| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Short vs J Xu |
  | 1-0 | 32 | 1987 | Subotica Interzonal | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 2. Short vs Damljanovic |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1989 | Belgrade Investbank | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 3. Short vs Huebner |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1990 | Manila Interzonal | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 4. Short vs P Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1990 | Tilburg Interpolis | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 5. Short vs Karpov |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1992 | Short - Karpov Candidates Semifinal | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 6. Short vs Karpov |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1992 | Short - Karpov Candidates Semifinal | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 7. Short vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 59 | 1992 | Euwe Memorial | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 8. Short vs Z Almasi |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1995 | Hoogovens Open | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 9. Short vs I Sokolov |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1995 | London PCA-Intel GP | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 10. Short vs Ehlvest |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1996 | Keres Memorial-A | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 11. Short vs J Piket |
| 0-1 | 74 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 12. Short vs Morozevich |
| 0-1 | 53 | 2002 | Russia - The Rest of the World | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 13. Short vs E Djabbarov |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2007 | Baku Chess Festival | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 14. Short vs Bacrot |
| ½-½ | 36 | 2008 | Corus Group B | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 15. Short vs A Brkic |
| 1-0 | 59 | 2012 | Corsica Masters | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 16. Short vs Sindarov |
| ½-½ | 48 | 2018 | 25th Abu Dhabi Masters | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 17. Short vs A D Moksh |
| 1-0 | 49 | 2024 | Bangalore Open | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
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