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Nunn 
 
John Nunn
Number of games in database: 1,532
Years covered: 1963 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2602
Highest rating achieved in database: 2630
Overall record: +575 -243 =674 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      40 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (288) 
    B90 B33 B81 B89 B32
 French Defense (120) 
    C11 C19 C10 C16 C07
 Ruy Lopez (99) 
    C84 C92 C80 C73 C93
 Caro-Kann (77) 
    B12 B10 B17 B14 B15
 Sicilian Najdorf (61) 
    B90 B93 B97 B99 B96
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (53) 
    C84 C92 C93 C95 C91
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (245) 
    E97 E60 E81 E92 E83
 Sicilian (123) 
    B33 B40 B97 B92 B90
 Ruy Lopez (81) 
    C89 C84 C68 C85 C86
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (61) 
    C89 C84 C85 C86 C88
 Pirc (46) 
    B08 B07 B09
 Modern Benoni (44) 
    A65 A77 A61 A67 A62
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985 0-1
   J Ost-Hansen vs Nunn, 1974 0-1
   Nunn vs Kiril Georgiev, 1988 1-0
   Hsu Li Yang vs Nunn, 1992 0-1
   Nunn vs E Bhend, 1978 1-0
   Nunn vs C W Pritchett, 1986 1-0
   J Augustin vs Nunn, 1977 0-1
   Nunn vs Fedorowicz, 1991 1-0
   Pinter vs Nunn, 1988 0-1
   Nunn vs Sosonko, 1982 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Nunn & Griffiths: Secrets of Grandmaster Play by pawn to QB4
   Skelleftea World Cup 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Rotterdam World Cup 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee 1983 by EmperorAtahualpa
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1982 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Secrets of Practical Chess (Nunn) by AdrianP
   Linares 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Destroying the Caro by Bogdanel
   OHRA Belgium 1986 by CFMEU
   MARSHALL GAMBIT by gambitfan

GAMES ANNOTATED BY NUNN: [what is this?]
   Najdorf vs Mecking, 1978
   Musaiev vs Karmov, 1979
   Nunn vs Sadler, 1993

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JOHN NUNN
(born Apr-25-1955) United Kingdom

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Dr John Denis Martin Nunn was born on the 25th of April 1955 in London, England. Awarded the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1978 he has the distinction along with Ram Soffer and Andrew Jonathan Mestel of also holding both over the board and problem solving GM titles. He won the European Junior Championship in 1974-75, was British Champion in 1980 and was a triple gold medalist in the Thessaloniki Olympiad in 1984. In 2004 he won the World Problem Solving Championship. He is also a well respected chess author with a number of best selling works on endgames and the openings to his credit. His doctorate awarded from Oxford University is in Mathematics.

 page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,532  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Keene vs Nunn 1-022 1963 Surrey Junior ChampsA04 Reti Opening
2. Keene vs Nunn  1-028 1969 HammersmithA09 Reti Opening
3. Jansa vs Nunn 0-128 1969 CZEC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
4. Miles vs Nunn 0-149 1970 Islington Junior AC21 Center Game
5. R O'Kelly vs Nunn 1-024 1970 Islington Junior AD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
6. Keene vs Nunn  1-047 1970 HammersmithA08 King's Indian Attack
7. Nunn vs R W Moberly  ½-½52 1970 Islington Junior AC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
8. Nunn vs M Stean  0-123 1970 Islington Junior AB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
9. Nunn vs R Johannes  1-032 1970 Islington Junior AB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
10. R Bellin vs Nunn  ½-½23 1970 Islington Junior AC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
11. S Mariotti vs Nunn 1-020 1970 Islington Junior AC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
12. Nunn vs R R Smith 1-016 1970 Islington Junior AB10 Caro-Kann
13. Kurajica vs Nunn  0-121 1971 IslingtonC88 Ruy Lopez
14. Nunn vs Keene 0-122 1971 HammersmithB06 Robatsch
15. B Kernan vs Nunn  1-027 1972 Glorney CupB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
16. Nunn vs Tarjan 1-021 1972 NorwichB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Nunn vs T Rosenlund  ½-½31 1972 NorwichB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
18. Nunn vs D Cox  0-119 1972 Norwich JuniorB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
19. S Velickovic vs Nunn  0-137 1972 England 13/300C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
20. Nunn vs Mikhalchishin  0-141 1973 FrankrigB03 Alekhine's Defense
21. R F Mcgregor vs Nunn 0-121 1973 EnglandA77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
22. W Heidenfeld vs Nunn  0-132 1973 London-BB06 Robatsch
23. A Law vs Nunn  ½-½28 1974 Clacton GBR chD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
24. Tringov vs Nunn  1-040 1974 BirminghamB07 Pirc
25. P Yerbury vs Nunn  0-138 1974 Clacton GBR chB06 Robatsch
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Feb-18-08   littlefermat: Check out Mathscinet. If you're at a college/university, you can access it for free--otherwise, it'll cost money. All of his papers, along with Nunn's, are available there (at least they are reviewed there).
Feb-18-08
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  HeMateMe: Nunn was quite the prodigy, huh? I think he had finished either his Masters, or a Doctorate, in math at the age of 18. I think he entered Cambridge as a 14-year-old. If they had a chess team, I'm sure he was on it.
Feb-21-08   dotty hill: <littlefermat> I tried MSN and Google but I couldn't find anything from or about a John Hubback there (are you sure about the spelling?).
Mar-26-08
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  heuristic: <dotty hill> I went to Math Geneology project. Obtained a list of all PhDs from Oxford for 1975-1979. No Nunn listed.

For all aforementioned PhDs, i obtained the names of their advisors. Hubback is listed for one in 1979. Note that Hubback is not one for documentation, his thesis or PhD date is not listed.

i searched the Radcliffe library for theses. no Nunn listed.

curious.....

Mar-30-08   dotty hill: <heuristic> thanks for the effort.

The genealogy project is known to be rather incomplete - it has grown out of a one-man initiative and is based on voluntary contributions. As far as I know there was no systematic effort outside the US, quite certainly not that many years back.

That Nunn's thesis fails to be in the Radcliffe library *is* rather strange. I checked the mathematical libraries in Oxford as well, result negative.

Well, be it as it may, I still hope someday somebody will find out. Maybe I should contact Edward Winter...

Apr-09-08   Jim Bartle: In 1990, in Reykjavik, England defeated the Soviet Union in a team match for the first time. Nunn's comment:

"The Soviets cunningly prevented a repetition by splitting their country up."

Apr-25-08
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  MaxxLange: many happy returns for the good Doctor
Apr-25-08   DeltaHawk: In that old picture, he looks like he can be in The Warriors.
Apr-25-08   Riverbeast: Happy birthday to one of my favorite players. A true tactical genius !
Apr-25-08   littlefermat: Happy Birthday.

And thank you for the many fantastic books you've written!

Apr-25-08
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  Tessie Tura: Many happy returns of the day. 'Understanding Chess Move by Move' is a wonderful book.
Apr-25-08
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  MaxxLange: Another amazing old Nunn book is "Tactical Chess Endings"

Nunn says that he will never write another opening book (in the style of his work on the Najdorf, or NCO), since it is all database now.

Jul-09-08
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  arsen387: One of the greatest tacticians ever, for sure. I'd put him in the chain 'Morphy->Alekhine->Tal->Nunn,Christiansen'. It's generally interesting to observe the chess history as consisting of some chains of players with resembling styles. Another chain could be 'Nimzowitsch,Capablanca->Petrosian->Karpov->Kramn- ik,Leko'.
Oct-12-08
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  whiteshark: Quote of the Day

" Chess is to a considerable extent about pattern recognition. The more patterns you have firmly fixed in your memory, the more effective you are likely to be at the chessboard. "

-- Nunn

Oct-12-08   Flicflac: does anyone agree that the photo of john nunn ought to be replaced with a better one?
Oct-12-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Red October: he looks like Jimmy Page in this one
Oct-12-08   Augalv: <Flicflac: does anyone agree that the photo of john nunn ought to be replaced with a better one?>

Flicflac, in order for Cg.com to do so, a picture change campaign should be initiated.

:)

Oct-12-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  drkodos: Flicflac: no doubt.

Horrible image choice.

Oct-13-08
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  Woody Wood Pusher: No I think the picture is fine, he hasn't exactly aged gracefully.
Oct-18-08   Flicflac: Woody wood pusher,

Even if that were true, surely there is a better picture out there than of him with his face in a weird contortion.

Nov-10-08   SufferingBruin: Good Lord! That is a lousy picture. Google Images people--there's gotta be a better photo.
Nov-14-08   M.D. Wilson: Jimmy Page or John Nunn?
Nov-25-08
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  Dionyseus: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

I like his proposal, it seems very simple and efficient.

Feb-17-09
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  eternaloptimist: chessgames can add to his profile that he also won the World Chess Problem Solving Championship in 2007 (in addition to 2004). It's apparent that he still has a lucid & ingenious mind.
Feb-18-09   Petrosian63: How well would a top GM compete in a problem solving competition?
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