[Retros] Chessbase 1999

[Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen]

Hello all,

I cannot see page 334 in Amazon,either, but I have the book and the problem
is: White: Kc6 Black: Ka8. Who made the last move?
And then their follows an explanation of "Dead Reckoning".

Steffen Nielsen,


2013/8/21 Andrew Buchanan <andrew at anselan.com>


> That’s so funny. I can see page 434, but even when I log on to Amazon, I

> can’t see page 334 which is where a problem of mine is published. Maybe we

> undead have limited viewing rights in Amazon. Can anyone else see this page

> and tell me what’s on it, please?****

>

> ** **

>

> *From:* retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] *On

> Behalf Of *"Bernd Gräfrath"

> *Sent:* 21 August 2013 13:34

>

> *To:* The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List

> *Subject:* Re: [Retros] Chessbase 1999****

>

> ** **

>

> Now I have noted that you can see the relevant page 434 at****

>

>

> http://www.amazon.de/Schachkompositionen-Aufgaben-Komponisten-Schachgeschichte-L%C3%B6sungen/dp/3869101989/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377062977&sr=8-1&keywords=SChachkompositionen#reader_3869101989

> ****

>

> So the inventor of dead reckoning is undead...****

>

>  ****

>

> Cheers, Andrew!****

>

>  ****

>

> Bernd****

>

>   ****

>

> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 20. August 2013 um 19:07 Uhr

> *Von:* "Andrew Buchanan" <andrew at anselan.com>

> *An:* "'The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List'" <retros at janko.at>

> *Betreff:* Re: [Retros] Chessbase 1999****

>

> So cool to be undead! I can’t find any deceased namesake online for whom I

> might have been mistaken. Chess-playing or not. Odd.****

>

> *From:* retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at<retros-bounces at janko.at>]

> *On Behalf Of *"Bernd Gräfrath"

> *Sent:* 20 August 2013 04:16

> *To:* The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List

> *Subject:* [Retros] Chessbase 1999****

>

> Dear retro-friends,****

>

> I have not found the original source, but some hints for further research:

> ****

>

> In the new book "Schachkompositionen" by Michael Ehn and Hugo Kastner, the

> following source is given (on page 332):****

>

> "John Nunn / Chessbase 1999 (Original: 1985)".****

>

> However, despite of all its merits (nice pictures etc.), the book is not

> completely trustworthy. For example, on page 434, you read the following

> dates about an active member of the retro mailing list: "Buchanan, Andrew

> (1867-1943)".****

>

> Best wishes,****

>

> Bernd****

>

> *Gesendet:* Montag, 19. August 2013 um 19:10 Uhr

> *Von:* "Noam Elkies" <elkies at math.harvard.edu>

> *An:* retros at janko.at

> *Betreff:* [Retros] non-FEN fun****

>

> As it happens Chessbase.com just ran this article

>

>

> http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4010825/the-infamous-1999-chessbase-christmas-puzzle-160813.aspx

>

> on its first "Christmas puzzle" ever, which asked in 1999 for

> a legal came starting 1 e4 and ending 5...NxR#. [What's the

> source for this puzzle? I don't think it's given in the

> Chessbase article but surely somebody on this mailing list knows it.]

> This is very hard for most human players, even though the solution

> is not quite unique. But it's not the only such puzzle. Another,

> which *does* have a unique solution, starts with 1 a3 and ends

> on move 5 with White giving mate with a Rook. I don't know

> the composer/discoverer of this either, but I first saw it

> decades ago in a column by Pal Benko. Are there other such examples

> known, or discoverable by computer now that F.Labelle is active again

> (welcome back!)? There's of course 1 h4 ... 6 PxB=N#, which is unique

> even without specifying the first move; and Labelle found a few more

> such examples (all shorter) determined completely by their last move.

> But I figure that specifying both first and last move should allow for

> a greater and hopefully even more interesting selection of puzzles.

>

> NDE

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