From otto at janko.at Sat Aug 8 05:48:00 2009 From: otto at janko.at (Otto Janko) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:48:00 +0200 Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Message-ID: <9541F14CB0B04584BD62F0D4D92E5D9E@ww300.siemens.net> Small Update of the Retro Corner: a) Announcement: The Problemist Supplement - Proof Game Tourney b) Update of Thomas Volet's article "An Introduction to Retroanalytic Inference in Chess Composition" Best Regards, - Otto Janko [mailto:otto at janko.at] [http://www.janko.at] -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, - will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. [Benjamin Franklin] From pastmaker at aol.com Sun Aug 16 13:24:36 2009 From: pastmaker at aol.com (pastmaker at aol.com) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:24:36 -0400 Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner In-Reply-To: <9541F14CB0B04584BD62F0D4D92E5D9E@ww300.siemens.net> References: <9541F14CB0B04584BD62F0D4D92E5D9E@ww300.siemens.net> Message-ID: <8CBECAD8FFF103E-11A0-135D@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> Unfortunately the version on the site is still the old one -- several pages of careful analysis with the stunning concluding phrase "the White Pawns must have been captured by the White King...". A subtle error. Regards, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Otto Janko To: 'Retros' Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2009 2:48 am Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Small Update of the Retro Corner: a) Announcement: The Problemist Supplement - Proof Game Tourney b) Update of Thomas Volet's article "An Introduction to Retroanalytic Inference in Chess Composition" Best Regards, - Otto Janko [mailto:otto at janko.at] [http://www.janko.at] -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, - will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. [Benjamin Franklin] _______________________________________________ Retros mailing list Retros at janko.at http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/retros -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From otto at janko.at Sun Aug 16 16:06:01 2009 From: otto at janko.at (Otto Janko) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:06:01 +0200 Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner In-Reply-To: <8CBECAD8FFF103E-11A0-135D@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> References: <9541F14CB0B04584BD62F0D4D92E5D9E@ww300.siemens.net> <8CBECAD8FFF103E-11A0-135D@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> Message-ID: <00F3E646DEA74126B6E80DE272DC95FE@ww300.siemens.net> Hi Tom, Actually it is the new article. It seems that only one word is wrong (i.e. the last paragraph is the old one). If you look carefully there are 3 new diagrams in your new article and all of them are online. I'll update the last paragraph soon :-) ~?tt?~ _____ From: retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of pastmaker at aol.com Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:25 PM To: retros at janko.at Subject: Re: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Unfortunately the version on the site is still the old one -- several pages of careful analysis with the stunning concluding phrase "the White Pawns must have been captured by the White King...". A subtle error. Regards, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Otto Janko To: 'Retros' Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2009 2:48 am Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Small Update of the Retro Corner: a) Announcement: The Problemist Supplement - Proof Game Tourney b) Update of Thomas Volet's article "An Introduction to Retroanalytic Inference in Chess Composition" Best Regards, - Otto Janko [mailto:otto at janko.at ] [http://www.janko.at ] -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, - will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. [Benjamin Franklin] _______________________________________________ Retros mailing list Retros at janko.at http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/retros -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pastmaker at aol.com Mon Aug 17 18:29:54 2009 From: pastmaker at aol.com (pastmaker at aol.com) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:29:54 -0400 Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner In-Reply-To: <00F3E646DEA74126B6E80DE272DC95FE@ww300.siemens.net> References: <9541F14CB0B04584BD62F0D4D92E5D9E@ww300.siemens.net><8CBECAD8FFF103E-11A0-135D@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> <00F3E646DEA74126B6E80DE272DC95FE@ww300.siemens.net> Message-ID: <8CBEDA160A6579C-1790-B82@MBLK-M09.sysops.aol.com> Many thanks, Otto.? Of course an error of that magnitude was first noticed by someone with absolutely no familiarity with retros or other chess problems.? I strongly suspect that no one with any chess problem know-how ever looked at the article long enough to get to the surprising finish. Good to get it fixed. Regards, Tom? -----Original Message----- From: Otto Janko To: 'The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List' Sent: Sun, Aug 16, 2009 4:06 pm Subject: Re: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Hi Tom, ? Actually it is the new article. It seems that only one word is wrong (i.e. the last paragraph is the old one). If you look carefully there are 3 new diagrams in your new article and all of them are online. ? I'll update the last paragraph soon? :-) ? ~?tt?~ From: retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of pastmaker at aol.com Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:25 PM To: retros at janko.at Subject: Re: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Unfortunately the version on the site is still the old one -- several pages of careful analysis with the stunning concluding phrase "the White Pawns must have been captured by the White King...". ? A subtle error. ? Regards, Tom ? ? -----Original Message----- From: Otto Janko To: 'Retros' Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2009 2:48 am Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Small Update of the Retro Corner: a) Announcement: The Problemist Supplement - Proof Game Tourney b) Update of Thomas Volet's article "An Introduction to Retroanalytic nference in Chess Composition" Best Regards, - Otto Janko [mailto:otto at janko.at] [http://www.janko.at] - Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. [Benjamin Franklin] _______________________________________________ etros mailing list etros at janko.at ttp://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/retros _______________________________________________ etros mailing list etros at janko.at ttp://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/retros -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbosch at roadrunner.com Mon Aug 17 20:02:09 2009 From: rbosch at roadrunner.com (Renny Bosch) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:02:09 -0700 Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner References: <9541F14CB0B04584BD62F0D4D92E5D9E@ww300.siemens.net><8CBECAD8FFF103E-11A0-135D@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com><00F3E646DEA74126B6E80DE272DC95FE@ww300.siemens.net> <8CBEDA160A6579C-1790-B82@MBLK-M09.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: I just figured it was another one of those silly phantom things. Renny ----- Original Message ----- From: pastmaker at aol.com To: retros at janko.at Cc: thomasv at mosessinger.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Many thanks, Otto. Of course an error of that magnitude was first noticed by someone with absolutely no familiarity with retros or other chess problems. I strongly suspect that no one with any chess problem know-how ever looked at the article long enough to get to the surprising finish. Good to get it fixed. Regards, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Otto Janko To: 'The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List' Sent: Sun, Aug 16, 2009 4:06 pm Subject: Re: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Hi Tom, Actually it is the new article. It seems that only one word is wrong (i.e. the last paragraph is the old one). If you look carefully there are 3 new diagrams in your new article and all of them are online. I'll update the last paragraph soon :-) ~?tt?~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of pastmaker at aol.com Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:25 PM To: retros at janko.at Subject: Re: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Unfortunately the version on the site is still the old one -- several pages of careful analysis with the stunning concluding phrase "the White Pawns must have been captured by the White King...". A subtle error. Regards, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Otto Janko To: 'Retros' Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2009 2:48 am Subject: [Retros] Small Update of the Retro Corner Small Update of the Retro Corner: a) Announcement: The Problemist Supplement - Proof Game Tourney b) Update of Thomas Volet's article "An Introduction to Retroanalytic Inference in Chess Composition" Best Regards, - Otto Janko [mailto:otto at janko.at] [http://www.janko.at] -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, - will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. 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URL: From retromode at web.de Thu Aug 27 06:15:30 2009 From: retromode at web.de (=?iso-8859-15?Q?Bernd_Gr=E4frath?=) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:15:30 +0200 Subject: [Retros] Diagram error in Die Schwalbe 238 (August 2009) Message-ID: <1783904938@web.de> Dear retro friends, please note a diagram error for which I am responsible: In my problem no. 14187 (Die Schwalbe 238 of August 2009), a black S has to be moved from g8 to h5. By the way: the Supercirce condition applies only to part B; part A is orthodox. I am sorry about the inconvenience which I have caused. Bernd ______________________________________________________ GRATIS f?r alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de