| ECO A28 in 1982 play it! short nigel defeats black's hebden mark in 70 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 a5 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O d6 8. Nd5 Bc5 9. h3 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Be2 O-O 16. Na4 Qh4 17. f4 Bxh3 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bf2 Qxf4 20. gxh3 Nxe4 21. Qc1 Qf6 22. Be1 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Bf3 Re6 25. Qc2 Rfe8 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Qd3 Ng5 28. Bf2 Re3 29. Rde1 Nxf3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxc4 32. Rd1 Ng5 33. Rxd6 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 f5 35. Qe8+ Kh7 |
| ECO B33 in 1992 play it! short nigel defeats black's karpov anatoly r in 81 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. h4 Kh8 12. g4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. f4 Rg8 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Be2 e5 18. f5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Qe3 Qf6 21. Nb6 Ne7 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxa6 Rd8 24. Qb6 Ng8 25. Na5 d5 26. Nc6 Rd6 27. exd5 Ne7 28. Qxb4 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Qg7 30. Rxd6 Rg1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxb4 33. Nxb4 Qg4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. a3 Qxf5 36. Rd1 h5 37. Re1 Qe6 38. Bb7 f5 39. Bd5 Qf6 40. c4 e4 41. c5 |
| ECO B33 in 1995 play it! short nigel defeats black's illescas cordoba in 83 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb4 Rb6 19. f4 f5 20. Bd5 a5 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nd5 Rb7 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. a3 Qc8 25. Rad1 Qc4 26. Rf2 Bh6 27. Ne3 Qe4 28. Qxd6 Qxe3 29. Qxh6 Rg7 30. Qd6 Re8 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Qd5 Rg5 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Qf3 Qe4 35. Rd5 Re5 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Ke2 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. c4 Rc5 41. b3 Ra5 42. Ke3 |
| ECO B91 in 2007 play it! short nigel defeats black's gelfand boris in 77 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. h3 b5 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Ng3 g6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg1 Rc4 17. Be3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. Nf1 Qa5 20. Rh3 Rc8 21. h5 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxg5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qxd6 Qc7 25. Rd1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Nf6 27. Nd5 Nh5 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Nb6 Rh8 30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rc7 Be8 32. Rd6 Bc1 33. Nd5 a5 34. Rd8 Bxa3 35. Rcc8 a4 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Rxe8 Bb2 38. Bf1 a3 39. Ra8 |
| ECO B33 in 1995 play it! short nigel defeats black's kramnik vladimir in 109 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Qd7 17. a4 b4 18. Ncxb4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxb4 21. b3 a5 22. Qe2 e4 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Bc4 Kh8 25. Rd5 f5 26. Rfd1 Be5 27. Rxa5 Rb7 28. Rad5 Qf6 29. f4 exf3 30. Qxf3 Rg7 31. Kh1 Qh6 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. Rd3 Rg5 34. a5 Rh5 35. Qf2 f4 36. g4 Rh3 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Bd4 39. Rd1 Be3 40. a6 Qf6 41. Qd5 f3 42. Qxd6 Qg7 43. Bd5 Ba7 44. Qb4 f2 45. Bg2 Re8 46. Rf1 Qe5 47. Bc6 Re7 48. Qd2 Kg7 49. b4 Rf7 50. b5 Bb6 51. Qd5 Qf4 52. Qe4 Qd6 53. Bd5 Re7 54. Qf5 Bc7 55. Qg5+ |
| ECO B66 in 1986 play it! short nigel defeats black's adianto utut ina in 73 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 Rc8 12. h4 b4 13. Nce2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nc5 21. Nxb4 Na4 22. Nd2 d5 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. c3 Bxb4 25. cxb4 O-O 26. g5 h5 27. Qh2 Rfd8 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Be5 Rcd7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Kc2 Rd3 32. b3 Nb6 33. Bc7 Na8 34. Ba5 Rxf3 35. bxc4 Rf2+ 36. Kc3 bxc4 37. Rd1 |
| ECO B30 in 2007 play it! short nigel defeats black's krasenkov michal in 90 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Bc7 14. Qg4 Nf5 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. g3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 b6 22. Na4 Be6 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Nc3 Qd7 25. f3 Ng6 26. Qd2 Rc7 27. Ba4 Qc8 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Kf2 Ne7 30. Bb3 Qb8 31. Ne2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Re1 Nc6 34. Bc2 Qd6 35. a3 Ne7 36. Bb3 Kf8 37. Nf4 a5 38. h4 Qd7 39. h5 Qb5 40. Bd1 Rc6 41. g4 Qc4 42. Re3 Qc1 43. Qxc1 Rxc1 44. Ba4 Bc8 45. Nxd5 Be6 |
| ECO B42 in 1991 play it! short nigel defeats black's hjartarson johan in 57 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. b3 b5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nc2 Be7 14. a4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Ng4 17. Bd2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bh4 19. g3 Bf6 20. h3 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nf6 22. Kh2 O-O 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Rd1 a5 26. Qc3 h5 27. g4 d5 28. g5 dxc4 29. Qxf6+ |
| ECO B29 in 1986 play it! short nigel defeats black's ostermeyer peter in 85 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 h6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Rd2 O-O-O 12. Rhd1 Be7 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6+ Qb7 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. c4 Nb7 18. h5 Na5 19. b3 Qb7 20. g4 g5 21. Bg3 Nc6 22. c3 Rhf8 23. Rd3 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Re3 Rdf8 26. Nd2 e5 27. Ne4 Re6 28. Red3 Nb8 29. Rd6 Qc7 30. R6d5 d6 31. b4 Nc6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Ka1 Kb7 34. Nxc5+ dxc5 35. Rd7 Bd6 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Qe4 Rff6 38. f3 Re7 39. Bf2 Nb8 40. Qa8 Nc6 41. Rb1 Kd7 42. Qb7+ Bc7 43. Bxc5 |
| ECO B45 in 2007 play it! short nigel defeats black's sokolov andrei in 53 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O Bd7 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. g4 Bc8 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Rd1 b4 15. g5 bxc3 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bh4 18. Qxc3 d5 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. f5 d4 21. Rxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bd5 23. Qxh4 Qxe5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 e5 26. Be3 a5 27. Rd1 |
| ECO B48 in 1990 play it! short nigel defeats black's illescas cordoba in 125 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. a4 Qxd3 14. cxd3 b4 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. Rfc1 d6 17. Kf2 Kd7 18. Nb3 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 a5 20. Ned4 Rhc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. g4 Ng8 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. N4b3 Ne7 26. d4 Nc6 27. e5 h5 28. Ne4 hxg4 29. exd6 gxh3 30. Nbc5+ Ke8 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. Rxh3 Kg8 33. b3 Nd8 34. Rg3 Kh7 35. Rg1 Bb7 36. Nxb7 Nxb7 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Rc6 f5 39. Ng5+ Kg6 40. Rb6 Nxd6 41. Nxe6 Nc8 42. Rb8 Re8 43. d5 Kf6 44. Kd4 g6 45. Kc5 Rh8 46. Nc7 Ke7 47. d6+ Kd7 48. Nb5 Rh1 49. Rb7+ Kd8 50. Nd4 Rc1+ 51. Kd5 Rd1 52. d7 Nd6 53. Ra7 Ke7 54. Rxa5 Kxd7 55. Ra7+ Kd8 56. Rg7 Nc8 57. Kc5 Ne7 58. a5 Rc1+ 59. Kxb4 Nd5+ 60. Kb5 Nxf4 61. a6 Nd5 62. a7 Ra1 63. Nc6+ |
| ECO B90 in 1984 play it! short nigel defeats black's gallagher joseph in 59 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qe2 Qc6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O-O b4 16. Nd5 a5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rd5 a4 19. Na5 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qc6 21. Kb1 Be7 22. Rhd1 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. axb3 O-O 25. R1d3 Kh8 26. Rc3 Qb7 27. Na5 Qb6 28. Qe3 Qa6 29. Qf2 Rad8 30. Rc6 |
| ECO B33 in 1990 play it! short nigel defeats black's torre eugenio in 55 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 h5 15. f5 Qc5 16. Rf1 Kd7 17. Rf3 Rag8 18. fxe6+ fxe6 19. Nd5 Rxg2 20. b4 Qa7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qc3 Kd7 23. Rxf6 Rh7 24. e5 Rg1 25. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 26. Rf1 Qg2 27. Qd4 Kc7 28. Rg1 |
| ECO B33 in 1993 play it! short nigel defeats black's kramnik vladimir in 81 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Rhf1 Ng4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg1 Nf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rf4 Qc7 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rfd4 Rb8 26. b4 Nb7 27. Ne4 Kf8 28. Kb2 Ke7 29. a3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Nc5 a5 32. c4 axb4 33. axb4 bxc4 34. Kc3 Nc6 35. Re1 Na7 36. Kxc4 Kd8 37. Rd1+ Ke7 38. b5 Nc8 39. Kb4 Nb6 40. Rd6 Nd5+ 41. Rxd5 |
| ECO B23 in 1991 play it! short nigel defeats black's chandler murray in 121 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Be2 Bg5 15. O-O a5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Nce3 g6 20. Qe2 f5 21. a4 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 bxa4 23. Rd2 Ne7 24. Qa6 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Nc8 26. Qxa5 Rb5 27. Qa6 Bb3 28. Re1 Rc5 29. Qd3 Ne7 30. h3 Rcc8 31. Bd1 Be6 32. Bc2 f4 33. Nf1 Rc4 34. Rdd1 Qb7 35. Nd2 Rcc8 36. Bxa4 Qxb2 37. Rc1 Rc5 38. c4 Rcc8 39. Bb5 Qb4 40. Red1 Qc5 41. Nb3 Qb4 42. Nd4 Bf7 43. Nf3 Qc5 44. Ra1 Kg7 45. Qd2 h6 46. Ra5 Nc6 47. Ra6 Ne7 48. Rda1 Rb8 49. Kh2 g5 50. R1a5 Qc7 51. Ra7 Rb7 52. Rxb7 Qxb7 53. Nxe5 Qxe4 54. Ng4 Nf5 55. Bc6 Qd4 56. Qe1 Bg6 57. Rxf5 Bxf5 58. Qe7+ Kg6 59. Qxd8 Bxg4 60. hxg4 Qxf2 61. Be8+ |
| ECO B23 in 1995 play it! short nigel defeats black's kolev atanas in 63 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Nde2 d5 15. f5 exf5 16. exd5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bb7 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Bd4 Bh6 20. Bf6 Qd6 21. Qd4 Rbd8 22. Be5 Qd7 23. Qb6 Bg5 24. Bc7 Bc8 25. d6 Nc6 26. Nh3 Bf6 27. Nd5 Kg7 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Rc1 Ne5 30. Qd4 Rde8 31. Rc5 Bb7 32. Nf2 |
| ECO B66 in 1988 play it! short nigel defeats black's ljubojevic ljubo in 63 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 O-O 14. h3 Qc7 15. g4 Qb7 16. Ng3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. e5+ Kxh5 24. Qf4 Bxg5 25. Qxf7+ Kh4 26. Qh7+ Kg3 27. Qh5 Kh2 28. Qxg5 Rg8 29. Rd2+ Bg2 30. Qf4+ Rg3 31. Be4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 |
| ECO B90 in 1993 play it! short nigel defeats black's kasparov gary in 75 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Qc5 22. Qe3 Kg8 23. Kg1 Kf8 24. Qf2 Ba8 25. Ne2 g6 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. Re1 g5 28. c3 Kg7 29. Bc2 Rg8 30. Nb3 Kf8 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. a4 h5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb4 h4 35. Nd4 g4 36. Rxb5 d5 37. Qxh4 Qh5 38. Nf5+ |
| ECO C71 in 1980 play it! short nigel defeats black's biyiasas peter in 75 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 Bb7 9. cxd4 Nf6 10. f3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qe1 Bf8 15. Rd1 c4 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. d5 g6 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. a3 Bg7 20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 dxe5 24. f5 Qc4 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. h4 a5 27. h5 Rd6 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. h6 Bf6 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 b4 32. Nd1 Rxd5 33. Ne3 Qc5 34. Rdf2 Rdd8 35. Ng4 Rf8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Ne4 Qd4 38. Qxe5+ |
| ECO C65 in 1990 play it! short nigel defeats black's gulko boris f us in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 Bd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na5 10. Ba4 Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ Nc6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Nd8 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Ne6 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Rae8 20. Rae1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bg3 Qf7 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Qe4 d5 25. Qd3 c6 26. Be5 Nf4 27. Qd2 Nxh3 28. g4 Bg5 29. Qg2 Nf4 30. Qh2 Rf6 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Bxf6 |