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Nigel Short, an Uncommon card
Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Nigel Short quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nigel Short card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was appointed Member of the Order of the ______ Empire in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess.
Answer
British. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess. From the Nigel Short article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September ____.
Answer
2020s. Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. From the Nigel Short article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Munich U-Bahn. Munich U-Bahn 82 · Melvin Manhoef 76 · Nigel Short 71 · Victoria Memorial, London 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Short earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 19 and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from July 1988 to July 1989.
- In 1993, he became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the PCA world championship in London, where Kasparov won 12½ to 7½.
- He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nigel Short article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Nigel Short
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- Robert IndianaUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 67
- Cancer BatsUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 65
- Royal Court TheatreUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nigel Short (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : GibChess, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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