[Retros] Latest trend

[andrew buchanan]

 Hi Martin,
This isn't the most active mailing list, but I thought I would reply.
I would start with:
https://www.janko.at/Retros/index.htmThere are also 
http://abrobecker.free.fr/chess/addunits.pdfhttp://abrobecker.free.fr/chess/IntroductionToPGs.pdfhttps://www.ozproblems.com/problem-world/pg1
Current directions are mainly in proof games and fairy chess. As a snapshot, here's the originals from recent issues of Phenix, which are really very difficult for novices. 8703, 8708, and 8796 are probably the simpler ones (although you need to know for half of the last what a Berolina pawn is - easy enough to google for that.)

https://phenix-echecs.fr/la_revue/telechargement_inedits/px_306-307_inedits.pdf
8703 - Castling rights?
8704 - Resolve the position
8705 - Proof game in 8.5 moves + 2 fairy conditions
8706 - Proof game in 14.5 moves + 1 fairy condition
8707 - Proof game in 26.0
8708 - Replace letters with pieces, figure out their colours, last move?
8709 - Proof game in 20.5 moves + 1 fairy condition
https://phenix-echecs.fr/la_revue/telechargement_inedits/px_310-311_inedits.pdf
8796 - Shortest proof game + fairy piece in 1 twin
8797 - Shortest proof game + fairy condition
8798 - Proof game in 10.5 + fairy condition
8799 - Proof game in 14.0 + fairy condition
8800 - Proof game in 19.5 + fairy condition
8801 - Proof game in 21.5

Any other good places to start?
Thanks,
Andrew

    On Saturday, June 26, 2021, 6:05:52 PM GMT+8, Martin Skjöldebrand <martin at skjoldebrand.org> wrote:  
 
Hi,

I'm preparing a small summer talk for our chess club - basically an 
introduction to Retrograde analysis with a few very easy examples.

I'm not very active here, but I really enjoy the retro-genre of 
problems. But I'm confused as to what are the latest trends of 
retro-problems? What type of problems are you most likely to find in 
recent examples?


Regards,

Martin S

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