Pierre Nolot

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Pierre Nolot, a French chess player and official, computer chess expert, writer and journalist as well as tournament organizer of the CPWTIPC 1981 and as president of the Clichy Chess Club, the French Computer Chess Championships from the first edition in 1992 until 1999. He created several test suites, most notable The Nolot Suite, eleven quite difficult test-positions, in 1994 introduced by Marc-François Baudot in rec.games.chess to a wider audience.

=Two Positions= In an article in Échec & Mat magazine from October-November-December 2009, Nolot gives two further positions hard to solve for programs

Nikolic - Fischer
Emil Nikolic vs Bobby Fischer, 1968, 19... Bg4! r3r1k1/pp1q1p2/2p2npb/PPPp1bnp/3PpN2/2N1P1PP/1R1B1PBK/3Q1R2 r3r1k1/pp1q1p2/2p2npb/PPPp1bnp/3PpN2/2N1P1PP/1R1B1PBK/3Q1R2 b - - 0 19

Gusev - Auerbach
Yuri S. Gusev vs E. Auerbach (1946) 24.Qxe5! 4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 1 24

=Selected Publications=
 * Pierre Nolot (1986). Echecs: Les Progès des Programmes. Jeux et Stratégie, jpg1, jpg2 » WCCC 1986
 * Pierre Nolot (1989). Pays-Bas contre Ordinateurs: 8,5-3,5. Jeux et Stratégie, N°59, June 1989, jpg1, jpg2 » Netherlands-vs-Computers-1989
 * Pierre Nolot, Eric Birmingham (1992). Echec et mat, Initiation au jeu d'échecs.
 * Eric Birmingham, Pierre Nolot (2005). Echec et Mat / initiation au jeu d'échecs - Librairie Mollat Bordeaux.

=External Links=
 * Pierre Nolot from Wikipedia.fr (French)
 * Blitzchess Nostalgie (French)
 * J&S N°18 (French)


 * Les ordinateurs sont-ils venus à bout de l'homme aux échecs ? by Pierre Nolot, LeMonde.fr, September 22, 2009 (French)
 * Les échecs électroniques : histoire d’une confrontation entre l’humain et la machine by Pierre Nolot, Interstices - Explorez les sciences du numérique, November 26, 2012,

=References=

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