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[[File:Nigel Short 2011.jpg|thumb|Nigel Short]]

'''[[w:Nigel Short|Nigel Short]]''' (born June 1, [[1965]]) is a [[w:British|British]] [[w:chess grandmaster|chess grandmaster]] and [[w:chess|chess]] writer.

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* Rublevsky is not a sexy player.
** on [[w:Sergei Rublevsky|Sergei Rublevsky]] in his [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/story/0,,1808499,00.html Guardian column.]

*  They could start by removing some personnel: the head-butting, move-retracting, tournament-rigging, Zurab Azmaiparashvili for instance. He is a disgrace to the organisation. But never let it be said that he is a dunderhead.
** When asked how the World Chess Federation [[w:FIDE|FIDE]] could be improved ([http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4192 Nigel Short on FIDE: 'Either they don't know or they don't care']). Short had not long before been warned by the FIDE Ethics Commission for calling Azmaiparashvili a "dunderhead".
He is warned by FIDE

* It is curious that it is far easier to maintain a high "manners" rating if, like Kasparov, you simply don't speak to anyone. I still have much to learn from the great man...
** From his current personal profile at ChessBase Internet server, where he uses to play blitz. (08/05/2008)

* A friend of mine recently joked that his mobile phone will beat [[Magnus Carlsen]]. I said, ‘What are you talking about? <b>My microwave could beat Magnus Carlsen.</b>'
** ''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/14/chess-grandmaster-caught-using-iphone-to-cheat-during-international-tournament/ Washington Post]'' (April 14, 2015)

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