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Nigel Short

🇬🇧 GBBorn 1965FIDE #400025

English grandmaster who challenged Garry Kasparov for the world title in 1993 — the first Briton to play a world championship match in the modern era. A fearless attacking player, remembered above all for marching his own king up the board to deliver mate against Jan Timman at Tilburg 1991.

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The King Walk

Interpolis 15th · 1991.10.21
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