[Retros] Quotes from Dawson

Николай Белухов nbeluhov at abv.bg
Sat Dec 5 12:14:28 EST 2009

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Dear retro-friends,

I am working on an English translation of one lengthy article on Alexei Troitzkij by N. Plaksin. It is to be posted on the Retro Mailing List once it is finished. I am writing now to ask you for some help: at several points in the article, Thomas Dawson is quoted, and I had no success in tracking down the original English text (and translating it back to English once it has gone through Russian would arguably even preserve the meaning, let alone the actual words).
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"As for themes, Troitzkij is an artist of great fantasy. Original
and deep ideas reveal themselves to him with blinding brightness. Ideed, ideas
are an inseparable part of his body of work. The collection of his studies,
regarded as a treasure of ideas, is incomparable. And the same can be observed
in the field of retroanalysis... As for technique, it is necessary to say that,
to Troitzkij, retro-tactics held no secrets."

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"This problem,
in the sense of masterful technique... is Troitzkij's highest achievement . The
retro-opposition between two Bishops is presented here in an astonishing manner."

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"A marvelous scheme: loss of
tempo in a triangle... the only specimen known"

and, finally

"

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- To me, a beginner in the
field of retroanalysis, Troitzkij's works were a vade mecum"

Most (if not all) of these quotes seem to be from a paper on Troitzkij's work that Dawson himself wrote - I think the title was "The Master of Retrograde analysis A. A. Troitzkij" (I only know of a Russian publication of this paper in "Zadachi i etjudji" from 1930). Does anybody happen to have the original text? I would be very gratefuil for the information.

Best wishes,
Nikolai

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