[Retros] Latest trend

[Martin Skjöldebrand]

Thanks, very good links the new ones!

//Martin S

On 6/27/21 1:00 PM, andrew buchanan wrote:
> 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.htm 
> <https://www.janko.at/Retros/index.htm>
> There are also
> http://abrobecker.free.fr/chess/addunits.pdf 
> <http://abrobecker.free.fr/chess/addunits.pdf>
> http://abrobecker.free.fr/chess/IntroductionToPGs.pdf 
> <http://abrobecker.free.fr/chess/IntroductionToPGs.pdf>
> https://www.ozproblems.com/problem-world/pg1 
> <https://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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