Nigel Short - International Team Record

International Team Record

A perennial fixture on the English national team, Short made his international team debut in the Euroteams at age seventeen at Plovdiv 1983, and has represented England continuously ever since. Short's main highlights are: team silver medals in the chess Olympiads of Thessaloniki 1984, Dubai 1986 (where he also took gold medal for the best individual performance on board three) and Thessaloniki 1988. He took a team bronze in the Novi Sad Olympiad of 1990, and led England to fourth place finishes in both 1994 and 1996. He led the English team to victory in the 1997 Euroteams at Pula, and was a member of the bronze winning team in 1992, and of fourth place teams in 1983 and 2001. He was a member of three English teams in the World Team Championships of 1985 (team bronze), 1989 (team bronze), and 1997 (team fourth). His complete log when representing England in major team events follows.

Olympiads:

• Thessaloniki 1984 2nd reserve, 3/6 (+1 =4 -1);
• Dubai 1986 board 3, 10/13 (+8 =4 -1), gold medal on board 3;
• Thessaloniki 1988 board 1, 7/12 (+3 =8 -1);
• Novi Sad 1990 board 1, 6/12 (+2 =8 -2);
• Manila 1992, board 1, 6/11 (+3 =6 -2);
• Moscow 1994, board 1, 8.5/13 (+6 =5 -2);
• Yerevan 1996, board 1, 7/12 (+3 =8 -1);
• Elista 1998, board 2, 6.5/11 (+2 =9 -0);
• Istanbul 2000, board 2, 7/12 (+3 =8 -1);
• Bled 2002, board 2, 8.5/13 (+5 =7 -1);
• Calvià 2004, board 2, 1.5/4 (+1 =1 -2);
• Turin 2006, board 2, 8/11 (+5 =6 -0);
• Dresden 2008, board 2, 7/10 (+6 =2 -2).

Euroteams:

• Plovdiv 1983 board 7, 4.5/7 (+3 =3 -1);
• Debrecen 1992 board 1, 5.5/8 (+4 =3 -1), bronze medal on board 1;
• Pula 1997, board 1, 4/7 (+2 =4 -1);
• Batumi 1999 board 1, 5/8 (+3 =4 -1);
• León 2001 board 2, 6/9 (+3 =6 -0).

World Team Championships:

• Lucerne 1985 board 4, 4/8 (+1 =6 -1);
• Lucerne 1989, board 1, 4.5/8 (+3 =3 -2), silver medal on board 1;
• Lucerne 1997, board 1, 4/8 (+0 =8 -0).