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Subject: Re: Only 20 according to Nunn

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 13:27:15 11/07/05

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On November 07, 2005 at 16:24:30, Albert Silver wrote:

>On November 07, 2005 at 16:21:40, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>Hi Christian
>>I am wondering for years which is the
>>correct Nunn2 Test. It is well known
>>that John Nunn created at first a test
>>of only 10 positions and later on made
>>a new collection of 20 games. With the
>>exception of ChessBase nobody gives a
>>Nunn2 Test with 25 positions. Very
>>strange indeed.
>>Regards
>>Kurt
>
>No, there is no doubt on this. There are only 20 positions. I asked Nunn himself
>in the CSS for4um and he said he had no idea what the 25 positions in CB were,
>but that the set he designed had only 20 positions.
>
>                                        Albert

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