What is Nigel D Short's FIDE rating?

Nigel D Short's FIDE rating is 2594 standard, 2551 rapid, 2516 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Nigel D Short's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Nigel D Short played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 3,930 over-the-board games by Nigel D Short (3,598 classical, 217 rapid, 127 blitz), with 43% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Nigel D Short's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Nigel D Short?

Open Nigel D Short's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Nigel D Short's style, before facing them.

Nigel D Short

United Kingdomborn 1965FIDE ID 400025

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2592 · Sep 2023

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2594Classical

2551Rapid

2516Blitz

2712peak, Apr 2004

3,930games

1,674wins, 43%

1,506draws, 38%

750losses, 19%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2712 · Apr 2004

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.8% average

Low resilience (32%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (84%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(74% in 142 games)

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Their real openings, level & style

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Based on

3,930 games

Based on 3,930 games

Openings

3,930 gamesBased on 3,930 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Italian: Fried Liver1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝c4 ♞f6 4.♞g519 games, last played 3 months ago78.9%wins

Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f620 games, last played last year75.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 542 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 542 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.4%

Middlegame

93.7%

Endgame

95.0%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%106g

EqualEqual position

94%237g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%157g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

25%

190 err

21%

162 err

16%

124 err

14%

109 err

12%

96 err

12%

93 err

Critical moment

Move 38 avg

1-15

18%

16-25

24%

26-35

22%

36-45

29%

46+

29% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

227Errors mapped

e5 / d4Hotspot zone

Critical squares

2626 err

2525 err

2424 err

2222 err

e5/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#38

♛e4?? vs Zhao

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#56

♚f6?? vs Concio

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#75

♝g5?? vs Jiang

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#32

♛d2?? vs Rusu

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#21

c6?? vs Shabalov

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#32

♝c8?? vs Jacobsen

Endgame · OTB · 2025