[Retros] Retro Corner News

[Mario Richter]

Hello Otto,

you wrote:


> Please note the new section "Records in Retro Analysis"

> (http://janko.at/Retros/Records/index.htm). The aim of this section is to

> collect all kinds of records in Retro analysis.

>

> Currently, there are two large collections online: "Shortest Mates in

Proof

> Games" (many thanks to Christoph Fieberg and Norbert Geissler!) and "What

> was the last move?" ...


One minor suggestion regarding the "Last Move"-Page:
Maybe you should use the same definitions as those used in the retros
glossary (http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/LastMove.htm)?

The page further asks: "Does anyone have something better readable,
preferably as pure text? ".

If if you're still looking for a text version of the 3 scanned pages,
please contact me.

One thing that confuses me:
On the one hand Ceriani's famous KxQ-LM-problem is listed as the
record holder for categories A,B and C; on the other hand some
Type B records have less pieces as the corresponding Type C problems
(e.g. K-, Type B: 4 pieces, Type C: 5 pieces).
So what makes a record a record?

And one last question to the experts:
The Type B-list doesn't contain an e.p.-capture.
Is such a thing impossible or has it simply not yet been found?

greetings
  mario