23 Quotes by Nigel Short

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that.

Well, Gibraltar is a place which you either love or hate. I quite like it. It's a rock, that is essentially what it is. It's a British colony.

I have traveled all over the world, about 70 countries, and meeting so many foreign people leads to a greater appreciation of their culture.

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off

I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.