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	John Nunn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Denis Martin Nunn (born April 25, 1955) is an English chess player and mathematician.
		Nunn is also involved with chess problems, composing several examples and solving as part of the British team on several occasions.
		Nunn is thus as of 2004 the foremost data miner of chess endgame tablebases.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Nunn (464 words)

	John E. Nunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		John E. NUNN served until the surrender and was discharged at Velasco, Texas in 1865.
		John E. NUNN is buried in the Smyrna Cemetery in Atlanta.
		All the NUNNs in Cass County are descendants of John E. NUNN Confederate Veteran.
	www.angelfire.com /tx3/RandysTexas/nunn.html (278 words)

	Descendants of Thomas Nunn
		Nunn was born at Va, and in 1825, married William Dillon.
		Nunn was born in 1815, and in 1833, married Jeremiah W. Taylor, son of James Taylor and Tabita Boaz, who was born in 1808.
		Nunn was born in 1800, and married Bagley Johnson.
	www.joepayne.org /nunn1.htm (1192 words)

	Racewalk.com - Bios - John Nunn
		Nunn first learned to race walk as a kid, but like many fleeting interests, he didn't following through.
		Instead, Nunn became a very accomplished runner in high school and was offered a race walking scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
		Nunn's progress has been incredible at times, walking a 1:24:48 in Europe, but then injuries hampered his progress.
	www.racewalk.com /Profiles/JNunn.asp (301 words)

	Talk:John Nunn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is the Nunn Gambit in the the Sicilian defence which begins: 1.e4 c5 2.
		A more popular opening named after Nunn is the Nunn (or c6) variation of the Centre-Counter opening which proceeds thusly: 1.e4 d5 2.
		I found only one game with this so-called "Nunn gambit" in the Chessbase Megabase 2004, and that didn't involve Nunn (it was a game in the 1993 Slovakian under-16 championship).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:John_Nunn (337 words)

	Killing of John Nunn in 1902
		About three o’clock Thanksgiving afternoon, John Nunn was shot five times and almost instantly killed by his son-in-law, David Shirk, as the result of a quarrel.
		Nunn, wife of the deceased, testified that there had been trouble for some time between her husband and Shirk.
		The testimony of the family as given at the preliminary was to the effect that Nunn came home after the rest had all eaten dinner, and told Shirk he wanted to speak to him after dinner about something he had heard some men say uptown.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/lincoln/crime1902.htm (747 words)

	Descendants of John Nunn
		Nunn, was born in 1722 at King & Queen Co., Va, and in 1750 at King & Queen Co., Va, married Ann WHARTON who was born about 1725 at Va. John died in 1763 at Va, Shenandoah Co., Va.
		Nunn was born 1 Jan 1749/1750 at Stafford, Overwharton Par., Va.
		Nunn was born in 1805, and on 19 May 1831 at Wythe Co., Va, married Charity Clark, daughter of Fugate Clark and Elizabeth, who was born in 1811.
	www.joepayne.org /nunn2.htm (935 words)

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		According to Nunn, he "decided to combine the aims of entertainment, self-assessment and instruction, but with the emphasis on the last of these." There are eight chapters in the book, plus a brief Introduction, a Score Table and a "Test score to ELO points conversion table".
		Nunn writes that his "main interest is in assessing how much the overall level of chess has changed since the pre- First World War period" (page 67).
		Nunn's question is "How could he have won brilliantly?" (page 7) Realizing that most problems contain a tactical solution probably based on "some spectacular element" in Nunn's words, we immediately examined 1...Bxe4 2 fxe4 Qxe4 3 Rxe4 Rf1+ 4 Kg2 R8f2+ 5 Kh3, but couldn't "see" anything further for Black, at this point.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/nunnquiz.txt (1617 words)

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		Nunn remains faithful to ECO theory through 17 Ra3, and treats 17...f5 as the main choice, providing less coverage of 17...c4.
		Nunn includes the Kasparov game in a footnote: 7 Be2 exd4 8 Qxd4 Nf6 9 e5 Nc6 10 Qh4 Nd5 11 Qg3 g6 12 0-0, when White is assessed as holding a minimal advantage.
		Nunn follows analysis of Rubinstein (also covered under ECO C30, volume 2) which goes 9...0-0 10 Bxc6 bxc6 11 Bxf4 with equality which, arguably, may be better than what White might expect in the main 9 Bf4 line with 11 Qd2 (rather than Gufeld's 11 Na4).
	www.chesscafe.com /text/nco.txt (2775 words)

	Gambit Publications Limited - Understanding Chess Move by Move
		John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess writers in the world.
		Nunn's choice of games is also good as not only are they mostly very recent, but none of them are too one-sided and so readers will be fully aware of what both sides are aiming for in each general type of position" Richard Palliser, BCF CHESS MOVES
		Nunn does a very good job of explaining the key points of the game in such a way that the reader is given a true account of what is happening and not some watered down version.
	www.gambitbooks.com /books/movebymove.html (801 words)

	Alibris: John Nunn
		Nunn's Chess Openings is written by a team of experts -- four writers who are acclaimed as outstanding chess writers and experts in their fields.
		John Nunn, a top-class grandmaster and one of the world's most highly regarded chess writers, explains every move using...
		John Nunn presents 250 challenging positions where your task is to find a cunning way to win or draw.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Nunn,John (887 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: NUNN, JOHN LINDSAY
		He was christened John Lindsay Martin, after both of his grandfathers, but later on dropped the Martin from his signature.
		Nunn resided briefly in Dallas to look after his electric-company interests there, but in 1920 he moved back to Amarillo to assist his father with the Daily News operations.
		Nunn, like his father, was active in public education and civic and religious affairs in both Texas and Kentucky.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/NN/fnu9.html (1087 words)

	Gambit Publications Limited - Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
		There is also entertainment in abundance: Nunn has a direct aggressive style, and many of his opponents in these games are ambitious young grandmasters from the generation inspired by Kasparov's dynamic chess.
		John Nunn presents 46 of his own games plus all of his compositions and studies.
		You can not fail to improve your understanding of the game as you play through the games with Nunn as your companion, quite frankly I am astonished that such high quality tuition is available at such a low price.
	www.gambitbooks.com /books/gcmbm.html (474 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: NUNN, DAVID ALEXANDER
		David Alexander Nunn, lawyer and Confederate Army officer, was born in Summerville, Mississippi, on October 1, 1836, the son of John and Jane (Tubb) Nunn.
		John Nunn was a former soldier of Andrew Jackson.
		Unfortunately, Nunn was unpopular with his men and resigned in response to their petition on February 27, 1862, shortly after the battle of Valverde.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fnu4.html (374 words)

	NewsHour Online: Senators Sam Nunn and John McCain on the Saudi bomb attack
		JOHN WARNER: I assume the President would have been interested in this and would have called in and asked, well, what happened out there, you knew that we were coming up here with this hearing, so I must say I'm stunned.
		SAM NUNN, (D) Georgia: I think Sen. McCain has a very valid point here, that at the time that November attack occurred, we should have gotten all the information that the Saudis had, and we should have been accorded the privilege of at least getting that information, if not interviewing.
		NUNN: I think Gen. Peay was basically making it clear he was not going to in any way interfere with this independent investigation which, after all, is an investigation of an event that occurred under his overall command.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/bomb_7-9.html (3105 words)

	The chess games of John Nunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dr John Denis Martin Nunn was born on the 25th of April 1955 in London, England.
		: John Nunn was and is a very good player and in math he is an ace, but in speaking language, he seems to be more than worth (as me probably).
		Nunn says that he deleted several games in the original that did not pass modern inspection in converting the material to algebraic notation.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=15864 (1097 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - World Champion Dr GM GM John Nunn
		Dr John Nunn, the British Grandmaster and Chess Director of Gambit Publications, was one of the participants.
		John failed to solve the selfmate in 6, and missed a variation in one of the other problems to finish with 84/90.
		John is only the third person to gain both the over-the-board and solving GM titles, the first two being Jonathan Mestel and Ram Soffer.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1919 (1485 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com
		John Nunn loved to get to the lake before sunrise and fish all day.
		For a lifetime, John Nunn was connected to the land.
		Nunn, the youngest of 14 children -- seven boys and seven girls -- was born on a farm in Bridgeport, Neb., in 1917, and moved with his family to Hover, Wash., in 1937.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /news-story.asp?date=081403&ID=s1394743 (818 words)

	Secrets of Practical Chess
		Nunn gives us practical advice about all these subjects, and then moves on to separate chapters on the opening, middlegame, endgame, and "using a computer." Every chapter is well done; but I personally feel that the endgame chapter is a little incongruous, being essentially a survey of frequently occurring endings.
		After Nunn finishes, Black has two ways of getting an advantage versus a line with which White is supposed to be able to "win!" This exercise is vintage Nunn: devastating and path-breaking at the same time.
		There are other sections in it with problems similar to those Nunn points out, and Soltis is too strong a player to have actually analyzed or even looked at much of the material he presents.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_jw/jw_secrets_practical_chess.html (702 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - The Birthday Blitz — John at Fifty
		When John invited me to say a few words tonight, it was clear that my speech must be short (but not too much Short); and that it must not sound like a chess obituary, because we come to praise Nunn, not to bury him.
		But it has to stand with your result in the World Cup in the late 1980s, when you were sixth in the overall standings in a series of events in which not everybody played, utilising a waiting system that was devised by you and understood by nobody else.
		John, you have truly been a chess multi-talent: grandmaster extraordinaire, lucid and popular author (in fact so popular that when your book Pawnless and Pieceless Endgames was announced, the chess world flocked to buy it).
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2348 (1109 words)

	Gambit Publications Limited - John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
		Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial situation: you are told a combination exists, what the theme is and what you are required to achieve.
		"Nunn is one of the best tacticians on the planet...tremendous stuff, particularly for the ambitious club or stronger player...but not for the faint hearted" - Jonathan Speelman, INDEPENDENT
		By virtually eliminating time as a factor and encouraging the use of a set and board, Nunn's problems take on a pragmatic value as aids to improving one's ability to calculate and analyse correctly.
	www.gambitbooks.com /books/nunnpuzz.html (471 words)

	John Nunn vs Igor Alexandre Nataf (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The best move is John Watson's suggestion 14.f4!, which may appear weakening but has two very positive points: it controls the important e5-square, and it prevents a sacrifice on f2.
		Nunn's double Rook sacrifice at the end is less impressive though!!
		Nunn is of the opinion that 9.Bd3 is not the best response, giving instead the variation 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Nc2 0-0 suggesting that
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1333500 (342 words)

	John Nunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nunn was first exposed to race walking as a youngster by members of his family who participated in the sport.
		During that two-year stint, Nunn was forbidden from watching television, listening to the radio or reading newspapers and magazines, while spreading the word of the church.
		Nunn, who enjoys woodworking in his spare time, is continuing his education online via classes through Southwestern Community College.
	www.usatf.org /athletes/bios/Nunn_John.asp (413 words)

	Bunratty Chess Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		John Nunn was the top seed and was playing Bunratty for a seventh time.
		John won the title in 2003 and tied for first place no less than three other times but was unlucky with the tiebreak or the blitz play-offs.
		John and Alex on board one both knew the result of Brian’s game and this made them both fight all the harder for a win.
	members.aol.com /bunrattychess/report.html (1507 words)

	Amazon.com: Understanding Chess Move by Move: Books: John Nunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Not only does Nunn point out the mistakes of the winners and the good moves of the losers but he makes clear the pyschological problems in coping with poor but tenable positions.
		GM Nunn was a top grandmaster in the 80's and until 95, and is now a great author with several books published.
		What GM Nunn achieves here, is to explain with both words and variations, what is going on, what are the plans for each side, and who succeeds or makes a mistake.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1901983412?v=glance (2302 words)

	Oxford Brookes University: Medical Video Archive: Dr John Nunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the start of the interview Dr Nunn, pioneer of respiratory physiology relating to anaesthesia, talks about his family background, his schooldays at Wrekin College and his time as a medical student at Birmingham University.
		Following that, Dr Nunn reflects on his appointments as the first Professor of Anaesthesia in Leeds, as founder of the NHS department of anaesthetics at the MRC Clinical Research Centre at Northwick Park, and as dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists from 1980 to 1983.
		He talks about his major research: into anaesthetic provision at high altitudes, high pressure and anaesthesia, the effects of nitrous oxide on cell division and, shortly before his retirement, the control of the airway using a laryngeal mask.
	www.brookes.ac.uk /schools/bms/medical/synopses/nunn.html! (351 words)

	Annotated chess games and chess book collections of John Nunn at Amazon.com
		Nunn shows how to evaluate opening books recommendations, deals with Kotov's fabulous "tree of thinking", explains his concepts of avoiding time-problems (DAUT!= Don't analyze unnecessary tactics) and much more.
		Deutsche Ausgabe von John Nunn's "Secrets of practical chess".
		Nunn zeigt anhand von über 100 ausführlich besprochenen und thematisch gruppierten Beispielen, dass auch im Endspiel taktische Motive partieentscheidend genutzt - oder übersehen - werden können.
	www.uni-klu.ac.at /~gossimit/c/nunn.htm (478 words)

	Amazon.com: Secrets of Rook Endings: Books: John Nunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Consequently, the material covered by Nunn serves as the building block for a rigorous study of rook endings in general.
		John Nunn, in the three books he has written on endings, constantly strives to translate computer results into ideas and insights palatable to the human mind.
		Nunn starts with positions with the pawn of a7 and works his was to a2 (for obvious reasons).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1901983188?v=glance (1534 words)

	Secrets of Pawnless Endings
		After the success of Secrets of Rook Endings, John Nunn turns his attention towards endgames without pawns.
		John Nunn has extracted the most important information from these databases and presented it in the form of guidelines and specific key positions, which can be more readily digested by the human mind.
		With most competitive games these days being played to a finish in a single session, this knowledge may prove invaluable over the board.This is a new and expanded edition of an important book.
	www.thechessstore.com /product/GAMBIT59 (170 words)

	Book Reviews by IM John L Watson
		Nunn gives us practical advice about all these subjects, and then moves on to separate chapters on the opening, middlegame, endgame, and 'using a computer'.
		Although many of the tactical and pattern-training exercises he presents are aimed at players of, say, 1600-2200 strength, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if grandmasters couldn't read this book and not only enjoy it immensely, but 'improve their chess' as well.
		Like Nunn, Tisdall concludes that there are a number of serious flaws in the extreme version of Kotov's technique, and includes some lengthy examples of real-world chess to illustrate those flaws.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/jwatson2.html (1939 words)

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