![There is no country in the world where women are equal to men in chess': Greater Manchester-born grandmaster Nigel Short on the Queen's Gambit and gender in the game - Manchester Evening There is no country in the world where women are equal to men in chess': Greater Manchester-born grandmaster Nigel Short on the Queen's Gambit and gender in the game - Manchester Evening](https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article19626551.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/1_HVR_MEN_140121_nigel_short_19582297_03.jpg)
There is no country in the world where women are equal to men in chess': Greater Manchester-born grandmaster Nigel Short on the Queen's Gambit and gender in the game - Manchester Evening
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![Nigel Short on Twitter: "Operation went well. Already feel much stronger. I will survive! https://t.co/nTEFmypBit" / Twitter Nigel Short on Twitter: "Operation went well. Already feel much stronger. I will survive! https://t.co/nTEFmypBit" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOHvM8-W0AAL29Q.jpg:large)
Nigel Short on Twitter: "Operation went well. Already feel much stronger. I will survive! https://t.co/nTEFmypBit" / Twitter
![Nigel Short on Twitter: "I am so old that my Grandmaster title is in #French. #FIDE https://t.co/xCJakJJQ8U" / Twitter Nigel Short on Twitter: "I am so old that my Grandmaster title is in #French. #FIDE https://t.co/xCJakJJQ8U" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El5nNaoWkAAggUF.jpg:large)
Nigel Short on Twitter: "I am so old that my Grandmaster title is in #French. #FIDE https://t.co/xCJakJJQ8U" / Twitter
![Nigel Short on Twitter: "A house in #Athens that I passed on a walk. https://t.co/8CxEL2JbOJ" / Twitter Nigel Short on Twitter: "A house in #Athens that I passed on a walk. https://t.co/8CxEL2JbOJ" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaLjsn0XgAMd6Wx.jpg:large)
Nigel Short on Twitter: "A house in #Athens that I passed on a walk. https://t.co/8CxEL2JbOJ" / Twitter
![Nigel Short on Twitter: "With the gorgeous and brilliant poker player @Liv_Boeree https://t.co/NBSHhVvGiM" / Twitter Nigel Short on Twitter: "With the gorgeous and brilliant poker player @Liv_Boeree https://t.co/NBSHhVvGiM" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQZr9JxVwAARwxU.jpg)