It's not surprising that chess grandmaster Nigel Short was looking a little tired around the eyes. He had just spent the last few hours playing not one opponent - as is usual in chess - but 40. That's ...

Seven years after his maiden visit to Nigeria, top Britain chess Grand Master and former World Champion Challenger, Nigel Short is set to arrive in Nigeria for a chess related programme today.

Nigel Short wants to return to the chess Olympus. By winning the Commonwealth championship in India last month and the Gibraltar Masters last week, the English grandmaster made considerable progress ...