Nigel Short (Leigh, United Kingdom, 1964), unofficial world runner-up in 1993, today vice president of the International Federation (FIDE), entered the Immortals' Corner for one of those games that fans never forget:
the excursion of his king by half board to mate
the Dutch Jan Timman in the 1991 tournament in Tilburg (Netherlands). And now he does it for the second time as a winner, with a combination (against the Ukrainian Ruslan Pogorelov) that will also leave a stamp because its didactic value is equal to its great beauty.
This video is also an acknowledgment of Gibraltar's great contribution to world chess in the last 18 years. The festival held every year in El Peñón, where Short produced this jewel in 2004, has established itself as the best in the world for its magnificent atmosphere, with many parallel activities. In addition, its organizer, Brian Callaghan, and its technical director, Stuart Conquest, were right to bet heavily on the presence each year of the best players in the world. A work of art like this also contributes to the immortality of his work.
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