09-09-2012, 08:54 PM
Like Mike (Scott), I agree that Andy B's choice of words re: Nigel Short are distasteful and I'd prefer to see them deleted from this thread. I have known Nigel since he was about 9 or so and played against him several times.
I may not agree with all Nigel says and how he may sometimes have made some of his points - we are all, of course, in any case in glass houses on that one and few can say that they may never have overstated whatever case they held - but I have never found Nigel to be anything other than a very easy person to get on with and have never felt that he was not open to rational argument on any point.
Moreover he really has done an awful lot for chess in the UK and not just England.
I may not agree with all Nigel says and how he may sometimes have made some of his points - we are all, of course, in any case in glass houses on that one and few can say that they may never have overstated whatever case they held - but I have never found Nigel to be anything other than a very easy person to get on with and have never felt that he was not open to rational argument on any point.
Moreover he really has done an awful lot for chess in the UK and not just England.