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Retrograde analysis

In chess problems, retrograde analysis is a technique employed to determine which moves were played leading up to a given position. While this technique is rarely needed for solving ordinary chess problems, there is a whole subgenre of chess problems in which it is an important part; such problems are known as retros.

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Castling and en passant capture conventions

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Retrograde analysis

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Avg. degree1.82
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related to Partial retrograde analysis (PRA) · 14
Retrograde analysis → Black, Black's, Chess Amateur, Chess Composition, Codex, In, In Article, It, Langstaff, PRA, Some, The, Therefore, White
related to Example · 11
Retrograde analysis → An, Black, But, In, It, Kf5xe5, Ng4, The, Therefore, White, White's
related to Further reading · 11
Retrograde analysis → Arabian Knights, Chess Mysteries, ISBN, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Raymond, Sherlock Holmes, Smullyan, The Chess Mysteries, Wikisource-logo
related to The a posteriori (AP) convention · 9
Retrograde analysis → AP, Black's, Chess Curiosities, In, Nenad Petrović, Sometimes, This, Tim Krabbé's, White
related to Castling and en passant capture conventions · 3
Retrograde analysis → An, In, These
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Retrograde analysis → Janko, The Retrograde Analysis Corner
is a · 1
Retrograde analysis → technique employed to determine which moves were played leading up to a given position

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Retrograde analysisis atechnique employed to determine which moves were played leading up to a given position0.90text
Retrograde analysisrelated to Castling and en passant capture conventionsIn0.60section
Retrograde analysisrelated to Castling and en passant capture conventionsAn0.60section
Retrograde analysisrelated to Castling and en passant capture conventionsThese0.60section
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Retrograde analysisrelated to ExampleWhite's0.60section
Retrograde analysisrelated to ExampleIt0.60section
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Retrograde analysisrelated to ExampleTherefore0.60section
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