CHESS PLAYER

Nigel Short

1965 - Today

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Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. Short earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 19 and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from July 1988 to July 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nigel Short has received more than 639,150 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Nigel Short is the 215th most popular chess player (down from 199th in 2019), the 5,275th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,791st in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nigel Short ranks 215 out of 461. Before him are Larissa Volpert, Yasser Seirawan, Boris Gulko, John Nunn, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, and Aaron Alexandre. After him are Tony Miles, Smbat Lputian, Fenny Heemskerk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Roberto Grau, and Harry Golombek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Nigel Short ranks 427. Before him are Maria Pitillo, Sonique, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Dan Abnett, WestBam, and Gerhard Rodax. After him are Micky Ward, Zaza Urushadze, Pata, Marguerite MacIntyre, Rei Sakuma, and Karel Nováček.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 5,275 out of 8,785. Before him are Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), George Goulding (1884), Barbara Pym (1913), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993). After him are Helen Bannerman (1862), Fiona May (1969), Alfred Domett (1811), Nicholas Galitzine (1994), Thomas Heywood (1574), and Jo Cox (1974).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 11. Before him are Horatio Caro (1862), Henry Bird (1830), Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), and John Nunn (1955). After him are Tony Miles (1955), Harry Golombek (1911), Fred Yates (1884), Raymond Keene (1948), and Stuart Conquest (1967).

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