Author: Chessfun
Date: 15:21:31 12/29/05
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On December 29, 2005 at 17:13:19, Sune Larsson wrote: >On December 29, 2005 at 15:53:48, Chessfun wrote: > >>On December 29, 2005 at 10:34:18, Sune Larsson wrote: >> >>>On December 29, 2005 at 10:16:21, Andrew Williams wrote: >>> >>>>On December 29, 2005 at 09:47:13, William Penn wrote: >>>> >>>>>"Nunn" or "nunn" is one of those abbreviations used frequently in the messages >>>>>posted here but nobody explains & defines it, nor gives a reference that >>>>>explains & defines it. It is apparenlty assumed that everyone knows what it >>>>>means already, but I've been reading this forum a long time and I still don't >>>>>know!? Is there a "nunn" website? Or is there a link that explains & defines it? >>>>>Or will someone kindly do so? Thanks. I see it used regarding positions and >>>>>openings, but the distinctions and limitations are not clear. >>>>>WP >>>> >>>>John Nunn created a series of chess positions designed for testing engines >>>>against one another. They are supposed to represent positions that can arise >>>>from a wide range of openings. There are several Nunn sets - about 30 positions >>>>in all, I believe. >>>> >>>>Andrew >>> >>>Nunn1 = 10 opening positions >>>Nunn2 = 20 opening positions >>>NunnE = 10 endgame positions >>> >>>all created by GM John Nunn ENG. >>> >>>/S >> >>There is also a Nunn middlegame set of positions. >> >>Sarah. > > > Oh my dear...which are those? BTW - after some work - and thanks to 80 games > by Joseph, finally the 20 E-testpositions are ready and look good. > > /S I believe these are them: r2qk2r/5pbp/p1np4/1p1Npb2/8/N1P5/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - eco "B33";id "Nunn.01"; r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p1nppn2/8/3NP3/1BN1B3/PPP1QPPP/2KR3R w - - eco "B89";id "Nunn.02"; r3k2r/p1qbnppp/1pn1p3/2ppP3/P2P4/2PB1N2/2P2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - eco "C19";id "Nunn.03"; r1b2rk1/2q1bppp/p2p1n2/npp1p3/3PP3/2P2N1P/PPBN1PP1/R1BQR1K1 b - - eco "C97";id "Nunn.04"; r1bqrnk1/pp2bppp/2p2n2/3p2B1/3P4/2NBPN2/PPQ2PPP/R4RK1 w - - eco "D36";id "Nunn.05"; rnbq1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/8/3PP3/5N2/P3BPPP/1RBQK2R b K - eco "D85";id "Nunn.06"; 2rq1rk1/p2nbppp/bpp1p3/3p4/2PPP3/1PB3P1/P2N1PBP/R2Q1RK1 b - e3 eco "E15";id "Nunn.07"; r1bqnrk1/ppp1npbp/3p2p1/3Pp3/2P1P3/2N1B3/PP2BPPP/R2QNRK1 b - - eco "E98";id "Nunn.08"; r1bq1rk1/ppp1npbp/2np2p1/4p3/2P5/2NPP1P1/PP2NPBP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - eco "A25";id "Nunn.09"; rnb1kb1r/1p3ppp/p2ppn2/6B1/3NPP2/q1N5/P1PQ2PP/1R2KB1R w Kkq - eco "B97";id "Nunn.10"; [d]r2qk2r/5pbp/p1np4/1p1Npb2/8/N1P5/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w [d]r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p1nppn2/8/3NP3/1BN1B3/PPP1QPPP/2KR3R w [d]r3k2r/p1qbnppp/1pn1p3/2ppP3/P2P4/2PB1N2/2P2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b [d]r1b2rk1/2q1bppp/p2p1n2/npp1p3/3PP3/2P2N1P/PPBN1PP1/R1BQR1K1 b [d]r1bqrnk1/pp2bppp/2p2n2/3p2B1/3P4/2NBPN2/PPQ2PPP/R4RK1 w [d]rnbq1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/8/3PP3/5N2/P3BPPP/1RBQK2R b [d]2rq1rk1/p2nbppp/bpp1p3/3p4/2PPP3/1PB3P1/P2N1PBP/R2Q1RK1 b [d]r1bqnrk1/ppp1npbp/3p2p1/3Pp3/2P1P3/2N1B3/PP2BPPP/R2QNRK1 b [d]r1bq1rk1/ppp1npbp/2np2p1/4p3/2P5/2NPP1P1/PP2NPBP/R1BQ1RK1 b [d]rnb1kb1r/1p3ppp/p2ppn2/6B1/3NPP2/q1N5/P1PQ2PP/1R2KB1R w Sarah
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