2 40.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Breyther, Ruediger"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.h3 e5 9.
d5 Ne7 10.Nh2 Kh8 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nd7 13.Ng4 Ng8 14.Qd2 Qe8 15.Rf2 h5 
16.Nh6 Ngf6 17.Bd3 Nh7 18.Raf1 Bd4 19.Kh1 Bxf2 20.Qxf2 Ne5 21.Ne2 Qe7 22.
Nd4 Bd7 23.Nf3 f6 24.Nh4 Kg7 25.Qg3 Ng5 26.Nf3 Nexf3 27.gxf3 h4 28.Qe1 
Kxh6 29.Rg1 Kg7 30.e5 dxe5 31.Rxg5 fxg5 32.Bxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.h4 h5 5.Nh3 Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Ng5 Rb8 9.
O-O b5 10.Ne2 b4 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qc7 14.Be3 O-O 15.e5 dxe5
16.Qxa7 Qxa7 17.Bxa7 Rb5 18.a4 bxa3 19.bxa3 Nd5 20.a4 Ra5 21.Bxd5 Rxa7 22.
a5 e6 23.Bb3 e4 24.Ra2 Rd8 25.Nxe4 Bb7 26.Nc5 Bf3 27.a6 Rc8 28.Nxe6 Bc3 
29.Nf4 Rd8 30.Ra3 Be5 31.Bxf7+ Rxf7 32.Rxf3 Ra8 33.Ra3 Bxf4 34.gxf4 Rxf4 
35.Rb1 Rg4+ 36.Kf1 Rxh4 37.Rb7 Rf4 38.a7 Rf7 39.Rb8+ Rf8 40.Rxa8 Rxa8 41.
Ke2 Kf7 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.Kc4 Kd6 44.Kb5 Kc7 45.Ka6 Re8 46.Rc3+ Kd7 47.Kb7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg1 c5 9.
h3 Nh6 10.d5 Na6 11.Qd2 Nc7 12.g4 Bb7 13.Be3 dxe5 14.O-O-O Nxd5 15.Nxd5 e6
16.g5 Nf5 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.Qf2 Nd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.gxf6 Qxf6 21.Bg2 Qxf4+ 
22.Kb1 Rad8 23.Qe2 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 f5 25.Bc6 e4 26.h4 Kg7 27.Ba4 d3 28.Qg2 e3
29.Bb3 Qe4 30.Qxe4 fxe4 31.c3 e2 32.Rde1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 Nd7 5.Nd2 Ngf6 6.Bd3 h6 7.Bh4 e5 8.Ngf3 O-O
9.O-O Qe8 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Nc4 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Nhxf6 13.b4 Nh7 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Rad1
Qe7 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nfxe5 dxe5 18.Qe3 Nf6 19.Bc2 Bd7 20.Bb3 b6 21.f4 exf4 
22.Qxf4 Be6 23.e5 Nd5 24.Qg3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.Rd3 a5 27.bxa5 bxa5 28.
Nd2 Rfd8 29.Ne4 a4 30.Bc4 Nf4 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Bxe6 Nxe6 33.Kf2 Rd5 34.Nf6 
Rb5 35.g3 a3 36.Re2 Rc5 37.Re3 Rb5 38.Re2 Rc5 39.Re3 Nd8 40.Ke2 Nc6 41.
Ne8+ Kf8 42.Nxc7 Nxe5 43.Na6 Ra5 44.Nb4 Ng4 45.Rd3 Re5+ 46.Kd2 Nxh2 47.c4 
Nf1+ 48.Kc3 f5 49.Nc2 g4 50.Kb4 Re2 51.Nxa3 f4 52.Rd4 f3 53.c5 Nxg3 54.c6 
Nf5 55.c7 Ne7 56.Rd8+ Kg7 57.Rd7 f2 58.c8=Q f1=Q 59.Qc3+ Qf6 60.Nc2 Qxc3+ 
61.Kxc3 Kf6 62.Kd3 Re6 63.Rd4 Kg5 64.Re4 Rd6+ 65.Ke2 Nf5 66.Rc4 Kh4 67.Ne1
Kh3 68.Nd3 g3 69.Nf4+ Kh2 70.Kf3 Nd4+ 71.Kg4 g2 72.Nxg2 Kxg2 73.a4 Kf2 74.
a5 Nb3 75.Rc2+ Kg1 76.Ra2 Ra6 77.Rb2 Nxa5 78.Ra2 Kf1 79.Kg5 Ke1 80.Kh6 Kd1
81.Rg2 Nc4 82.Rxg6 Rxg6+ 83.Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Nge7 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.a3 b6 10.Be3 e5 11.Rb1 Be6 12.b4 Qd7 13.Nd5 Rae8 14.f4 Nd4 15.bxc5 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 dxc5 17.fxe5 Bg4 18.Qd2 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Rxe5 20.d4 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Re7 
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qd4+ Kg8 24.Rbc1 Bh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.d6 Rd7 27.e5 Re8 28.
Rf6 Qh5 29.Rc7 Red8 30.e6 fxe6 31.Rxe6 Qf5 32.Qc4 Qf7 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Re8+
Kg7 35.Qd4+ Kh6 36.Qe3+ Kg7 37.Qe5+ Kh6 38.Re7 Qf3 39.Rxd7 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 
Qe2+ 41.Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nd2 Be7 10.Nf3 Bg6 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nf5 O-O 14.dxc5 Qc8 15.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.Bg5 Rd8 17.Qc1 Qxh3 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nc3 Qe6 20.Qe3 f5 21.
Rad1 Ng6 22.Nb5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 f4 24.Qe1 Qg4 25.Nc3 e3 26.Ne4 Qf3 27.Rd4 e2 
28.Nd2 Nh4 29.gxh4 Qg4+ 30.Kh2 Qxh4+ 31.Kg2 Qg4+ 32.Kh2 Kh8 33.Nf1 Rg8 34.
Ng3 fxg3+ 35.fxg3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McCambridge, Vincent"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 a6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.a4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.axb5 axb5 8.Rxa8 
Bxa8 9.O-O Ne7 10.Qe2 b4 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Ra1 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 O-O 16.e5 f6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Nc5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 fxe5 20.Qxe5 Qh4 21.f3 
Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rf5 23.Qb8+ Kh7 24.Nd3 Rg5+ 25.Kf1 Qd4 26.Re1 Rg1+ 27.Ke2 
Rxe1+ 28.Kxe1 Qe3+ 29.Kf1 Qxf3+ 30.Nf2 Qc6 31.Qxb4 Qxc2 32.Qh4+ Kg8 33.
Qd8+ Kh7 34.Qh4+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qxd7 Qxb2 37.Qxe6 Qf6 38.Qh3+ Kg8 39.
Kg2 Qc6+ 40.Qf3 Qe6 41.Qe4 Qf6 42.Ng4 Qg5 43.Kh3 Kh7 44.Ne5 Qg1 45.Nf3 Qc1
46.Qh4+ Qh6 47.Ne5 Kg8 48.Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kirov, Nino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Qe6+ 6.Kf1 Nc6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 
Qd7 9.d3 e6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.a4 Be7 12.a5 Rd8 13.b3 O-O 14.Kg1 Qc7 15.Qd2 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Kh2 Bd6 18.Rhe1 Rfe8 19.Kg1 Nb4 20.d4 Bxf3 21.dxc5 Be5 22.
Bxf3 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 Nc6 24.Bxd5 Qd7 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Qc3 a6 27.b4 Rd7 28.Kh2 
Red8 29.g4 Qf3 30.Qe5 h6 31.Qf5 Qc6 32.c3 Rd5 33.Qc2 Rd3 34.Rg1 Qe4 35.Bc1
Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E84"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 
9.g4 b5 10.h4 h5 11.g5 Nd7 12.f4 Na5 13.Ng3 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.O-O c5 
16.d5 Qa5 17.Rac1 Nb6 18.f5 Be5 19.Qf2 Nd7 20.Rc2 Rxb2 21.Rxb2 Qxc3 22.Rd2
Qb4 23.Qf3 c3 24.Rg2 a5 25.Nxh5 Ba6 26.Rc1 gxh5 27.f6 Bd4 28.Kh1 Bxe3 29.
Qxe3 Ne5 30.fxe7 Re8 31.Rxc3 Bd3 32.g6 fxg6 33.Rxd3 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qxd3 35.
Rxg6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Chess Festival 2nd"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1981.07.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Paulsen, Dirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1981.07.02"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 dxe5 8.dxe5
e6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bd2 h6 12.Nf3 g5 13.c4 Ne7 14.b4 Ng6 15.Qe4 a5 
16.h4 Bxb4 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.a3 Ra5 20.Nbd2 bxa3 21.Nb3 Ra4 22.
Qg4 Ndxe5 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxg5 Nd3 25.Re4 Rh1+ 26.Kxh1 Nxf2+ 27.Kg1 Nxe4 
28.Qg8+ Ke7 29.Rf1 Qb6+ 30.c5 Nxc5 31.Qxf7+ Kd6 32.Qf8+ Kd5 33.Qf3+ Ne4+ 
34.Kh1 c5 35.Qh5+ Kd6 36.Qh2+ Kc6 37.Qh3 Nd6 38.Qf3+ Kc7 39.Qe3 Rh4+ 40.
Kg1 c4 41.Nc5 Re4 42.Qf2 Re5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Watson, Ian R"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.Nc3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.d5 Nb4 7.a5 f5 8.Ra4 c5 9.
Bc4 Nf6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nfxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxe5 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Bg5 Qd6 15.f4 
Bg7 16.O-O Bd7 17.c3 Kf8 18.Raa1 Be6 19.Rad1 Bd4+ 20.cxd4 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 
Qxd5 22.Rfe1 cxd4 23.Bxe7+ Kf7 24.Bh4 Rhe8 25.Qf2 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.
Rxe8 Kxe8 28.h3 Kd7 29.Qd2 Qxa5 30.Qc2 Qd5 31.Qd3 b5 32.Bf2 Qc4 33.Qd2 b4 
34.Kh2 b3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Houston, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5
Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.h3 h6 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.c3 a6 15.Bd3
Bd7 16.Nbd4 Rfe8 17.Bc2 Rad8 18.Qd3 g6 19.Bb3 Kg7 20.Re2 Qb6 21.Rae1 Bc6 
22.h4 Rd7 23.h5 Rg8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.Qe3 Nf5 27.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew P"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Ng8 7.Be4 Bxe4 8.Nxe4 
Nc6 9.O-O f5 10.Nc3 Nh6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxh6 Nc6 14.Re1 gxh6 
15.Qh5+ Ke7 16.Nd5+ exd5 17.cxd5 Nxe5 18.f4 Bg7 19.fxe5 Rf8 20.Rad1 b5 21.
Kh1 Qb6 22.d6+ Ke6 23.Qh4 Rae8 24.Qh3 Qc6 25.Rc1 Qd5 26.b3 Kf7 27.Qxf5+ 
Kg8 28.Qxd7 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Bxe5 30.Qg4+ Kh8 31.d7 Bc7 32.Rd1 Qd6 33.Qh5 Qxd7
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.b3 Bg7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.Rb1 Qa5 12.a3 b5 13.b4 Qb6 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Be2 Rfd8 
16.O-O Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Qg5 Bc6 19.Bf3 Qb7 20.Rfe1 Rd3 21.Rbd1 Rad8 22.
Qxe5 Nxe4 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Nxe4+ Kf8 26.Nc5 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "ChessBase 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 d6 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.Rfd1 Bf6 14.e4 e5 15.Be3 
exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Re8 19.Re1 Qg5 20.Rad1 Qh5 21.Re3 
Re6 22.Rde1 Rae8 23.b3 Kf8 24.a3 Qe5 25.Qd2 Bc6 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 R6e7 
28.f4 Qf6 29.e5 dxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.fxe5 Qg6 32.Bd5 Re7 33.b5 Bd7 34.Rf1 
Qh5 35.Qf4 Be6 36.Bc6 Bd7 37.Bd5 Be6 38.Bc6 Bd7 39.Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bd7 
9.Bb2 Rc8 10.Nc4 b5 11.Ne3 Qb6 12.h3 Rfd8 13.g4 Be8 14.Nh2 Nd7 15.Kh1 Bf6 
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.g5 Nd7 18.Nhg4 Nde5 19.f4 Nxg4 20.Nxg4 Kh8 21.f5 exf5 22.
exf5 Ne5 23.f6 Nxg4 24.Qxg4 Bc6 25.Qh5 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Qc6+ 27.Kh2 Qd5 28.
Rae1 Re8 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 Qb7 31.Rb1 Qd7 32.Rf4 Rb8 33.Rbf1 Rb2+ 34.Kg1 
Re3 35.Rh4 Rg3+ 36.Kh1 Qb7+ 37.Re4 gxf6 38.gxf6 Rf2 39.Qd1 Rxd3 40.Qg4 
Rxf1+ 41.Kg2 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O 
c6 9.d5 c5 10.Re1 Na6 11.Bg5 Nc7 12.Qd2 a6 13.a4 Rb8 14.Bh3 Re8 15.Re2 b5 
16.cxb5 axb5 17.axb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 Rxb5 19.Ra7 Rb4 20.Qe1 h6 21.Bc1 Bf8 22.
f4 Qb8 23.Ra3 Nxd5 24.Bd7 Rd8 25.Bc6 Rd4 26.f5 gxf5 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 
Nf6 29.Qf4 Qb4 30.Qxb4 cxb4 31.Rb3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Mooney, David P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "C93"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 Qb8 
16.Nh4 c5 17.f4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qd8 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Ndf3 Qb6 21.Kh1 Rad8 22.
d5 g6 23.Bc1 Rc8 24.Be3 Qd8 25.Bf2 Nb6 26.Nd2 Nfd7 27.Nb3 Nc4 28.Nf3 a5 
29.Nxa5 Nxa5 30.bxa5 Qxa5 31.Be3 Qc3 32.Bd3 Qa5 33.Qe2 Nc5 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 
35.Reb1 Rec8 36.Bxb5 Rc2 37.Qe1 Qxe1+ 38.Nxe1 R2c3 39.a4 R8c7 40.a5 Bc5 
41.a6 Ba8 42.Nd3 Bd4 43.d6 Rc8 44.d7 Rd8 45.Rc1 Kf8 46.Rxc3 Bxc3 47.Rc1 
Bd4 48.Nb4 Bxe4 49.Rc8 Ke7 50.Bc6 Bxc6 51.Rxd8 Bxg2+ 52.Kxg2 Kxd8 53.Nc6+ 
Kxd7 54.Nxd4 Kc7 55.Nf3 f6 56.Nh4 g5 57.Nf5 e4 58.Nxh6 Kb6 59.Nf5 Kxa6 60.
Nd6 e3 61.Kf3 Kb6 62.Kxe3 Kc6 63.Ne4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.h3 c6 8.c4 a6 9.
Qc2 b5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 bxc4 13.Qxc4 Bb7 14.Nb3 Nbd7 15.Bf4 
Ne8 16.Nc3 Ne5 17.Qa4 a5 18.Rac1 c5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Ne3 Bc6 21.Qa3 Qe7 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 23.Qxc5 Ra7 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxa7 Bxe4 26.Qc5 Bxg2 27.Qxe5 Bxe5 
28.Kxg2 Bxb2 29.Rc5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7 
9.Nc3 a6 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.f4 Bf6 12.g4 Bd4+ 13.Kh1 Qa5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Ne2 Bxb2
16.Nxb2 b5 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Nd1 b4 19.Ne3 a5 20.g5 Nd4 21.Ng4 f5 22.gxf6 Nxf6
23.Ne3 d5 24.exd5 Nxe2 25.d6 Bxg2+ 26.Nxg2 Qxd6 27.Qxe2 Nd5 28.Qd2 Rf6 29.
Rf2 Raf8 30.Raf1 Qc6 31.Kg1 a4 32.Qe1 a3 33.Qe4 Qd6 34.Qc4 Nc3 35.Re1 Qd5 
36.Qxd5 exd5 37.Re5 Rf5 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch68"]
[Site "Morecambe"]
[Date "1981.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.a4 b4 6.c4 bxc3 7.bxc3 Be7 8.O-O c5 
9.Ba3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.dxc5 Na5 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.e4 Bxc5 14.e5 Ne8 15.Rfe1 
d5 16.Bxc5 Rxc5 17.Nd4 Ba6 18.f4 Nc7 19.N2f3 Qd7 20.Ng5 g6 21.Bh3 Qe7 22.
Rac1 Bc8 23.Qe2 Bd7 24.Qg4 h6 25.Ngf3 h5 26.Qg5 Qxg5 27.Nxg5 Rb8 28.g4 
hxg4 29.Bxg4 Nb3 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Cespedes Rodriguez, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7 3.Nc3 c6 4.d4 d6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O Nf6 7.a4 Qc7 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Be7 10.a5 Nbd7 11.d5 h6 12.a6 b6 13.dxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 O-O 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.f3 Rac8 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.Ra4 Nf8 19.Rd1 Ne6 20.Rc4 Qb8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.
Bf1 Nc7 23.Nd5 Nfxd5 24.exd5 Rd7 25.Bd3 g6 26.Qc3 Qa8 27.Bc4 Kh7 28.Qd3 
Qb8 29.Ra1 Bd8 30.b4 b5 31.Bb3 Na8 32.Kf1 f5 33.c3 Rf7 34.Ke2 Rf8 35.g4 
fxg4 36.fxg4 Qc8 37.h3 Nb6 38.Bc2 Qc4 39.Qxc4 bxc4 40.Be4 Kg7 41.b5 Rf7 
42.h4 Rf8 43.h5 g5 44.Kd2 Kf7 45.Rb1 Bc7 46.Rb4 Rb8 47.Kc2 Bd8 48.Rb1 Nc8 
49.Bf5 Bb6 50.Bxc8 Bxe3 51.Bb7 Bc5 52.Rb4 Bxb4 53.cxb4 e4 54.b6 axb6 55.a7
Rf8 56.a8=Q Rxa8 57.Bxa8 Kf6 58.Kd2 Ke5 59.Ke3 c3 60.Bb7 c2 61.Kd2 Kf4 62.
Bc8 Kf3 63.Kxc2 Ke2 64.Kc3 Kf2 65.Kd4 e3 66.Ba6 e2 67.Bxe2 Kxe2 68.Ke4 Kf2
69.Kf5 Kf3 70.b5 Kg3 71.Ke6 Kxg4 72.Kxd6 Kxh5 73.Kc6 g4 74.d6 g3 75.d7 g2 
76.d8=Q g1=Q 77.Qxb6 Qg2+ 78.Kc7 Qg7+ 79.Kb8 Qe7 80.Qc6 Kg5 81.b6 h5 82.b7
Kh4 83.Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heaven, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

0-1

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Siegel, Georg"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.b3 h6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 
9.c4 Nbd7 10.a3 a5 11.Rc1 Bh7 12.Rc2 Bd6 13.Qa1 Qe7 14.Rfc1 e5 15.cxd5 
cxd5 16.Nf1 Rfe8 17.Ne3 Bc5 18.Nxe5 Bxe3 19.Nxd7 Ng4 20.Rc7 Bxf2+ 21.Kh1 
Qxe2 22.Bxg7 Bxd3 23.Bh8 d4 24.Nc5 Kxh8 25.Rxf7 Rac8 26.Bf3 Rxc5 27.Bxe2 
Rxe2 28.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 29.Kg2 Ng4+ 30.Kg1 Ne5 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nfd7 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.Bb3 N8d7 12.Qf3 Nf6 13.Rfe1 c6 14.Bg5 a5 
15.Re3 a4 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Rae1 Bf8 19.Ne4 Ra5 20.Nxf6 gxf6 
21.Re8 Qd6 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.R1e7 Qxe7 24.Rxe7 Bxe7 25.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.e4 Qe7 
9.Bd3 Nxd5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Nc3 Qd8 12.Nd5 Ne6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 
Be7 16.Qe2 h6 17.Qh5 Rf8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Rxf7 Rxf7 20.Rf1 Ng5 21.Bc4 Kf8 
22.Rxf7+ Nxf7 23.Nf6 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Grushka, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Qh4 8.c4
O-O-O 9.c5 g5 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Ne2 f5 12.f3 Nf6 13.Be3 f4 14.Bf2 Qh6 15.Qd2 
Rdf8 16.Rac1 g4 17.Qa5 a6 18.c6 Bxc6 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Rc1 Ne4 21.Qxa6+ Kd7 
22.Rxc6 Rf6 23.Rxf6 Nxf6 24.Bf5+ Ke7 25.Qe6+ Kf8 26.Be1 Ne8 27.Bb4+ Nd6 
28.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 c6 5.O-O Nd7 6.a4 Nh6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Qc1 Nf7 10.d5 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.c4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.h3 cxd5
16.cxd5 Rc8 17.Qd1 Ng6 18.f4 Qb6 19.Bb5 Qa5 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Ne6 Rf7 22.Bd4
Bxd4+ 23.Qxd4 Qb6 24.Qxb6 Nxb6 25.Rac1 a5 26.b3 Nf8 27.Ne2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 
Nxd5 29.Rc8 Nb6 30.Re8 Nd5 31.Kf2 Nb4 32.g4 fxg4 33.hxg4 h6 34.Kg3 Nd5 35.
g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Ne3 37.N2d4 Rf1 38.g6 Nd5 39.Nf3 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[ECO "C71"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Nd5 Ne7 10.d3 h6 11.h4 b5 12.cxb5 Nd4 13.bxa6+ c6 14.Qd1 Nxd5 15.exd5 
Qa5+ 16.Bd2 Qxd5 17.Qg4 O-O 18.Qe4 Qxe4+ 19.dxe4 Rxa6 20.Bd1 Rb8 21.Bc3 
Ne6 22.h5 g5 23.Bc2 d5 24.b3 Nc5 25.Ke2 dxe4 26.g4 Rd8 27.Ke3 Nd3 28.Rhf1 
Nc5 29.a4 Rb6 30.Rfd1 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Nd3 32.Rb1 Bf8 33.Bxd3 exd3 34.Kxd3 f6 
35.Kc4 Kf7 36.b4 Ke6 37.a5 Rb8 38.Bd2 Bd6 39.Be3 f5 40.gxf5+ Kxf5 41.a6 
1-0

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.08.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miniboeck, Guenter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

0-1

[Event "World U20-ch20"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1981.09.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "1981.08.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4
Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.c4 f5 13.cxd5 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Qb4+ 15.
Qxb4 Bxb4+ 16.Bd2 Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rxf4 18.dxc6 dxc6 19.Ke3 Ra4 20.Rhc1 Bd7 
21.Bc4 Rf8 22.Kd4 Rf4+ 23.Kc5 Kf8 24.b4 Ke7 25.g3 Rf2 26.Bb3 Ra3 27.b5 
cxb5 28.Kb4 Ra6 29.Rc7 Kd8 30.Rac1 Re2 31.R1c5 Rxh2 32.Rb7 Re2 33.Rb8+ Ke7
34.Rb7 Kd8 35.Rb8+ Ke7 36.Rb7 Raxa2 37.Bxa2 Rxa2 38.Rcc7 Rd2 39.Rxa7 h5 
40.Ra8 Rd5 41.Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London BBC TV 1981/82 A"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1981.12.??"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Rb8 
9.Kh1 b6 10.Nb5 Nb4 11.Nxa7 Bd7 12.c4 Ra8 13.Nb5 Nxa2 14.Bd2 Bxb5 15.cxb5 
Nh5 16.Bc4 Nb4 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.g3 Qg4 19.Be2 Nxg3+ 20.hxg3 Qxg3 21.Rxa8 Qh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "London BBC TV 1981/82 A"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C63"]
[EventDate "1981.12.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bc5 8.O-O 
d6 9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.a5 Be6 12.b4 Ba7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.
Nbd2 h6 16.c4 Nd7 17.Rfc1 Qf6 18.c5 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Ne4 Qf4 21.Nfd2 
Rab8 22.Rab1 Nf6 23.Qxf4 exf4 24.Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.f3 Re6 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Rb2 g5
28.Nb1 Re3 29.Nc3 Rd3 30.Ne2 Kf6 31.h4 Ra3 32.hxg5+ hxg5 33.Nc3 Rxa5 34.g3
Ra3 35.Nxd5+ cxd5 36.Rh1 Rb5 37.Rh6+ Ke5 38.Rc6 a5 39.Re2+ Kd4 40.bxa5 
Rbb3 41.gxf4 Rxf3+ 42.Kg2 gxf4 43.Rxc7 Rg3+ 44.Kf1 Rxa5 45.c6 Rc5 46.Rf7 
Rxc6 47.Rxf4+ Kd3 48.Re1 Rcg6 49.Re5 R6g5 50.Rxg5 Rxg5 51.Ra4 d4 52.Ra3+ 
Kc2 53.Ra2+ Kb3 54.Ra8 Re5 55.Rc8 d3 56.Kf2 d2 57.Rd8 Kc2 58.Rc8+ Kd1 59.
Rf8 Rc5 0-1

[Event "London BBC TV 1981/82 A"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1981.12.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.e4 Qe7 
9.Bd3 Nxd5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Nc3 Qd8 12.Nd5 Ne6 13.b4 Nc6 14.b5 Ncd4 15.Qd1 
Be7 16.Bb2 O-O 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Qh5 d6 20.Rac1 g6 21.Qg4 Bf6 
22.Rc6 Kg7 23.Rfc1 h5 24.Qh3 Re8 25.f4 a6 26.e5 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf3 
axb5 29.Bxg6 Kxg6 30.Rf1 f5 31.Nf4+ Kf6 32.Nd5+ Ke6 33.Nf4+ Kd7 34.Rxd6+ 
Kxd6 35.Qxb7 Rxa3 36.Rd1 Kc5 37.Rc1+ Rc3 38.Nd3+ Kd6 39.Rd1 Qc7 40.Qf3 b4 
41.Qf4 Rxd3 42.Rxd3 Ke6 43.Qd2 Re4 44.Qh6+ Kd5 45.Rf3 Re1+ 46.Kf2 Re5 47.
Qf8 Qc5 48.Qf7+ Kc6 49.Kg3 Re3 50.Kh4 Qe7+ 51.Qxe7 Rxe7 52.Kxh5 Rh7+ 53.
Kg5 Rxh2 54.g3 Kd5 55.Kxf5 Kc4 56.g4 b3 57.g5 b2 58.Rf1 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.e5 Nfd7 
9.Ne4 Nb6 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.c3 f6 12.Qh4 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bf5 14.Nc5 Qd5 15.g4 Bc8
16.Bd3 Qd8 17.Bh6 Nd5 18.Rae1 Rb8 19.Bc2 Rb6 20.h3 Na5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rf2
Nc4 23.Rfe2 Nxb2 24.exf6+ exf6 25.g5 Nc4 26.Be4 Nxc3 27.Bxg6 Nxe2+ 28.Rxe2
h5 29.Qxh5 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qd7 6.Qe3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O 
Qc7 9.c4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.Rd1 b6 13.b3 Rd8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Rac1 
Qb7 16.Rd2 Be8 17.Rcd1 Qc7 18.Bf1 Rab8 19.Ba3 Rd7 20.Nd4 Rdd8 21.Nc2 Rbc8 
22.f4 Na5 23.e5 dxe5 24.Bxe7 Rxd2 25.Bxf6 Rxd1 26.Qg3 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 g6 28.
Qg5 Qd6 29.Ne4 Qd1+ 30.Ne1 Qh5 31.Qxh5 gxh5 32.fxe5 Nb7 33.Nd3 Bc6 34.Nd6 
Nxd6 35.exd6 Kf8 36.Ne5 Ke8 37.Ke2 Bd7 38.Ke3 Rc5 39.g3 Rxe5+ 40.Bxe5 Bc6 
41.Kf4 Bg2 42.h4 f5 43.Kg5 Bf3 44.Kh6 Kd7 45.Kxh7 Bd1 46.Kg6 Kc6 47.b4 Kd7
48.a4 a5 49.b5 Bf3 50.Kg5 Be2 51.c5 bxc5 52.b6 Bf3 53.b7 Bxb7 54.Kxh5 c4 
55.Kg5 c3 56.Bxc3 Kxd6 57.h5 f4 58.Kxf4 Ba6 59.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Nc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 d6 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Rad1 Be7 15.Qf4 
Qc8 16.e5 dxe5 17.dxe5 Nc5 18.Bh3 Bf8 19.Bg4 Re7 20.Nd4 Qe8 21.Bf3 Rd7 22.
Bxb7 Nxb7 23.Qf3 Nc5 24.Nc6 Rd3 25.Rxd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Qxc6 27.Rd1 Bc5 28.
Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Kf8 30.Nxc5 bxc5 31.Rd7 Rc8 32.Rd3 Rb8 33.Ra3 Rxb2 34.
Rxa5 Ke7 35.Rxc5 Kd7 36.Ra5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 a6 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Rxd4 e5 11.Rd2 O-O 12.Kb1 b5 13.Qe2 b4 14.Nd1 Qc7 15.f3 a5
16.Ne3 Be6 17.Qf2 a4 18.Bc4 Ra5 19.Qe2 Qa7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nc4 Ra6 22.Qe3 
Qc7 23.Rhd1 Rfa8 24.Ba1 Rc6 25.g3 Nd7 26.f4 axb3 27.cxb3 Rxc4 28.bxc4 Ra3 
29.Qe2 Nc5 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Qh5 h6 32.Qxe5 Qxe5 33.Bxe5 Nxe4 34.Rd7 Bf8 35.
Rd8 b3 36.axb3 Rxb3+ 37.Kc2 Rf3 38.R1d7 Rf2+ 39.Kd1 Rf1+ 40.Ke2 Rf2+ 41.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burger, Karl"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.e4 Qe7 
9.Bd3 Nxd5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Ne6 13.Nc3 Qf7 14.Bg3 Nc6 15.Bc4 
Be7 16.Rad1 Na5 17.Ba2 c4 18.Nb5 O-O 19.Rxd7 Qe8 20.Rxb7 Nxb7 21.Qxc4 Kh8 
22.Qxe6 Qxb5 23.Qxe7 Nc5 24.Nd4 Qxb2 25.Nf5 Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 h6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.d5 Ne7 8.e4 Ng6 9.
h3 Bd7 10.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Na3 Nf6 
9.Bc2 Bg4 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nc4 O-O 12.h3 Bd7 13.a4 h6 14.b4 Nh5 15.Re1 f5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17.Ne3 Bxc2 18.Nxc2 Qd7 19.c4 Rf7 20.a5 Raf8 21.Ra3 Nf4 22.Nd2 
c6 23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Ne4 d5 25.cxd5 Nexd5 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Rd3 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 
Nc3 29.Rxc3 Qxc3 30.Qe2 Rc8 31.Ne3 Kh7 32.Kh2 Qb3 33.Qd2 Qc3 34.Qd1 Qc1 
35.Qb3 Qc3 36.Qb1 Qc1 37.Qa2 Qc3 38.f3 Rc6 39.Qd5 Rc7 40.Ng4 Qb2 41.Qd6 
Rc2 42.Ne3 Re2 43.Rg4 Qb1 44.Nd1 Re1 45.Nf2 h5 46.Rc4 Qf5 47.h4 e4 48.Rc5 
Qf8 49.Qd2 Qb8+ 50.g3 Rb1 51.Nxe4 Rb2 52.Rc2 Rxc2 53.Qxc2 Qe8 54.Ng5+ Kh8 
55.Qd3 Bf6 56.Ne4 Qe7 57.Qd2 Bg7 58.Kg2 Bf8 59.Nc5 Qf7 60.Nd3 Kh7 61.Qc2 
Bd6 62.Qe2 Qc7 63.f4 Qc4 64.Qf3 Kh6 65.Qe3 Qc2+ 66.Kf3 Qd1+ 67.Ke4 Kh7 68.
Qb6 Qh1+ 69.Kd4 Bf8 70.Kc4 Qe4+ 71.Qd4 Qc6+ 72.Kb3 Qf3 73.Qd7+ Bg7 74.Kc4 
Qe4+ 75.Kb3 Qf3 76.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "ChessBase 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 O-O 8.h4 
h6 9.c3 Nd7 10.Ng5 c5 11.Qh5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.Bc3 Bb4 14.Kf1 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qb2 16.Rd1 Qxa2 17.Rh3 b6 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Rg3 Ba6+ 20.Kg1 Qe2 21.Nxf7+
Rxf7 22.Qxf7 Qxd1+ 23.Kh2 g5 24.Bg6 Nf8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Bf7+ Kh7 27.hxg5 
1-0

[Event "Brighton International 3rd"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.d4 
exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.Bf4 Bd8 12.Bg3 Nf6 13.h3 b6 14.f4 Bb7 15.Nf3
c5 16.e5 Nh5 17.Bh2 f5 18.Rd2 Qe6 19.Rad1 g6 20.Nd5 b5 21.c4 c6 22.Ne3 Be7
23.b3 Rad8 24.a4 h6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Qd3 Be7 28.Kf2 bxa4 29.
bxa4 Bc8 30.g4 Ng7 31.Bg3 g5 32.Ke2 Qf7 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.Bh2 Be6 35.Nd2 Qg6
36.Kf2 Qf7 37.Kg2 Qf8 38.Nb3 Qc8 39.Kf3 f4 40.Nc2 Qb8 41.Qc3 Qd8 42.Nd2 
Bf7 43.Na1 Ne6 44.Bg1 Bg6 45.Nab3 Kf7 46.Bf2 Qh8 47.Ke2 Qd8 48.Nf3 Qh8 49.
Ne1 Kg8 50.Kf1 Qh7 51.Kg1 Bf8 52.Kh2 Qd7 53.Nd2 Nd4 54.Qb2 Nc2 55.Nef3 Ne3
56.Qb6 Bf7 57.Ne4 Qd1 58.Qxc6 Qf1 59.Ne1 Qxc4 60.Nf6+ Kh8 61.Qd7 Qe6 62.
Qd3 Bg8 63.Qg6 Qf7 64.Qxg5 Nf1+ 65.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1981.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Na3 Nbd7 8.Nac4 
O-O 9.Bd3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nd7 11.Qh5 f5 12.O-O Rf6 13.Rae1 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Rg6 
15.Re3 Bd7 16.Rg3 Qe8 17.Re1 Rxg3 18.Qxe8+ Rxe8 19.hxg3 Kf7 20.f3 Bc6 21.
Kf2 Rd8 22.Re2 Bf6 23.a3 Bd5 24.Re3 b6 25.Bf1 Bc6 26.Bxf6 Kxf6 27.Rd3 Rxd3
28.Bxd3 e5 29.Bc4 Kg5 30.Be6 h5 31.c3 Kf6 32.Bc8 g5 33.b4 Bb5 34.bxc5 bxc5
35.Bb7 f4 36.Be4 Bd7 37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Bd5 Bb5 39.Bb7 Kg5 40.Bc8 Bd3 41.Bd7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1981.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Na3 Qd5 6.O-O e5 7.Ng5 e4 8.d3 Bxa3
9.bxa3 cxd3 10.exd3 Qxd3 11.Nxe4 Qxd1 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Rxd1 Be6 14.Rb1 b6 
15.Bb2 Ke7 16.Rbc1 Rc8 17.a4 Bxa2 18.Ba3+ Ke8 19.Re1+ Be6 20.f4 Kd8 21.Bd6
a6 22.g4 Bxg4 23.Re7 Be6 24.f5 Bb3 25.Rce1 a5 26.R1e3 Bc4 27.Rg3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1981.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 c5 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Nbd2 
b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bb1 Nd5 12.Bg3 Rc8 13.Re1 b5 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 
axb5 16.Qe2 Qb6 17.Bd3 f5 18.Bxb5 f4 19.Bh4 g5 20.c4 Nf6 21.d5 Nb4 22.Nxg5
hxg5 23.Bxg5 Rf7 24.Nf3 Rg7 25.Bh6 Rh7 26.Bxf4 exd5 27.Ng5 Rg7 28.h4 Ne4 
29.Be5 Bf6 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Ra7 Nxg5 32.hxg5 Qxg5 33.f4 Qxf4 34.Rxb7 Rh7 
35.g3 Rg7 36.Qe6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1981.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "ChessBase 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.f3 Bg7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 h5 8.g3 e5 9.
O-O-O O-O 10.Bh6 b5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Bg2 Re8 13.h3 Rb8 14.g4 h4 15.f4 b4 
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Rhe1 Bd7 20.Rxe8 Bxe8 21.g5 f6 
22.Qxd4 Bd7 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Qf2 Qh8 25.Qa7 Re8 26.Rd1 Bf5 27.Bf1 Re7 28.Qd4 
a5 29.Bd3 Bxh3 30.Rg1 Bf5 31.Bxf5 gxf5 32.Qd3 Re4 33.Qh3 Rxf4 34.Qe3 Re4 
35.Qf3 Re5 36.Qf4 Qh5 37.gxf6 Kxf6 38.b3 Re4 39.Qd2 Rg4 40.Re1 Qg5 41.Re6+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 e5 7.Na3 Nge7 8.Nc2 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.Ncxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Nb3 Nb4 
15.Be3 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Nxa2 17.Ra1 Be6 18.Nc5 Bc4 19.Rfb1 Nb4 20.Bxb7 Ba2 
21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Bd2 a5 23.Bxb4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 axb4 25.b3 Re8 26.Bd5 Rc8 27.
Ne4 Rc7 28.Bc4 Kf8 29.Kf1 h6 30.Ke2 Ke7 31.f4 f5 32.Nf2 Bc3 33.Kd3 Rd7+ 
34.Kc2 Rxd1 35.Nxd1 Bd4 36.h3 g5 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.g4 Kf6 39.Nb2 Bc3 40.Nd3 
f4 41.Bd5 Ke7 42.Nc1 Kd6 43.Ba8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A44"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bh6 6.Bxh6 Nxh6 7.h4 Kf8 8.Nc3 Kg7 
9.Nd2 a6 10.a4 Nd7 11.Nc4 Qe7 12.Qd2 b6 13.Qg5 f6 14.Qg3 Rb8 15.Ne3 Nf8 
16.Kd2 Qd7 17.f4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Qe7 19.h5 g5 20.Qg3 Nd7 21.Nc4 Ne5 22.Nxe5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.d3 g6 8.h4 Bg7 
9.Nc3 d4 10.Na4 b6 11.h5 e5 12.c3 O-O 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Be2 Rb8 15.h6 Bf6 
16.Bd2 Qd6 17.Rc1 Be6 18.a3 Kh8 19.Nh2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Rfc8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Nf3
Be7 23.g3 f6 24.Kg2 Bf8 25.Rh1 Nd8 26.b4 Nf7 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qb1 Bxh6 29.
Bxh6 Ngxh6 30.Rc1 Rc6 31.Rc2 Qd7 32.Qc1 Re6 33.Nb2 b5 34.Nd2 Kg7 35.Nb3 
Qd6 36.Rc7 Ng8 37.Qc5 Qd8 38.Qa7 Re7 39.Rxe7 Nxe7 40.Nc5 Kg8 41.Qxa6 Nd6 
42.a4 Nec8 43.axb5 Qb6 44.Qa2+ Kg7 45.Qe6 Qd8 46.Nba4 g5 47.b6 Nxb6 48.
Nxb6 Qxb6 49.Nd7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.O-O Na6 
9.Rc1 d5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.d4 cxd4 14.Qxd4+ Qxd4 
15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rd8 19.Rc4 Rd7 20.b4 Nc7 
21.e3 e6 22.Nc6 Nd5 23.e4 Ne7 24.Ne5 Rb7 25.Kf3 f6 26.Nd3 e5 27.Ke3 Kf7 
28.b5 Ke6 29.a4 Kd6 30.f4 exf4+ 31.Nxf4 f5 32.Rd4+ Ke5 33.Nd3+ Ke6 34.Nf4+
Ke5 35.Nd3+ Ke6 36.Kf4 h6 37.exf5+ Nxf5 38.Re4+ Kf6 39.Ne5 g5+ 40.Kf3 Ng7 
41.Ng4+ Kg6 42.Rc4 Re7 43.Rc6+ Re6 44.Ne3 h5 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.Kxg4 Kf6 47.
Nd5+ Ke5 48.Nb4 Re8 49.Rc7 Ne6 50.Rxa7 Rh8 51.Nd3+ Kd4 52.Rd7+ Kc4 53.Kg3 
Kb3 54.Ra7 Rd8 55.Ne5 Nc5 56.a5 bxa5 57.Rxa5 Rd5 58.Nc6 Kc4 59.b6 Rd3+ 60.
Kg4 Rb3 61.Ne5+ Kd4 62.Kf5 Nb7 63.Ra4+ Kd5 64.Ng4 Nd6+ 65.Kf6 Rxb6 66.Ne3+
Kc6 67.Kxg5 Kd7 68.h4 Ke6 69.h5 Nf7+ 70.Kf4 Kd6 71.Ng4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Na3 Nf6 7.c3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nc2 Bf5 10.d4 Bxc2 11.Qxc2 cxd4 12.Rd1 Qd7 13.cxd4 O-O 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16.Rb1 Rac8 17.Qd3 b6 18.h4 Nc4 19.Rb4 Nd6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Bd2 Rc7
22.Kh2 Qf5 23.Qxf5 Nxf5 24.a4 Bh6 25.f4 Bf8 26.h5 e6 27.Rb3 Nd6 28.hxg6 
hxg6 29.Bf1 Nb7 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Kf3 Na5 32.Rb5 Nb7 33.g4 Rdc8 34.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Littlewood, Paul E"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Qe7 8.Qc2
e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bc3 Nbd7 11.g4 b6 12.Rg1 Bb7 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.g5 
Nd7 16.Bd3 g6 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 a5 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Nf6+ Kf8 
22.Qe4 Rad8 23.Nxh7+ Kg8 24.Nf6+ Qxf6 25.gxf6 Rd1+ 26.Ke2 Rxg1 27.bxa5 
bxa5 28.h4 a4 29.Qxe5 Rg4 30.Qb5 Rxh4 31.Qxa4 Rh1 32.Qc2 Ng5 33.a4 Nh3 34.
Qe4 Rc1 35.Be1 Ng5 36.Qe7 Rc2+ 37.Kf1 Ne6 38.Kg2 Rxc4 39.a5 Rc1 40.Bb4 c5 
41.Ba3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 
h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Nbd7 11.b4 b6 12.Nh3 bxc5 13.b5 Bd6 14.O-O Qc7 15.Kh1
Bb7 16.c4 g5 17.Nhg1 Rg8 18.Bb2 g4 19.Nd2 Bxh2 20.Ne4 Nh5 21.Qc2 f5 22.Nc3
Qd8 23.Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.d3 Qf6 6.Nbd2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nxd4 
Bxd4 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.c3 Bb6 11.a4 bxa4 12.Bxa4+ Kf8 13.Be3 Ne7 14.Nxe5 dxe5 
15.Qxg4 h5 16.Qf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Ng6 18.b4 Ke7 19.Ke2 Rhd8 20.Rhg1 Rd6 21.
Bb3 Kf8 22.Rg5 h4 23.Rf5 Rf6 24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Bd5 Rc8 26.b5 Ke7 27.c4 Nf4+ 
28.Kd2 Ng2 29.Rc1 Nxe3 30.fxe3 Rg8 31.d4 exd4 32.c5 Ba5+ 33.Kd3 dxe3 34.
Ra1 Bb4 35.Rxa7 Rg2 36.b6 e2 37.bxc7 Kd7 38.c6+ Kd6 39.c8=Q e1=Q 40.Qb8+ 
Kc5 41.Qf8+ Kb5 42.Bc4+ Kb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1981/82 57th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1982.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1981.12.28"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 
Nxc3 9.Bc4 Nd5 10.Bxd5 e6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Qd5 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.Bf4 Be7
15.Rfc1 f6 16.Rc7 g5 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Bg3 Bd8 19.Rb7 Bb6 20.Bb8 Ke7 21.Bxa7 
Rxa7 22.Rxb6 Rxa2 23.h4 g4 24.Nh2 Rc8 25.Re1 Rc2 26.Nxg4 Rcxb2 27.Rxb2 
Rxb2 28.Ne3 Kd6 29.Rd1 Bb5 30.g4 Be2 31.Re1 e5 32.Nf5+ Kc6 33.dxe5 fxe5 
34.f4 d4 1/2-1/2

