Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Short ya fara wasan sa na kasa da kasa a Gasar Kwallon Kwallon Turai a shekara 17 a Plovdiv 1983. Ya wakilci Ingila a gasar Olympics 17 a jere tsakanin 1984 da 2016. Babban abubuwan da aka fi sani da Short sune: lambobin azurfa na ƙungiya a gasar Olympics ta chess na Thessaloniki 1984, Dubai 1986 (inda kuma ya ɗauki lambar zinare don mafi kyawun wasan mutum a kan jirgin uku) da Thessaloniki 1988. Ya dauki tagulla na tawagar a Novi Sad Olympiad na 1990, kuma ya jagoranci Ingila zuwa matsayi na hudu a duka biyu.
1994 da kuma 1996. Ya jagoranci tawagar Ingila zuwa nasara a gasar Euroteams ta 1997 a Pula, kuma ya kasance memba na kungiyar da ta lashe tagulla a shekarar 1992, da kuma kungiyoyi na hudu a 1983 da 2001. Ya kasance memba na ƙungiyoyin Ingila guda uku a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Chess na 1985 (ƙungiyar tagulla), 1989 (ƙungiyar tagulla), da 1997 (ƙungiyar ta huɗu). Cikakken bayanansa lokacin da yake wakiltar Ingila a manyan wasannin kungiyoyin kasa da kasa ya biyo baya.