[Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [Annotator "Nigel"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2016.07.11"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,77,25,32,13,-16,-4,-3,20,31,15,14,57,2,20,26,28,28,35,5,17,32,31,41, 74,59,52,52,38,37,37,49,46,32,33,12,7,33,73,79,79,84,90,68,73,73,39,63,94,58, 54,58,100,102,199,198,198,193,196,200,189,211,212,210,205,212,212,212,213,212, 213,197,213,213,213,205,1132,231,1192,1142]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 (11... h6) 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Rf4 Be6 16. Be4 Rad8 17. d5 Ne7 18. Qc2 f5 $6 (18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rh4 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 g5) 19. dxe6 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Qxe4 Qc5+ 22. e3 Qb6 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxb2 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qb1+ (26... Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Qxc4 Ke7 29. Qd5) 27. Kg2 Qd3 28. Qf3 Qc2+ 29. Kh3 Qg6 30. Qd5 h6 31. e7+ Kh7 32. Qxc4 Qe8 33. Qd3+ Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. g4 a5 38. Kg3 b5 39. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Short, Nigel"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,81,21,21,8,23,24,24,36,3,10,12,30,8,9,11,11,-25,-15,-16,24,-6,-8,4,17, 20,22,19,31,16,31,7,16,2,-4,0,0,-1,12,-5,10,-4,26,-11,-8,-18,-35,-34,8,2,21,11, 10,3,110,-4,-9,-5,0,0,0,-18,-28,-31,-7,-7,3,8,6,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-8,-2,-11,1, 11,6,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Nh2 Nc5 22. Qf3 h5 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Ba4 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 Nd7 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Nc5 29. Red1 Rec8 30. Bxa5 Rxc6 31. Bb4 Nb7 32. Nd2 Bh6 33. Ngf1 Rac8 34. f3 Bxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 Rxc4 37. Bd2 Rd4 38. Kf2 Nc5 39. Ke2 Bxd2 40. Rxd2 Ra4 41. Rxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,57,20,12,24,1,0,0,5,6,31,7,0,2,60,49,59,42,68,50,46,49,51,37,41,39,35, 37,31,3,-12,-4,4,4,7,14,44,56,26,4,2,-6,9,-18,-20,-17,-9,-21,4,-4,-7,2,12,-16, -11,-13,22,39,59,34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. Qc2 h6 14. e4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rc8 17. Qd2 Ba5 18. Qf4 Qg5 19. h4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 f6 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Be7 Rd7 23. Bb4 Bb6 24. Rac1 Rdc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. f3 Be6 27. Kf2 g5 28. Rh1 Rc6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be7 Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kg6 32. Rh8 Bc7 33. Rf8 Kg7 34. Rxf6 Be5 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Bxg5 Rg6 37. Bd2 Bg3+ 38. Ke2 Rf6 39. Bc4 b6 40. b4 Kg6 41. Kd3 Be5 42. Bb5 Kh5 43. Bd7 Kh4 44. Be1+ Kg5 45. Bf5 1-0 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. h3 Rae8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Qxc6 Qe7 19. Na3 Nxd3 20. Nc2 Qe5 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kf1 Nxb2 24. Ne1 h5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa4 Nxa4 27. Rxa4 Bd7 0-1 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2016.07.11"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,61,12,15,28,6,6,6,6,14,11,29,39,38,31,31,27,27,53,29,39,42,42,21,18,2, 12,-2,4,4,-16,-19,-5,-34,-11,-19,-15,-10,0,-4,6,7,8,5,3,5,0,-1,15,22,29,-39,11, -13,-11,12,12,11,-1,-80,-83,-75,-80,-74]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nc5 Bd6 15. Bf5 Rb8 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. Nc5 Rg6 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. g3 Re8 22. Rc2 Qc8 23. a4 Re7 24. Rfc1 Qh3 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Rb2 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Rf6 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Rbd2 Rc6 34. e4 d4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxc5 37. Kf3 c3 38. Rd1 b5 39. Ke2 c2 0-1 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.31"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [Annotator "Nigel"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,79,25,16,10,25,17,14,14,-1,-35,-30,-36,-32,-39,-56,-56,-56,-36,-66,12, 20,20,26,13,21,21,-5,15,6,0,-54,-54,-18,-22,-17,-15,-15,169,174,171,171,166, 209,196,165,168,244,228,222,240,254,380,315,327,335,331,334,353,162,483,467, 467,117,131,179,183,139,273,290,343,385,435,385,487,493,496,494,495,503,503, 503]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 $5 {In homage to my partly Welsh ancestry.} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O Bb6 {Undoubtedly superior to} (8... h6 $2 {played by the hapless chess aristocrat, the Duke of Brunswick, against Harrwitz, in Paris 1857.}) 9. cxd4 Na5 {One of those occasions where the supposedly "safe" move is probably more dangerous than the greedy alternative} (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 {which is objectively fine for Black, although, even here, White's practical results have been favourable.}) 10. Qa4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 d6 12. a4 a5 (12... c6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. a5 Bxa5 15. Bg5 {led to murky complications in Sutovsky,E (2604)-Smagin,S (2613) 1-0 (42), Essen 2001.}) 13. Nc3 {White's initiative is already menacing.} Be6 14. d5 Bg4 15. e5 $1 Bxf3 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. gxf3 {After two sharp zwischenzugs, the Black king is caught in the centre and he lags in development. To be sure, it is objectively unpleasant, and even more so practically, but the next move is just utter capitulation.} Bxf2+ $2 {It is fascinating how poorly even very strong players can play when they have completely lost their bearings. Three pawns and a few checks is no compensation for a piece when the attack will be resumed imminently.} (18... Qb4 $1 {was the only way to keep Black in the game.}) 19. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Ke2 Ne7 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Kd2 Ng6 24. Nb5 {The storming recommences. Black's position is beyond hope.} Qxf3 25. Bxc7+ Kd7 26. Ra3 Qg2+ 27. Re2 Qg5+ 28. Rae3 Rhe8 29. Qc5 Re5 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Qb6 (31. Na7 $1 Ra8 32. Nc6 { was the prettiest and fastest way to end the game, but the text doesn't spoil anything.}) 31... Rxe3 32. Rxe3+ Kf8 33. d6 Qf5 (33... Re8 {was the only remaining hope, but White wins anyway after} 34. d7 Qg2+ 35. Kd3 $1 Qf1+ 36. Kd4 $1 Qd1+ 37. Kc5 $1 Qxd7 38. Qd6+) 34. Qxb7 Kg8 35. Nd4 Qg4 36. Qe4 Qd7 37. Qc6 Nf8 38. Qxd7 Nxd7 39. Re7 Nf6 40. d7 1-0 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.08.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,58,15,15,28,6,6,14,8,14,29,22,17,15,49,23,29,29,28,23,41,46,31,37,35, 36,34,36,82,74,83,77,78,78,78,78,86,51,79,59,59,51,64,69,71,71,29,72,57,6,0,-8, 0,0,0,0,31,-53,-53,-35,-33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nb6 11. Bb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nfd5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. a5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bc2 Rc8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Ra3 Rc7 25. Rh3 f5 26. Bd1 Qxd4 27. Bh5 Be8 28. Bxg6 Bxg6 29. Nxg6 Rf6 30. Rg3 Rxg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qh6 Rxc4 35. h3 Re4 36. Rd1 Qe6 $4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "China League"] [Site "Jinan"] [Date "2008.04.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Xu Jun"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Short,Nigel"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2008.04.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.13"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Rd6 Rac8 19. Ba6 Ne4 20. Rd4 Ra8 (20... f6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bg3 e5 23. Rdd1) 21. f3 Nc5 22. Be2 f6 23. Bd6 e5 24. Rdd1 Na4 25. Rc1 Rad8 26. Rfd1 Nb2 27. Rd2 Re6 28. Rxb2 Rexd6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke1 Be8 31. e4 Rc8 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Rc5 34. Bd1 Ke7 35. Bb3 Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Simultáneas de Short (30)"] [Site "Rosario"] [Date "2001.09.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Sanchez, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [Annotator "Christian Sánchez"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2001.09.14"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Bd2 c5 12. Bc3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7 14. c3 Nf6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bb1 Bc5 18. Qe3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Qd8 21. Rd1 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Kf8 23. f3 Ke7 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ke3 Kc7 27. Kd4 Kd6 28. c4 b6 29. b4 Nd7 30. f4 f6 31. Nxd7 Bxd7 32. c5+ bxc5+ 33. bxc5+ Kc7 34. h4 Bc6 35. g3 Bd5 36. a3 Kc6 37. Bd3 a5 38. Be2 e5+ 39. fxe5 fxe5+ 40. Kxe5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nigel Short Simul, Wellington, NZ"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2005.11.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Nigel Short"] [Black "John McDonald"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2073"] [Annotator "John McDonald"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1994.04.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.04.26"] {[%evp 0,101,27,29,50,38,99,85,58,32,26,19,67,35,69,46,81,62,63,78,81,87,100, 58,137,108,106,127,128,135,85,34,-4,-9,-33,-24,-57,-57,-2,-5,-25,0,14,0,-16, -263,-196,-211,-97,-31,0,0,13,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,257,255,298,161,255, 178,277,153,286,191,147,109,105,141,129,143,148,161,175,179,179,195,217,254, 277,290,431,468,488,235,242,237,235,256,343,369,369,390,443,380]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Nc5 12. f5 Nc6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ncxb5 axb5 18. Nxe6 Qc4 19. Nxg7+ Kd8 20. Bxd7 Qxe4 21. Qe2 Kxd7 22. Rf4 Qc6 23. Bd4 Raf8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Ne6+ Kb8 28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Qf5 Bg7 30. Qxh7 Qc3 31. Rf1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe2 33. Qd3 Qg4 34. g6 e4 35. Qg3+ Qxg3 36. hxg3 Nd6 37. Kg2 Kc8 38. Rh1 Kd7 39. Rh7 Ne8 40. Kf2 Kc6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Rh5+ Be5 43. Rg5 Nf6 44. g7 Ng8 45. a4 bxa4 46. c4+ Ke6 47. Kxe4 Bb2 48. Ra5 a3 49. Ra6+ Kd7 50. c5 1-0 [Event "County Match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1980.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Wells, Ian Duncan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2220"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1980.11.15"] [EventType "team"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Wells scoresheets"] [Source "Sean Parker"] [SourceDate "2015.07.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.07.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Lancashire"] [BlackTeam "Cumbria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 Bh7 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 e5 10. c4 Nf6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 e4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. a3 Qb8 16. Nf1 Bf5 17. Rh4 a6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bf4 Qa7 20. Be5 Bd6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd4 24. Nfe3 Be5 25. Qg4 Rhg8 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Rxb7+ Kf8 29. Qh7 Bc3+ 30. Kf1 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qe1+ 32. Kf3 Ne5+ 33. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Lancashire Open"] [Site "Morecambe"] [Date "1979.05.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Wells, Ian Duncan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C04"] [WhiteElo "189"] [BlackElo "205"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1979.05.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. exf6 Bxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qa4 Ncb8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Ndf3 c4 14. Qd1 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 Nf8 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Bg3 a5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. h4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Be7 22. Qf4 h6 23. Qg4 Qc7 24. Bf4 Kh8 25. Re3 Bc5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Bc6 28. Qh5 Re7 29. Rg3 Nh7 30. Qg6 Nf8 31. Qg4 Nh7 32. h5 Rf8 33. Qg6 {Source: Ian Wells scorebook (contributed by Sean Parker)} 1-0 [Event "Blackpool Open"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1980.03.08"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Wells, Ian Duncan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1980.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Wells scoresheets"] [Source "Sean Parker"] [SourceDate "2015.07.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.07.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nf4 12. O-O Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd4 Qg5 15. N2f3 Qh6 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Ne2 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxh2 19. Nxh2 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Rh5 0-1 [Event "Greater Manchester Winter Open"] [Site "Manchester"] [Date "1981.01.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Wells, Ian Duncan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2440"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1981.01.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Wells scoresheets"] [Source "Sean Parker"] [SourceDate "2015.07.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.07.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd5 Bb7 8. Bd3 a5 9. h4 e6 10. Nf4 Nf6 11. Ng5 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qg4 Nxg5 14. hxg5 c5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. O-O-O c4 17. Rh3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rdh1 b3 20. c3 Nb8 21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qg8 23. Qh3 Nd7 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. f4 Nxa4 26. f5 exf5 27. Nf4 Nb6 28. Nxg6+ fxg6 29. Qh6 Kf8 30. Qxg6 Nc8 31. Qc6 Qxh7 32. Qxa8 Qh1+ 33. Kd2 Qxg2+ 34. Ke1 Qg3+ 35. Kd2 Qh2+ 36. Ke1 f4 37. Qxc8+ Kf7 38. g6+ Kxg6 39. Qg4+ Kh7 40. Bxf4 Qxb2 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "British Embassy Simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.04.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Short/Kramnik, Nigel/Vladimir"] [Black "Cross, Ted"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [Annotator "Ted Cross"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.04.26"] {[%evp 0,49,19,34,75,37,35,21,31,41,36,-4,35,41,66,39,56,18,26,19,88,59,59,61, 91,74,104,87,100,106,86,98,109,113,121,112,101,95,82,93,308,304,299,282,289, 295,295,273,270,272,276,279]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nf4 g5 12. Nd3 Be8 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Bh5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Rdc2 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Bf7 ( 18... f4) (18... Rac8) 19. Qc3 e5 $2 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Qd5 23. Nxc6 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rae8 25. Kf2 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Bh3 Kg7 28. Nd4 Rf7 29. Be6 Rf6 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. Bc4 Rd6 $2 32. Bf7+ Kf6 33. Bxe8 1-0 [Event "2nd Easter Int.Congress Dundrum,Ireland"] [Site "?"] [Date "1976.04.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nigel Short"] [Black "J J Walsh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.04.26"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. g3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 O-O 9. Bh3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bf4 b4 14. Nd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bxh4 19. cxd4 Nb3 20. Qb2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Na5 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Bg2 Nxd4 25. Bg3 Qg4 26. Ne3 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Qxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nigel Short Simul Hull"] [Site "?"] [Date "1982.01.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Nigel Short"] [Black "Stuart Brown"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1982.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.04.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Qg3 h6 14. Bc5 Rfd8 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Be4 Qe7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Qf8 20. Ne4 d5 21. Nc3 Re8 22. Nb3 Bf5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rc1 d4 25. Nb1 Bxc2 26. N1d2 d3 27. Nc4 Qb4 0-1