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Nigel Short est un grand maître international britannique du jeu d'échecs. Il a été finaliste du championnat du monde d'échecs 1993 .

Au 1er novembre 2017, il est le 67e joueur mondial, et le 3e anglais, avec un classement Elo de 2 678 points. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. juin 1965
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Nigel Short: Citations en anglais

“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.”

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When asked how the World Chess Federation FIDE could be improved ( Nigel Short on FIDE: 'Either they don't know or they don't care' http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4192). Short had not long before been warned by the FIDE Ethics Commission for calling Azmaiparashvili a "dunderhead".

“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…”

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From his current personal profile at ChessBase Internet server, where he uses to play blitz. (08/05/2008)

“Rublevsky is not a sexy player.”

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on Sergei Rublevsky in his Guardian column. http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/story/0,,1808499,00.html

“A friend of mine recently joked that his mobile phone will beat Magnus Carlsen. I said, ‘What are you talking about? My microwave could beat Magnus Carlsen.</b”

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Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/14/chess-grandmaster-caught-using-iphone-to-cheat-during-international-tournament/ (April 14, 2015)