The chess games of Philip Michael Short

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Philip Michael Short

Number of games in database: 65
Years covered: 1974 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2333 (2241 rapid)

Overall record: +24 -26 =15 (48.5%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (7)
    E73 E65 E61 E60 E72
Queen's Pawn Game (4)
    D02 E10 E00

With the Black pieces:

French Defense (7)
    C15 C03 C02 C01 C18

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Short vs G McCarthy, 1978 1/2-1/2
   S Brady vs P Short, 1991 0-1
   J McMorrow vs P Short, 2016 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bunratty Masters (2014)
   E.U. Championship and Cork Chess Congress (2005)
   Bunratty Masters (2016)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bunratty Masters
   P Short vs Short (Feb-18-17) 0-1
   P Short vs P K Wells (Feb-21-16) 0-1
   L Le Ruyet vs P Short (Feb-21-16) 1/2-1/2
   P Short vs G Jones (Feb-20-16) 1/2-1/2
   M Heidenfeld vs P Short (Feb-20-16) 1-0

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PHILIP MICHAEL SHORT (born May-15-1960, died Aug-31-2018, 58 years old) Ireland	[what is this?]
FIDE master Philip Michael Short was Irish champion in 1981 (=David Joseph Dunne) and was equal first in 1982 but lost on tie-break. He became national champion again in 1986 (=John Delaney), 1988 and came joint first in 2015 and 2017.

Last updated: 2018-09-04 16:49:59

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. T Myers vs P Short	½-½	22	1974	Mulcahy	B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
2. P Short vs D Blair	1-0	41	1974	Mulcahy	E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O
3. M Coveney vs P Short	0-1	34	1974	Mulcahy	A05 Reti Opening
4. P Short vs J Scanlon	1-0	52	1974	Mulcahy	E72 King's Indian
5. P Short vs J O'Brien	0-1	40	1974	Mulcahy	A57 Benko Gambit
6. P Short vs G McCarthy	½-½	26	1978	Cavan Open	E00 Queen's Pawn Game
7. Ftacnik vs P Short	1-0	37	1982	Chess Olympiad	D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
8. M Taha vs P Short	0-1	41	1986	Chess Olympiad	E20 Nimzo-Indian
9. H M Jasim vs P Short	1-0	49	1986	Chess Olympiad	C01 French, Exchange
10. P Short vs M M Choisme	0-1	72	1986	Chess Olympiad	D85 Grunfeld
11. P Short vs N Saeed	½-½	42	1986	Chess Olympiad	E61 King's Indian
12. Johnny Jose Perez vs P Short	½-½	40	1986	Chess Olympiad	C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
13. C Hon vs P Short	½-½	17	1986	Chess Olympiad	C45 Scotch Game
14. E Grivas vs P Short	1-0	25	1986	Chess Olympiad	D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
15. P Short vs Adams	½-½	63	1991	Dublin Telecom	E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
16. S Brady vs P Short	0-1	27	1991	Ch City	C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense
17. Suba vs P Short	½-½	40	1991	Dublin Telecom	A55 Old Indian, Main line
18. Baburin vs P Short	1-0	47	1993	Mulcahy /94	A53 Old Indian
19. Miles vs P Short	1-0	29	1993	Dublin Zonal	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. P Short vs Adams	0-1	38	1993	Dublin Zonal	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
21. P Short vs Baburin	½-½	29	1995	6 Cork congress	B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
22. R O'Donovan vs P Short	½-½	19	1997	It open	C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
23. P Short vs J Hurley	1-0	40	1997	Kilkenny Masters	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. P Short vs C A Brady	1-0	32	1997	Kilkenny Masters	E60 King's Indian Defense
25. P Short vs J Ryan	½-½	48	1997	Kilkenny Masters	D02 Queen's Pawn Game


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May-15-05		aw1988: No relation to Nigel Short?

May-15-05		mohd rafi fan: This Short is Irish. Nigel Short is British.

Dec-06-07		pawnofdoom: Can anyone veryfy if the first few games of this guy (the 1974 ones) are supposed to be for J Short? Both played at that tournament.

Jan-01-12		wordfunph: 1981 Irish co-Champion with David Joseph Dunne scoring +4-0=5. Source: 1981 Irish Chess Championship by Tony Doyle

Feb-19-12		HeMateMe: Do the players refer to him as "Short, the shorter"?

Jul-09-13		Zonszein: His game against Baburin was very nice

Jul-24-15		Domdaniel: Philip Short was joint 1st in the 2015 Irish Championship -- 34 years after his first victory in 1981, and 27 years since his last win in 1988.

Jul-24-15		perfidious: Better late'n never for a return to the winners' circle.

Aug-05-15		Domdaniel: <perf> Now it's your turn... maybe not the US Champs, but you could head down to Florida and demolish a certain Luff Meister...

Aug-07-17		Domdaniel: Short adds another Irish Championship to his collection, with 7/9 in Ennis 2017 (shared with Alex Lopez). Philip's run included 5 wins in a row against Baburin, Lopez, Daly, et al.

Sep-01-18		Gallicrow: Another good one bites the dust: https://www.icu.ie/articles/792

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