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Subject: Re: Book of chess puzles by Juhn Nunn.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:33:45 09/20/03

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On September 20, 2003 at 18:59:45, stuart taylor wrote:

>This book rates its chess problems (mainly from actual games) as 1-5 in
>difficulty rating, the easiest being 1.
>If you want to know what I really think, I would tell you that there are other
>such books where the most difficult poblems in the book are perhaps equivalent
>to the number one of Nunns book.
>One or two books of chess problems by Raymond Keene, the most difficult one are
>probably easier than the very easiest of Nunns, and Ray Keenes book was not not
>written for beginners either.
>
>What I did... I marked all the problems which are rated (when you look into
>"hints") 1, and am doing those first.
>I really don't know how they are considered as being so easy. There could well
>be 4 or 5 levels easier, before that level, with reasonable things to have to
>solve.
>S.Taylor

Could you tell us what the first puzzle in the book is, please? And, if it isn't
rated a 1, what is its rating?

jm



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