[Retros] Messigny 2005 : Analysis of awarded problems

[Francois Labelle]

To participate I had to write a program to analyze games for their 
thematic content. Here is the analysis of all the awarded problems. So at 
a glance you can see which piece intercepted which piece and how many 
times.

Each triplet is of the form: (number of different lines, piece A, piece B).

I'm counting two interceptions on the same line but in opposite directions 
as different lines, so for example the 1st prize is scored as intercepting 
on 4 different lines and not 2.

1st    (4,bQd8,wRh1) (1,bPd7,wBf1) (1,wRh1,wQd1) (1,wNb1,bQd8) (1,wPc2,wQd1)
2nd    (3,bNb8,bQd8) (2,bNg8,bQd8) (1,bPh7,bRh8)
3rd    (2,wKe1,wQd1) (2,bKe8,bQd8) (1,wPf2,bQd8) (1,bBc8,bRa8) (1,wPe2,bRa8)
Spec.  (3,bBf8,wRh1) (1,wPd2,wQd1) (1,bPd7,wQd1) (1,wRh1,wBf1)
1st HM (5,wQd1,bQd8) (1,bPe7,wQd1)
2nd HM (2,wPd2,wPa2) (1,bPf7,wQd1)
3rd HM (2,wQd1,bQd8) (1,bPe7,wQd1)
4th HM (2,wNg1,wQd1) (1,wPd2,bBf8) (1,bRh8,wQd1)
5th HM (2,wBf1,bRh8) (2,bNb8,wQd1) (1,bPd7,wQd1) (1,wPe2,bBf8) (1,wNb1,wBf1)
Comm.  (3,wRa1,wQd1) (2,wPf2,bQd8) (1,bPd7,wQd1)
Comm.  (2,bPg7,bQd8) (1,wBc1,bQd8) (1,wRa1,bQd8)
Comm.  (2,bBc8,wQd1)
Comm.  (3,wNg1,wQd1)

Of course, proof games shouldn't be evaluated based on this interception 
data only (it doesn't say if a thematic piece is captured or returns home, 
for example), but I thought that you'd find this summary interesting 
nonetheless.

 	Francois