Definition:Retrograde Analysis

Definition

Retrograde analysis is a technique used to determine the sequence of chess moves which were played that led to a given position.

Examples

Example 1

Consider the following chess position:

What were the last $6$ single moves?

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

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