Nigel writes interesting chess articles for the British
paper
The Telegraph. Nigel Short made an incredible comeback this year. He
regained most of the form he had when he got through a
tough
candidates process to earn the right to play Garry Kasparov for the
1993 Chess World Championship. On the road to his championship challenge, Nigel defeated Boris Gelfand, Anatoly
Karpov, and Jan Timman in candidate matches to earn the right to meet Kasparov. Nigel came up short in
an
exciting
1993
world championship match. This past year Nigel climbed above the 2700
rating plateau.
In 2004 Nigel took first prizes at the following tournaments:
1)
Yai
Yuan GM tournament in China in July
2)
placed
2nd behind Kasparov at the Reykjavik rapid tournament.
3)
Gibraltar
Open
4)
Common
wealth championship
Nigel also played in the 2004 Fide KO in Libya. He was KO by
eventual winner Rustam Kasimdzhanov. In his match against Kasimdzhanov,
Nigel
uncharacteristically blundered a rook in a winning position. In a
short KO match, such a mistake is deadly.
One thing is certain, there is still some fire inside Nigel's veins.
This reporter would liked to see Nigel get some more invitations to the
super tournaments.
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