[Retros] Retrograde analysis in other forms

[Andrew Buchanan]

Hi Gianni, 

 

Thanks for this – but we already had the diagram earlier from Stackexchange. And I thought that the diagram was missing from the Virginia online, but I Mario (thanks) points out that I overlooked it.

 

I wonder though if there is a more challenging diagram which would fit the text of the story. With the current position, the self-cudgelling of brains that the hero goes through is a bit laughable.

 

Thanks,
Andrew.

 

From: retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of Gianchess at aol.com
Sent: 04 July 2013 00:36
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Greetings

 

Apparently this is the missing diagram:

 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/an-old-puzzle2

 

Gianni

 

In a message dated 7/3/2013 9:51:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, andrew at anselan.com writes:

Hi Steve,

 

Well it’s not Conan Doyle, and it’s not Sam Loyd, but it’s an interesting historical artefact – thanks for digging it up. Surprising that the Virginia Edu library doesn’t have the diagram, without which the story is meaningless.

 

From: retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of Steve Dowd
Sent: 02 July 2013 23:39
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Subject: Re: [Retros] Retrograde analysis in other forms

 

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=AllHapp.sgm <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=AllHapp.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1> &images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1

is the Allen story from the Strand.

 

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Andrew Buchanan <andrew at anselan.com> wrote:

Anyone got a copy of "A Happy Solution" short story by Raymond Allen 1916?
Found reference to it here:
http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/178/is-there-fiction-dealing-with-retrograde-chess-analysis

Yes Memento heh


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From: retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of Eric Angelini
Sent: 28 June 2013 04:27
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This is well known:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flanders_Panel
Best,
É.

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Le 27 juin 2013 à 20:11, "Joost de Heer" <joost at sanguis.xs4all.nl> a écrit :


> Andrew,

>

> 'Memento' is even better :)

>

> Joost

>

> On 06/27/2013 07:36 PM, Andrew Buchanan wrote:

>> The best backwards story I know is the movie Momento.

>>

>> *From:*retros-bounces at janko.at [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] *On

>> Behalf Of *Steve Dowd

>> *Sent:* 27 June 2013 01:32

>> *To:* The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List

>> *Subject:* [Retros] Retrograde analysis in other forms

>>

>> 70 years ago today, the radio program The Whistler featured

>> retrograde analysis in that a plot for a crime was worked out from

>> the end rather than the beginning. The program was called The Blank Wall.

>>

>> This program is usually among the more interesting radio plays, but I

>> found the story rather uninteresting and the ending rather trite.

>> There are a number of web sites where the story can be found if you

>> are interested.

>>

>> Steven B. Dowd

>>

>>

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