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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 607,265 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Nigel Short is the 199th most popular chess player (down from 191st in 2019), the 4,803rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,688th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Chess Player.

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  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nigel Short ranks 199 out of 374. Before him are Larissa Volpert, Alexander Grischuk, Nick de Firmian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana, and Boris Gulko. After him are Fred Yates, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alexander Morozevich, Antoaneta Stefanova, Andrija Fuderer, and Roberto Grau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Nigel Short ranks 361. Before him are Franck Sauzée, Arminas Narbekovas, Colum McCann, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Kevin Williamson, and John van Loen. After him are Jam Master Jay, Maria Pitillo, Micky Ward, Claudia Christian, Vladimir Luxuria, and Rikishi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 4,803 out of 7,765. Before him are Lennox Berkeley (1903), Gary Cahill (1985), Henry Sweet (1845), Herbert Morrison (1888), Pete Quaife (1943), and George Fenton (1950). After him are Alex James (1901), Hammond Innes (1913), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), Emma Samms (1960), Ethel Muckelt (1885), and Frederick E. Morgan (1894).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 9. Before him are Michael Adams (1971), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Alexander McDonnell (1798), Henry Bird (1830), Amos Burn (1848), and Harry Golombek (1911). After him are Fred Yates (1884), John Nunn (1955), Raymond Keene (1948), Stuart Conquest (1967), and Tony Miles (1955).

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