<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello, everyone.</div><div><br></div><div>May I suggest that <a href="http://ChessProblem.net">ChessProblem.net</a> can provide "a platform for discussing issues of common interest" to retro dinosaurs? This forum on the site:<br><br><a href="https://www.chessproblem.net/viewforum.php?f=10">https://www.chessproblem.net/viewforum.php?f=10</a></div><div><br></div><div>is completely dedicated to Retroanalysis.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Alex.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM Andrey Frolkin <<a href="mailto:afretro@gmail.com">afretro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hello,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sad news indeed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It’s true that “there has been
very little traffic in recent years.” Unfortunately, classical retroanalysis is
almost history now. A total of 429 entries were received for Section H of FIDE
Album 2022-2024, of which only 50 actually belong to deductive retroanalysis
based on OTB (standard chess) rules. Not counting my own entries, only 9 retros
out of 413 (2.2%) involve non-elementary retro reasoning.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nevertheless, it would be
great if “the last dinosaurs of the fading retroanalytical genre” could still
have a platform for discussing issues of common interest at least a couple of
times a year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yours,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Andrey</span></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">пн, 6 окт. 2025 г. в 17:45, Otto Janko <<a href="mailto:otto@aojanko.de" target="_blank">otto@aojanko.de</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
Bad news: The Retro Meiling List service provider will shut down the RML on<br>
January 1st, 2026.<br>
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Over time, the free PairList mailing list program (based on GNU Mailman) has<br>
become unreliable as most mail hosts now require strict email validation<br>
standards (SPF, DKIM, DMARC). PairList cannot support these features,<br>
causing messages to be delayed, marked as spam, or rejected. Because of this<br>
declining reliability, we believe the service no longer meets our standards<br>
and will be discontinued.<br>
<br>
PairList has served our users well for many years. While we are sad to<br>
retire it, we are exploring a more reliable replacement service for the<br>
future.<br>
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There is no "replacement service" operated by pair yet.<br>
<br>
What to do now? Firstly, is the RML still needed? There has been very little<br>
traffic in recent years. Please let me know what you think. If there is<br>
significant positive feedback, I will consider alternatives to the current<br>
RML.<br>
<br>
However, I'll try to save all the current content of the RML and provide it<br>
in a ZIP file for download.<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
<br>
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