handouts/Advanced/Retrograde Analysis/main.tex

% use [nosolutions] flag to hide solutions.
% use [solutions] flag to show solutions.
\documentclass[
	solutions,
	shortwarning
]{../../resources/ormc_handout}
\usepackage{../../resources/macros}


\usepackage{chessfss}
\usepackage{chessboard}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage[hang]{footmisc}


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}

\def\difficultynote#1#2#3{
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\setchessboard{
	showmover=false,
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\long\def\manyboards#1{
	\if@solutions
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}
\makeatother




\uptitlel{Advanced 2}
\uptitler{Fall 2023}
\title{Retrograde Analysis}
\subtitle{
	Prepared by \githref{Mark} on \today{} \\
	Based on books\footnotemark{} by Raymond Smullyan
}

\begin{document}

	\maketitle

	\footnotetext[1]{
		Most of the easy problems in this handout are from \textit{The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes}.\\
		The rest are from \textit{The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights}.
	}


	\input{parts/intro}


	\section{Simple problems}
	\input{parts/easy}


	\section{Harder problems}
	\input{parts/medium}

	\section{Very difficult problems}
	\input{parts/hard}

	\chessboard \hfill \chessboard \par
	\chessboard \hfill \chessboard \par
	\chessboard \hfill \chessboard \par
\end{document}