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Subject: Re: if they ain't nunn, what the heck are they

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 02:32:31 12/14/05

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On December 13, 2005 at 20:07:56, David Dahlem wrote:

>On December 13, 2005 at 17:57:34, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2005 at 17:36:02, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On December 13, 2005 at 16:56:20, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>>>
>>>>hee hee. no, it comes standard with fritz 8 and 9.. Maybe chessbase snuck in 5
>>>>Pro-fritz openings:)
>>>
>>>Chessbase is not Nunn! Nunn himself has said he doesn't know where this 25
>>>opening set came from. :-)
>>>
>>
>>
>>really! they call it the "nunn" and the "nunn2". Maybe nunn should keep quite
>>and sue for royalties
>
>I'm not sure a set of opening lines can be copyrighted. Nevertheless, i think
>Chessbase used an inapproaite name for their collection of 25 opening lines,
>leading to the confusion. :-)
>
>Regards
>Dave


 It's easy to solve for testers - just use the original Nunn2 with 20 pos.
 That one origins from GM Nunn.

 /S



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>>>Regards
>>>Dave
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On December 13, 2005 at 16:53:29, Sune Larsson wrote:
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>>>>>On December 13, 2005 at 16:41:14, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>not just tactical openings of course
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought the real - original Nunn2 test consisted of 20 positions - not
>>>>> 25...?? This "Nunn2 - 25 positions" has "source unknown" - AFAIK.
>>>>>
>>>>> /S



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