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 [1] [2] and as president of the Clichy Chess Club, the French Computer Chess Championships from the first edition in 1992 until 1999 [3]. He created several test suites, most notable The Nolot Suite, eleven quite difficult test-positions, in 1994 introduced by Marc-François Baudot [4] [5] in rec.games.chess to a wider audience. In an article in Échec & Mat magazine from October-November-December 2009, Nolot mentions two further positions hard to solve for programs [6]:
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PARSE ERROR | |
r3r1k1/pp1q1p2/2p2npb/PPPp1bnp/3PpN2/2N1P1PP/1R1B1PBK/3Q1R2 b - - 0 19 | 4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/4P3/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 1 24 | |
Emil Nikolic vs Bobby Fischer, 1968 [7] | Yuri S. Gusev vs E. Auerbach (1946) [8] [9] |
Selected Publications
- Pierre Nolot (1986). Echecs: Les Progès des Programmes. Jeux et Stratégie, jpg1, jpg2 [10] » 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, [11]
References
- ↑ Kevin O’Connell (1981). MicroChess - Paris Tournament. Personal Computer World, August 1981, Publication Archive from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- ↑ Gerhard Piel (1981). Wilde Weltmeisterschaften. Rochade, 08-1981 (German) in 09-1981, 2. Mikrocomputer-Schachweltmeisterschaft in Travemünde und Hamburg (pdf) hosted by Hein Veldhuis
- ↑ Re: French Computer Chess Championship results by Pascal Coupet, CCC, October 11, 1999
- ↑ 11 tactical positions computers can't solve by Marc-François Baudot, rec.games.chess, July 11, 1994
- ↑ Pierre Nolot's solutions to the 11 positions by Marc-François Baudot, rec.games.chess, July 29, 1994
- ↑ Les échecs, un sacré programme. Échec et mat, n° 101, October-November-December 2009, pp. 14, Nolot pp. 1,7 pdf
- ↑ Emil Nikolic vs Robert James Fischer (1968) from chessgames.com
- ↑ Yuri S Gusev vs E Auerbach (1946) Gusev's Immortal from chessgames.com
- ↑ 8405. Gusev v Auerbach - Chess Notes by Edward Winter
- ↑ 5th WCCC 1986, article in french + pictures by Vincent Lejeune, CCC, November 12, 2012
- ↑ Programmation des échecs et d’autres jeux by Olivier Teytaud, Interstices - Explorez les sciences du numérique, November 26, 2012, translation by Google Translate