Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions) — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
