[Retros] one man PGs

[Nicolas Dupont]

Quoting Göran Wicklund <goran.wicklund at ericsson.com>:

> One more home based piece, no more white move possible:
>
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> |*N |*N |*B |*Q |*K |*B |*N |*R |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> |*P |   |*P |*P |*P |*P |*P |*P |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> |   | . |   | . | B | . |   | . |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> | B |   | P | P | . |   | . | K |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> |   | . | R | R |   | P |   | . |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> | . |   | . |   | . |   | . |   |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> |   | . |   | N | P | . | P | . |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> | . |   | . |   | . | B | . |   |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>
> SPG 23.0 C+
>
> 1.d4 b6 2.Bd2 b5 3.Ba5 b4 4.Nd2 b3 5.Rc1 bxa2 6.b4 a1=N
> 7.b5 Nb3 8.b6 Nc5 9.b7 Ne4 10.bxa8=B Nef6 11.Bd5 Ng4
> 12.Be6 Nxh2 13.d5 Ng4 14.Rh4 Ne3 15.Rd4 Nxd1 16.f4 Nf2
> 17.c4 Nh3 18.c5 Nxg1 19.Kf2 Nf3 20.Kg3 Ne5 21.Kh4 Nc4
> 22.Kh5 Nb6 23.Rcc4 Na8

Ha ha ha, so now the problem of determining the actual record becomes  
concrete!

Generally speaking I feel much concerned with economy criteria, such  
as the largest possible number of home-based pieces, everything else  
being equal. But here we are dealing with length records, so the full  
length of the game should be emphasized - to my mind - and hence  
should be prevalent to other criteria. I mean in our context a game in  
X+0.5 moves should be considered "better" than a game in X moves with  
better economy.