GM

Short, Nigel D

ENG ENG·Born 1965·FIDE #400025·4,089 Games

Classical25943,727 Games
Rapid2540221 Games
Blitz2528153 Games

Statistics

4089

Total

1767

Wins

1543

Draws

779

Losses

43%38%19%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Very consistent (83%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (76% in 36 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 524 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.3%
Middlegame93.7%
Endgame95.0%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
115 Games
Equal position94%
235 Games
Losing (-2 or more)90%
150 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

25%
192 errors
20%
153 errors
16%
124 errors
14%
108 errors
13%
96 errors
12%
93 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 39average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
30% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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22
22
21
25
25
24
22
21
21
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
e525 err
f525 err
d424 err
c622 err
f422 err
e5/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Onyshchuk, Volodymyr2617

Luc Winants Mem 2026 · 9 May 2026

½-½
W
Neiman, Emmanuel2213

Luc Winants Mem 2026 · 9 May 2026

0-1
W
Anton Guijarro, David2657

Luc Winants Mem 2026 · 9 May 2026

1-0
L
Pichot, Alan2581

Luc Winants Mem 2026 · 9 May 2026

1-0
W
Dobrosmyslov, Artem2244

Luc Winants Mem 2026 · 9 May 2026

1-0
D
Bauer,Ch2557

Luc Winants Mem 2026 · 9 May 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black
Reti: Double Fianchetto
62.5%
8 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5

Strengths

AVOID
White
Italian: Fried Liver
77.8%
18 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5

Nimzo-Indian: Capablanca
72.7%
11 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3

Black
QGD: Orthodox
70.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5

English: g3 System
57.1%
14 Games·Wins

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
#32Qd2??
Tactics
vs Rusu
OTB·2025
#32Bc8??
Tactics
vs Jacobsen
OTB·2025
#62Rf1??
Endgame
vs Nakamura
OTB·2025
#21c6??
Tactics
vs Shabalov
OTB·2025
#46Rf6??
Endgame
vs Moiseenko
OTB·2025
#51Ka3??
Endgame
vs Makhnev
Rapid·2025
#46Rxc2+??
Endgame
vs Rodshtein
Rapid·2025
#26Nc6??
Tactics
vs Dudin
Rapid·2025
#33Rc8+??
Tactics
vs Koellner
Blitz·2025
#32Nc3??
Tactics
vs De Herdt
OTB·2025
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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2159 Games
51%35%14%
1.e4
68%
1849
1.d4
74%
157
1.c4
74%
95
1.Nf3
76%
36
1.b3
50%
11
1.g3
75%
8
1.b4
0%
1
1.a3
50%
1
1.Nc3
100%
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