Philip Michael Short (15 May 1960 – 31 August 2018) was an Irish competitive chess player, FIDE Master and five times Irish chess champion.
[3] Furthermore, he was a regular player in Irish open weekend tournaments and placed first at the Kilkenny Chess Congress in 1977, 1979 and 1980,[4] at the Mulcahy Memorial in 1984, 1991 and 1993,[5] and at the Cork Congress in 1994.
[6] He participated with the Irish team at the 25th Chess Olympiad in 1982 and the 27th Chess Olympiad in 1986, both times on board three.
[7] In 1990, he was awarded the title of a FIDE Master.
He also played for the Douglas Chess Club in the 1993 and 1997 European Chess Club Cup.