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Mar-03-16
 | | plang: Nunn had an excellent career - in his prime he was one of the best players in the world. On what basis did he "come up short"?
Because he did not achieve what Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi, Timman, Portisch did? Not everyone can become World Champion - I doubt that Nunn sees his career as anything but a success. |
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| Mar-04-16 | | morfishine: <plang> Of course, Nunn is well established..."coming up short" is too harsh But there are times when I'm perusing and wondering and I drift off and I think "Doggone it, Nunn was strong enough, what happened?" And then I wake up, and my mind thinks about Nunn for awhile, then it drifts off to Tal or Super Nez ***** |
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Mar-04-16
 | | perfidious: <Rocket: I am surprised our great mathematican and problem solver didn't amount to more in chess....> Being a top ten player at one's peak is nothing to write home about, I suppose. Twenty years on, we can return to this website and peruse the careers of certain players who are now--as Nunn was in the 1980s and 1990s--strong GMs, but not quite of world title calibre, same as Judit Polgar, someone who was clearly no more than a marginal top ten at her peak and would scarcely have attracted notice, but for one attribute. Perhaps somewhat fewer quick draws would have improved Nunn's results: there were quite a number of them for a player of his experience and erudition, to wit: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Apr-25-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, John Nunn. |
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| May-27-16 | | Conrad93: As a mathematician, Nunn would have probably done well at blackjack as a card counter. |
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| May-27-16 | | john barleycorn: <Conrad93: As a mathematician, Nunn would have probably done well at blackjack as a card counter.> Don't believe every myth and hollywood movie about BlackJack.
Work on your comrehension of the "enpassant" in chess as it could be more profitable. |
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| May-28-16 | | Conrad93: <Don't believe every myth and hollywood movie about BlackJack. Work on your comrehension of the "enpassant" in chess as it could be more profitable.> Card-counting isn't a myth, and I've done better than you without even knowing the en passant rule. |
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May-28-16
 | | offramp: I remember I played blackjack in Atlantic City. Over a long period I made that standard 5% profit following a few very simple guidelines. I suppose card-counting could have made me a 10% profit, but it's a lot of effort, especially when there about 5 decks in the shoe. |
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| May-28-16 | | john barleycorn: <offramp: I remember I played blackjack in Atlantic City. Over a long period I made that standard 5% profit ...> wow, <offramp> was it a Trump casino?
His Casino operators must be socially very conscious offering a game with an usual 5% player advantage haha they have 5 deck shoes? sure it was Atlantic City? |
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| May-28-16 | | john barleycorn: <Conrad93: ...
Card-counting isn't a myth, and I've done better than you without even knowing the en passant rule.>yeah, yeah, yeah. You probably also can drive a Leopard tank a 100 miles with 10 liters of diesel. |
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May-28-16
| | offramp: <john barleycorn: <offramp: I remember I played blackjack in Atlantic City. Over a long period I made that standard 5% profit ...>
wow, <offramp> was it a Trump casino? His Casino operators must be socially very conscious offering a game with an usual 5% player advantage haha they have 5 deck shoes? sure it was Atlantic City?> It might have been 10 decks; I didn't count the decks. Is that part of the counting? |
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| May-28-16 | | john barleycorn: < offramp: ...
It might have been 10 decks; I didn't count the decks. Is that part of the counting?> Yes, 1, 4, 6 or 8 deck(s) are the rule. Card counters would evade games with multiple decks. They like one deck, an honest dealer and playing alone in Card counters lala-land. haha does not happen anymore since the 70's. |
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May-28-16
 | | Sally Simpson: The only counting I know is that there are more losers than winners at casinos. That why there are loads of casinos. (count them). I'll just stick to putting £1 e/way on any horse with King, Queen, Rook, Knight, Bishop or Pawn in the name. According to the 'Horse Name Availability'
http://www.britishhorseracing.com/r... Kasparov Tal and Alekhine have had race horses named after them. |
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| May-28-16 | | Jim Bartle: Don't know how many decks there are?
I suppose if you're counting cards it helps to know what the total number of each card there are. And if there are 32 9's it isn't too difficult to figure out how many decks there are. With 8 decks, even if you do manage to count, the number of times a really favorable set of cards is left must be very few. |
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May-28-16
| | Sally Simpson: .... there were also a horses called Barleycorn and one called Chandler. (I bet Chandler was faster of the two.) There is a horse called Greco.
There is a King's Gambit but no Queen's Gambit.
And to stay on track (wow! a pun) there is also a horse called Nunn. This is super fun. I'm going to be there all day. |
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May-28-16
| | Sally Simpson: ...No Sally Simpson but there is a Perfidious. Huh!
No Big Pawn or Life Master - pity. I could linked those three together. :) There is a Checkmate but no Stalemate.
There is a Carlsen and a horse called 'Giri'.
Note says Giri has featured in more dead heats than any other horse. :) No Anand or Aronian but there is a Fabiano, a Morphy and a Staunton. Fact No.67:
The horses Morphy and Staunton never raced against each other. |
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| May-28-16 | | Jim Bartle: A very famous horse was named <sham>, now on this website. He was the alleged challenger to Secretariar in 1973. Came in second in the first two races, went out with Secretariat in the Belmont but fell way back to last. |
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May-28-16
| | Sally Simpson: There is a horse called 'kibitzer'.
That one tells the other horses how they should run, choose their jockeys and when they should retire. -- There is a Miss Scarlet.
Apparently it's a right old nag.
Right I'm out of here....and quick. |
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| May-28-16 | | Jim Bartle: <That one tells the other horses how they should run, choose their jockeys and when they should retire.> And comes in last I assume. Or scratches before post time. <There is a Miss Scarlet. > This horse claims she never lost to a black horse. |
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May-28-16
| | Sally Simpson: : I fear we are both in trouble now.
Hopefully someone will happen along and post loads of John Nunn related stuff before she (her who must not be named) sees it |
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| May-28-16 | | john barleycorn: <Sally Simpson: .... there were also a horses called Barleycorn and one called Chandler. (I bet Chandler was faster of the two.)...> Haha <Sally> your bet is good but where is the cash??? |
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| May-28-16 | | john barleycorn: <Jim Bartle: ...
With 8 decks, even if you do manage to count, the number of times a really favorable set of cards is left must be very few.> <Jim>, I tell you that the fairytales that BlackJack is a winnable game is the greatest cheat. much bigger than books like "How to beat Fischer/Karpov or Kasparov" or all three of them. |
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May-28-16
| | offramp: A 1-deck shoe? What kind of casino has that? |
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| May-28-16 | | Jim Bartle: I inhaled the book "Beat the Dealer" in the 60s. It was so much fun. It had these little cards which told you what to do under certain situations. I assume analysis has gone much further in the ensuing 50 years. The author found he could have a 2% advantage or something like that if he could keep track of the relationship of 10s to non-10s remaining in a single deck. |
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| May-28-16 | | zanzibar: Is this really the best photo of Nunn available?
What about this?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... and this (somewhat out-of-focus):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...(A).jpg And here's one I hadn't seen before:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... All of which have the advantage that it does catch him mid-phrase, looking like he just sucked a lemon. |
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