When one of his fiercest rivals died after being tormented by mental illness, Nigel Short, the British chess Grandmaster, wasted no time telling the world what he thought of him.

In an obituary written for the Sunday Telegraph, Short said the flamboyant genius Tony Miles had become "insanely jealous" of his success after being supplanted as England number one.

If that was wasn't enough, Short claimed that he had deliberately slept with Miles's girlfriend to get revenge on him, something he added "was definitely satisfying but perhaps not entirely gentlemanly".

The piece quickly became infamous and enraged the chess fraternity and beyond. Now, 16 years on, Short is at it again.