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Subject: Re: Computer-Aids for Compositions?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 07:17:29 12/29/02

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On December 29, 2002 at 09:20:00, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On December 29, 2002 at 09:03:19, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>
>>On rare occasion, a bulletin appears here dealing with composed chess problems.
>>Most, however, are about chess games and software for games.
>>
>>There is not much demand for problem composition software, which is probably why
>>it is rarely discussed.
>>
>>Nevertheless, I wonder whether or not any chess programmer has ever turned
>>his/her attention to this software application.
>>
>>Is there any software "out there" which is intended primarily for creation and
>>solution of composed chess problems?
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>http://www.stanford.edu/~hwatheod/Retractor/

Thanks.  Now I know what "Retrograde Analysis" is.  So, trying to emulate the
human procedure of using "fantasy positions" is NOT retrograde analysis.  Or is
it?

Bob D.



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