[Retros] New on the Retro Corner

[Peter Fayers]

Here are more details supplied by John Beasley, librarian of the British
Chess problem Society.
Rgds,
Peter.


> > Can anyone help Andrey Kornilov (Moscow)?

> > At his request, I have the following questions to ask of you.

> > 1. What are the names of articles -

> > a) by M. Dumic, Problem 1971 (presumably, on AP problems);


Piranski kodeks i njegova pravila o rohadi i e.p. uzimanju.  Problem
144-147, December 1971, pp 41-46.


> > b) by W. Keym, Die Schwalbe 1972 (on partial analysis);


Neues von der partiellen Retroanalyse (initial capitals not
guaranteed).  February 1972, pp 320-321.


> > c) by G. Adamson, The Problemist 1932 (on incompatible castlings);


"G." Adamson is "H. A." Adamson ("G" regularly becomes "H" on going into
Cyrillic and out again), and this isn't an article, it is an isolated
problem:  problem 617 in the Problemist Fairy Supplement (page 100,
solution on page 107).  Dawson inserts the comment "(by bad logic)" in the
solution, and I entirely agree.


> > 2. What is the name of a 1907 book on retractors by E. Baird

(presumably,

>it's something like 20th Century Retractor)?


To quote the title page, "The Twentieth Century Retractor, Chess Fantasies,
and Letter Problems."


> > 3. What is the year of the first publication of Dr. Karl Fabel's

>Introduction to Retrograde Analysis?


As a booklet in English, 1973.  However, a French translation by A.
Grunenwald had appeared in "Probleme" in March 1971, and there had been a
series of articles in "Fairy Chess Review" from August 1956 onwards.  The
1973 booklet occupied 16 pages;  the 1971 article in French, 54;  the
1956-58 articles, probably 20+, but they are scattered through twelve
issues and I haven't counted in detail.

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> Hi everybody,

> Can anyone help Andrey Kornilov (Moscow)?

> At his request, I have the following questions to ask of you.

> 1. What are the names of articles √

> a) by M. Dumic, Problem 1971 (presumably, on AP problems);

> b) by W. Keym, Die Schwalbe 1972 (on partial analysis);

> c) by G. Adamson, The Problemist 1932 (on incompatible castlings);

> 2. What is the name of a 1907 book on retractors by E. Baird (presumably,

it▓s something like 20th Century Retractor)?

> 3. What is the year of the first publication of Dr. Karl Fabel▓s

Introduction to Retrograde Analysis?

> My e-mail address is afretro at yandex.ru.

> Best regard,

> Andrey Frolkin

>

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