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March 11^th, 2010

New Retro articles:

• Black-and-White Allegro by Alexander Kislyak
• The First Portents by Nikita Plaksin
• The People of Zaporozhye Master Retro by L. Lyubashevsky & S. Sidelnikov
• Thirty Years Later by Vladimir Korolkov
• The Ceriani Quartex by Nikolai Beluhov
• An Introduction to Proof Games by Alan Brobecker et al.
• Circe Cage by Etienne Dupuis & Nicolas Dupont

February 26^th, 2010

New Retro problems:

• Die Schwalbe, No. 238, August 2009 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 239, October 2009 (update)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 241, February 2010
• Probleemblad, Jul-Sep 2008 (solutions)
• Probleemblad, Oct-Dec 2008 (solutions)
• Probleemblad, Jan-Mar 2009
• Probleemblad, Jan-Mar 2009 (solutions)
• Probleemblad, Apr-Jun 2009
• Probleemblad, Jul-Sep 2009
• Probleemblad, Oct-Dec 2009
• StrateGems, No. 44, Oct-Dec 2008 (solutions)
• StrateGems, No. 45, Jan-Mar 2009 (solutions)
• StrateGems, No. 46, Apr-Jun 2009
• StrateGems, No. 46, Apr-Jun 2009 (solutions)
• StrateGems, No. 47, Jul-Sep 2009
• StrateGems, No. 46, Jul-Sep 2009 (solutions)
• StrateGems, No. 48, Oct-Dec 2009
• StrateGems, No. 49, Jan-Mar 2010
• The Problemist, May 2004 (solution of R349F)

February 24^th, 2010

New Retro problems:

• Die Schwalbe, No. 232, August 2008 (13820 fixed)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 232, August 2008 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 233, October 2008 (13880 and 13888 fixed)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 233, October 2008 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 234, December 2008 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 235, February 2009
• Die Schwalbe, No. 235, February 2009 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 236, April 2009
• Die Schwalbe, No. 236, April 2009 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 237, June 2009
• Die Schwalbe, No. 237, June 2009 (solutions)
• Die Schwalbe, No. 238, August 2009
• Die Schwalbe, No. 239, October 2009
• Die Schwalbe, No. 240, December 2009

February 21^st, 2010

Articles and Glossary items:

• Codex for Chess Composition 2008 Update (discussion by W. Keym deleted on  request of the author)
• Codex for Chess Composition 2009 Update (by W. Keym)
• Castling and En-passant capture in the Codex 2009 (by W. Keym) – An English translation of his article in Die Schwalbe, February 2010, issue 241: “Partielle Retroanalyse und Retro-Strategie im Kodex 2009"
• Partial Retro Analysis (PRA) (disclaimer added)
• Retro Variants (RV) (disclaimer added)
• Castling (disclaimer added)
• Mutually Exclusive Castlings (disclaimer added)

Many thanks to Werner Keym for providing all these updates!

New Retro problems:

• Phénix, No. 172, Apr. 2008
• Phénix, No. 175, Jul.-Aug. 2008
• Phénix, No. 179, Dec. 2008
• Phénix, No. 168, Apr. 2009
• The Problemist, March 2009
• The Problemist, May 2009
• The Problemist, July 2009
• The Problemist, September 2009

Thanks to Thierry le Gleuher for the Phénix problems and to Joost de Heer for The Problemist problems.

December 8^th, 2009

• "Good Companions" Quick-Composing Tourneys (Gianni Donati)
• "Olympic" Retro Tourney (Andrey Frolkin)

July 8^th, 2009

• The Problemist Supplement - Proof Game Tourney
• An Introduction to Retroanalytic Inference in Chess Composition (by Thomas Volet) - UPDATE

January 9^th, 2009

Articles:

• Conventions In Retroanalysis (by Alexander George)
• The Constructivist Retroanalyst (by Alexander George)
• There Is No Place Like Home: Using Home Squares in SPGs (by Roberto Osorio & Andrey Frolkin)

Solutions added:

• Probleemblad, January 2001
• Probleemblad, March 2001
• Probleemblad, May 2001
• Probleemblad, July 2001
• Probleemblad, September 2001
• Probleemblad, November 2001

January 5^th, 2009

Solutions added:

• Probleemblad, January 2002
• Probleemblad, March 2002
• Probleemblad, May 2002
• Probleemblad, July 2002
• Probleemblad, September 2002
• Probleemblad, November 2002

January 4^th, 2009

Recent Retro Problems:

• Probleemblad, Oct-Dec 2008

Solutions added:

• Probleemblad, Jan-Mar 2008
• Probleemblad, Apr-Jun 2008
• Probleemblad, Jan-Mar 2007
• Probleemblad, Apr-Jun 2007
• Probleemblad, Oct-Dec 2007
• Probleemblad, Jan-Feb 2006
• Probleemblad, Mar-Apr 2006
• Probleemblad, May-Jun 2006
• Probleemblad, Jul-Aug 2006
• Probleemblad, Sep-Oct 2006
• Probleemblad, Nov-Dec 2006
• Probleemblad, Jan-Feb 2004
• Probleemblad, Jan-Feb 2003
• Probleemblad, Mar-Apr 2003
• Probleemblad, May-Jun 2003
• Probleemblad, Jul-Aug 2003
• Probleemblad, Sep-Oct 2003
• Probleemblad, Nov-Dec 2003

January 1^st, 2009

Recent Retro Problems:

• Die Schwalbe, No. 233, October 2008
• Die Schwalbe, No. 234, December 2008
• Probleemblad, Jul-Sep 2008
• StrateGems, No. 44, Oct-Dec 2008
• The Problemist, September 2008
• The Problemist, November 2008
• StrateGems, No. 45, Jan-Mar 2009

Older Retro Problems:

• Probleemblad, Jan-Feb 2005 (incl. solutions)
• Probleemblad, Mar-Apr 2005 (incl. solutions)
• Probleemblad, May-Jun 2005 (incl. solutions)
• Probleemblad, Jul-Aug 2005 (incl. solutions)
• Probleemblad, Sep-Oct 2005 (incl. solutions)
• Probleemblad, Nov-Dec 2005 (incl. solutions)
• Probleemblad, Jan-Feb 2006
• Probleemblad, Mar-Apr 2006
• Probleemblad, May-Jun 2006
• Probleemblad, Jul-Aug 2006
• The Problemist, May 2004
• The Problemist, July 2004
• The Problemist, September 2004
• The Problemist, November 2004

Solutions added:

• StrateGems, No. 43, Jul-Sep 2008

December 26^th, 2008

• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2008
• „Partial Retrograde Analysis“ and „Retro Strategy” in the modified Codex
  (by Werner Keym, Meisenheim)

September 15^th, 2008

Retro Problems:

• Orbit, No. 37 & No. 38, 2008
• Phénix, No. 157, Dec. 2006
• Phénix, No. 161, Apr. 2007
• Phénix, No. 164, Jul 2007
• Phénix, No. 168, Dec. 2007

September 11^th, 2008

Retro Problems:

• Probleemblad, Jan-Mar 2008
• Probleemblad, Apr-Jun 2008
• Die Schwalbe, No. 228, December 2007
• Die Schwalbe, No. 229, February 2008
• Die Schwalbe, No. 230, April 2008
• Die Schwalbe, No. 231, June 2008
• Die Schwalbe, No. 232, August 2008
• feenschach, No. 166, December 2006
• feenschach, No. 168, Summer 2007
• StrateGems, No. 42, Apr-Jun 2008
• StrateGems, No. 43, Jul-Sep 2008
• The Problemist, March 2008
• The Problemist, May 2008
• The Problemist, July 2008

Retro Glossary:

• Messigny Chess
• Hydra Circe
• Sentinel Chess (Sentry Chess)
• Köko Chess (Contact Chess)
• Locust
• Hamster

March 18^th, 2008

• Last Moves Records, Type D

December 29^th, 2007

Retro Problems:

• Orbit, October 2007
• Probleemblad, Oct-Dec 2007
• StrateGems, No. 41, Jan-Mar 2008
• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2007
• The Problemist, November 2007

Retro Tourneys for Solvers:

• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2007

• http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm

Retro Tourneys for Composers:

• http://web.telecom.cz/vaclav.kotesovec/christmas_tourney.doc

November 12^th, 2007

• A PHP script which creates chess diagram images on the fly

November 3^rd, 2007

Retro Problems:

• Probleemblad, Mar-Apr 2004
• Probleemblad, May-Jun 2004
• Probleemblad, Jul-Aug 2004
• Probleemblad, Sep-Oct 2004
• Probleemblad, Nov-Dec 2004
• Probleemblad, Apr-Jun 2007
• StrateGems, No. 28, Oct-Dec 2004
• StrateGems, No. 33, Jan-Mar 2006
• StrateGems, No. 34, Apr-Jun 2006
• StrateGems, No. 35, Jul-Sep 2006

Records in Retro Analysis:

• Last Moves Type C (1 new record)
• Article on Last Move records by Werner Keym: German Original, English Translation (Update of problem no. 4)
• Equal Last Move Records (1 new record)

Glossary:

• Clone Circe

November 1^st, 2007

Retro Problems:

• Orbit, Jan/Apr/Jul 2007
• Die Schwalbe, No. 224, April 2007
• Die Schwalbe, No. 225, June 2007
• Die Schwalbe, No. 226, August 2007
• Die Schwalbe, No. 227, October 2007
• StrateGems, No. 13, Jan-Mar 2001
• StrateGems, No. 26, Apr-Jun 2004
• StrateGems, No. 27, Jul-Sep 2004
• StrateGems, No. 29, Jan-Mar 2005
• StrateGems, No. 30, Apr-Jun 2005
• StrateGems, No. 31, Jul-Sep 2005
• StrateGems, No. 32, Oct-Dec 2005
• StrateGems, No. 39, Jul-Sep 2007
• StrateGems, No. 40, Oct-Dec 2007
• The Problemist, May 2007
• The Problemist, July 2007
• The Problemist, September 2007

Glossary:

• Annan Chess
• Coucou Circe
• Equipollents Circe
• Duplex
• Equal Last Move
• Magic Square
• Michel Caillaud Christmas Theme (MCC Theme)
• Relay Chess
• Zero Position

Records in Retro Analysis:

• Last Moves Type A, B, C
• Last Moves Type D
• Article on Last Move records by Werner Keym (German Original, English Translation) taken from Die Schwalbe, issue 225, June 2007, P.143-145
• Equal Last Move Records
• Shortest Proof Games ending in a Knight Mate
• Shortest Proof Games ending in a Double Mate by a promotion to a Knight
• Shortest Proof Games ending in a Switchback after Castling

April 14^th, 2007

• The Problemist, January 2007
• The Problemist, March 2007
• Probleemblad, Jan-Mar 2007
• StrateGems No. 37, Jan-Mar 2007
• StrateGems No. 38, Apr-Jun 2007
• Die Schwalbe, No. 222, December 2006
• Die Schwalbe, No. 223, February 2007
• Phénix, No. 153, Jul-Aug 2006
• Mat Plus, No. 25, Spring 2007

February 25^th, 2007

• Variant Chess, No. 49 - Solutions by Francois Labelle
• Variant Chess, No. 50 - Solutions by Francois Labelle
• FIDE Laws of Chess 1977/1978 (thanks to Valery Liskovets)
• Last Move Records (minor update)

February 3^rd, 2007

• FIDE Laws of Chess 2004/2005
• FIDE Laws of Chess 2004/2005 with Change Marks
• FIDE Laws of Chess 2000/2001
• FIDE Laws of Chess 2000/2001 with Change Marks
• FIDE Laws of Chess 1996/1997
• FIDE Laws of Chess 1992/1993

February 1^st, 2007

• Glossary: Some smaller updates
• Codex for Chess Composition 1958 (Missing chapters added)
• Codex for Chess Composition 1973 (Imola update)
• Codex for Chess Composition 1974 (Wiesbaden update)

January 20^th, 2007

• Last move Records: Update by Werner Keym (many corrections, some new records, type D has been deleted).
• Article List: Werner Dittmann, "Lösungsstrategien im Verteidigungsrückzüger mit Anticirce-Bedingung" (from: "Die Schwalbe", 2003)
• Books list: Werner Dittmann, "Der Blick zurück", 2006
• Glossary: En Passant Capture (update by Andrew Buchanan)
• Phénix, No. 128, April 2004 - SOLUTIONS
• Phénix, No. 135, December 2004 - SOLUTIONS

January 3^rd, 2007

• Retro Glossary extended by Codex and Rules
• Codex for Chess Composition 1991/1997
• Codex for Chess Composition 1958
• Phénix, No. 139, April 2005
• Phénix, No. 146, December 2005
• Problemesis, No. 48, December 2005
• Problemesis, No. 50, April 2006
• Quartz, No. 20, 10-12/2002
• Quartz, No. 20, 01-03/2003

January 1^st, 2007

• Records in Retro Analysis: Shortest Pawn Mates in Proof Games (compiled by Hirokaz Onoda)
• Probleemblad, Nov-Dec 2006
• Die Schwalbe, No. 214, August 2005
• Die Schwalbe, No. 215, October 2005
• Die Schwalbe, No. 216, December 2005
• Die Schwalbe, No. 217, February 2006
• Die Schwalbe, No. 218, April 2006
• Die Schwalbe, No. 219, June 2006

December 28^th, 2006

• New structure of the Retro Glossary
• Glossary: Graphics
• Glossary: Zebra
• Glossary: Vizier
• Glossary: Rokagogo

December 27^th, 2006

• Die Schwalbe, No. 209, October 2004
• Die Schwalbe, No. 210, December 2004
• Die Schwalbe, No. 211, February 2005
• Die Schwalbe, No. 212, April 2005
• Die Schwalbe, No. 213, June 2005

December 26^th, 2006

• Kostas Prentos 40 Jubilee Tournament
• Die Schwalbe, No. 220, August 2006
• Die Schwalbe, No. 221, October 2006
• Probleemblad, Sep-Oct 2006
• StrateGems No. 36,Oct-Dec 2006
• The Problemist, November 2006
• Orbit, July 2006
• Orbit, October 2006

December 25^th, 2006

• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2006 [until Jan. 15^th, 2007]
• Christmas Composing Tourney (French ISC 2007) [until Jan. 14^th, 2007]

June 5^th, 2006

• Orbit, April 2006

June 3^rd, 2006

• Thema Danicum, No. 120, October 2005 [solutions]
• Thema Danicum, No. 121, January 2006 [solutions]
• Thema Danicum, No. 122, April 2006
• Thema Danicum, No. 123, July 2006

June 1^st, 2006

All announcements of Retro tourneys have been moved to a dedicated page to keep the main page smaller.

• Retro tourney announcements
• Magazines with Retro content
• Messigny 2006 Quick Retro Composing Tourney [tourney announcement]
• Jorge Lois 60th Birthday Composition Tourney [tourney announcement]
• Etero Scacco [new online magazine]
• Etero Scacco [tourney announcement]
• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2005 [solutions]
• Phénix, No. 142, July-August 2005
• Phénix, No. 128, July-August 2004 [solutions]
• Orbit, January 2006
• Champagne Tourney 2005
• Internet Christmas Tourney 2006 [update]

May 1^st, 2006

• 198. Theme Tourney of the German Chess Magazine »Die Schwalbe«

April 16^th, 2006

• Messigny 2006 Retro Solving Tournament [announcement]
• Kostas Prentos 40 Years Jubilee Tourney [announcement]

January 1^st, 2006

• Quick Composing Tourney at the 2^nd ISC [announcement]
• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2005 [announcement]
• Phénix, No. 102, December 2001
• Phénix, No. 109, July-August 2002
• Phénix, No. 128, July-August 2004
• Messigny 2005 Analysis by Francois Labelle

December 24^th, 2005

• Quartz, No. 20, 04-06/2003
• Quartz, No. 21, 07-09/2003
• Quartz, No. 22, 10-12/2003
• Quartz, No. 23, 01-03/2004
• Quartz, No. 24, 04-06/2004
• Quartz, No. 25, 07-09/2004
• Quartz, No. 26, 10-12/2004
• Thema Danicum, No. 114, April 2004 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum, No. 115, July 2004 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum, No. 116, October 2004
• Thema Danicum, No. 117, January 2005
• Thema Danicum, No. 118, March 2005
• Thema Danicum, No. 119, July 2005
• Thema Danicum, No. 120, October 2005
• Thema Danicum, No. 121, January 2006
• Die Schwalbe, No. 209, October 2004
• Die Schwalbe, No. 210, December 2004

December 17^th, 2005

• Problem Online, 2004
• Problem Online, 2005
• Die Schwalbe, No. 206, April 2004
• Die Schwalbe, No. 207, June 2004
• Die Schwalbe, No. 208, August 2004
• Variant Chess, No. 49, Autumn 2005
• Variant Chess, No. 50, Winter 2005
• Glossary: Kriegsspiel

December 8^th, 2005

• Orbit 26, April 2005
• Orbit 27, July 2005
• Orbit 28, October 2005
• Phenix 124, December 2003 (Solutions)
• Phenix 135, December 2004
• Messigny 2004 (Solutions by Renny Bosch)
• Messigny 2005 Tournament Results
• Problemesis 42, December 2004
• Problemesis 43, February 2005
• Problemesis 44, April 2005
• Problemesis 45, June 2005
• Problemesis 46, August 2005
• Problemesis 47, October 2005

December 4^th, 2005

• Best Problems tourney for orthodox SPG (Announcement)
• Karl-Fabel-100 memorial tournament (Announcement)
• Some hints for contributions

March 6^th, 2005

• 70th birthday of Yevhen (Yevgeniy) Reytsen Tourney (Announcement)
• Orbit 25, January 2005
• Orbit Awards 2002-2003 and 2004

February 13^th, 2005

• Problem Online Proof Game Task Tournament (Announcement)

January 29^th, 2005

• Phénix, No. 102, Dec 2001
• Phénix, No. 109, July-August 2002
• Phénix, No. 120, July-August 2003 (Solutions)

December 26^th, 2004

• Stuttgarter Zeitung Christmas Tourney 2004

December 5^th, 2004

• Champagne Tourney 2003 (Awarded Problems) (corrections)
• Shortest Mates in Proof Games (two new e.p. records)

November 28^th, 2004

• Champagne Tourney 2003 (Awarded Problems) (updated Dec 4, 2004)
• Orbit, 2004
• Records in Retro Analysis
• Shortest Mates in Proof Games (collected by Christoph Fieberg)
• Shortest Mates in Proof Games (collected by Norbert Geissler)
• Shortest Mates in Proof Games (originals from the RML)
• Last Move?

October 27^th, 2004

• Messigny 2003 (Awarded Problems)

October 20^th, 2004

• Nicholas Dupont's Summer 2003 Tourney
• Nunspeet 2003 Tourney

October 16^th, 2004

• Phénix, No. 98, July-August 2001
• Phénix, No. 117, April 2003
• Phénix, No. 128, April 2004
• Thema Danicum, No. 112, October 2003 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum, No. 113, January 2004 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum, No. 114, April 2004
• Thema Danicum, No. 115, January 2004
• Messigny 2004 (Awarded Problems)
• Champagne 2004 (Awarded Problems)
• Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney (Awarded Problems)
• Problemesis, No. 39, June 2004
• Problemesis, No. 40, August 2004
• Problemesis, No. 41, October 2004

May 22^nd, 2004

• Problemesis, No. 38, April 2004
• Phénix, No. 113, Dec 2002
• Phénix, No. 124, Dec 2003
• The Problemist, Mar-Apr 2004
• Springaren, Dec. 2002
• Springaren, Dec. 2003
• Various cook notifications and correction posted on the RML
• An Introduction to Retroanalytic Inference in Chess Composition (by Thomas Volet)

December 27^th, 2003

• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest, 2003
• Probleemblad, Nov 2003

November 9^th, 2003

• Orbit, No. 19, July 2003
• Orbit, No. 20, October 2003
• Die Schwalbe, No. 203, Oct 2003
• StrateGems, No. 24, Oct-Dec 2003
• Probleemblad, Sep-Oct 2003
• Problemesis, No. 34, Aug 2003

August 31^st, 2003

• Thema Danicum, No. 111
• Thema Danicum, No. 110
• Thema Danicum, No. 109 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum, No. 108 (Solutions)
• Problemesis, No. 33
• Problemesis, No. 32
• Die Schwalbe, No. 202
• Die Schwalbe, No. 201
• Die Schwalbe, No. 200
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya, No. 49
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya, No. 47
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya, No. 46
• StrateGems, No. 22
• StrateGems, No. 23
• The Problemist, July 2003
• The Problemist, May 2003
• Probleemblad, July 2003
• Probleemblad, May 2003

June 9^th, 2003

• Probleemblad, March 2003
• Thema Danicum, No 108, October 2002
• Springaren, 1999
• Springaren, 2000
• Springaren, 2001
• Springaren, 2002
• Orbit No. 18, April 2003
• Die Schwalbe, No. 199, February 2003
• Informal tourney by Nicolas Dupont
• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest 2002 (Solutions)
• Probleemblad, January 2003 (UPDATE)

February 1^st, 2003

• Thema Danicum, No. 109, January 2003
• Thema Danicum, No. 107, July 2002
• Thema Danicum, No. 106, April 2002 (Solutions)
• Orbit, No. 13-16, 2002
• Orbit, No. 17, January 2003
• Probleemblad, January 2003
• Probleemblad, Awards 1998
• Problemesis, No. 31, January 2003

January 19^th, 2003

• feenschach, No. 148, Aug-Sep 2003
• StrateGems, No. 21, January-March 2003

Decempber 28^th, 2002

• Probleemblad, November 2002
• The Problemist, May 2002
• The Problemist, November 2002
• Die Schwalbe, No. 197, October 2002
• Die Schwalbe, No. 198, December 2002
• Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest 2002
• Problemesis, No. 30, December 2002

November 10^th, 2002

• Messigny Tourney, 2002
• Problem Paradise, No. 22, Apr-Jun 2002
• Thema Danicum, No. 108, October 2002
• Europe Echecs, No. 419
• Europe Echecs, No. 425

October 6^th, 2002

• Knight Evasion Routes by Andrei Kornilov
• Messigny Tourney, 1997-2001
• Champagne Tourney, 2002
• Probleemblad 5/2002
• Probleemblad 4/2001
• Problemesis 29, Oct 2002
• StrateGems 20, Oct-Dec 2002

September 14^th, 2002

• Die Schwalbe, Heft 196, August 2002
• Suomen Tehtäväniekat 2/2002
• Suomen Tehtäväniekat 3/2002
• Solution to 3948, Phénix 106, April 2002
• Solution to R59, Problemesis 28
• Solution to 7, Retro Mailing List, 1995
• Solution to 9, Retro Mailing List, 1995
• Solution to 21, Retro Mailing List, 1995

August 18^th, 2002

• Phénix 106, April 2002
• Problem Paradise 20
• Problem Paradise 21, Jan/Mar 2002
• Probleemblad, July 2002
• Thema Danicum 104, October 2001 (UPDATE)
• Problemesis 27, June 2002 (UPDATE)
• Problemesis 28, August 2002

July 21^st, 2002

• Thema Danicum 105, Jan 2002 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum 104, Oct 2001 (Solutions)
• Thema Danicum 103, Jul 2001 (Solutions)
• Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes - Errata
• StrateGems, No.19, July-September 2002
• Probleemblad, No. 3, May/June 2002 (Corrections)
• Feenschach, Awards 1997-1998
• Die Schwalbe, No. 195, June 2002
• Die Schwalbe, No. 192, Dec 2001 (Corrections)

June 16^th, 2002

• feenschach 146
• Probleemblad 3, May/June 2002
• Eero Bonsdorff 80th Birthday Tournament

May 31^st, 2002

• Selected Mails from the Retro Mailing List, 1995
• Problemesis 27
• Problems from the Retro Mailing List, 1995
• Problems from the Retro Mailing List, 2002
• Glossary: Alice Chess
• Glossary: Rex Multiplex
• Glossary: Illegal Cluster in Rex Multiplex
• Problemesis 26
• Problemesis 25
• Problemesis 24
• Problemesis 23
• Problemesis 22
• Glossary: En Passant Capture
• Problems from the Retro Mailing List
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 40
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 42
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 43
• Thema Danicum 106, April 2002

April 6^th, 2002

• Probleemblad 2, Mar/Apr 2002
• Die Schwalbe 194, Mar/Apr 2002

March 31^st, 2002

• StrateGems 18, Apr-Jun 2002
• Die Schwalbe 193, Jan/Feb 2002
• Die Schwalbe 193, Retro-Awards 1997

February 10^th, 2002

• Probleemblad 1, Jan/Feb 2002
• Stuttgarter Zeitung Christmas Contest (Solutions)
• Die Schwalbe 192, Nov-Dec 2001
• StrateGems 17, Jan-Mar 2002

2001

• Stuttgarter Zeitung Christmas Contest (Dec 31, 2001)
• Christmas Series by Andrei Kornilov (Dec 25, 2001)
• Proof Game Shorties IV by Mark Kirtley (Dec 25, 2001)
• Probleemblad 6, Nov/Dec 2001 (Dec 25, 2001)
• Thema Danicum 105, Jan 2002 (Dec 25, 2001)
• Thema Danicum 104, Oct 2001 (Dec 25, 2001)
• Thema Danicum 103, Jul 2001 (Dec 25, 2001)
• diagrammes 138, Jul-Sep 2001  (Dec 25, 2001, Corrections)
• StrateGems 16, Oct-Dec 2001 (Dec 16, 2001)
• diagrammes 138, Jul-Sep 2001 (Nov 3, 2001)
• Phénix 95, Apr 2001 (Nov 3, 2001)
• Die Schwalbe 190, Jul/Aug 2001 (Nov 3, 2001)
• Die Schwalbe 191, Sep/Oct 2001 (Nov 3, 2001)
• Probleemblad 5, Sep/Oct 2001 (Nov 3, 2001)

• StrateGems 15, July-Sep. 2001 (Added July 12th)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 189, June 2001 (Added June 21st 2001)
• Probleemblad May/June 2001 (Added June 21st 2001)
• Problem Paradise 19, July-Sep. 2000 (Added June 2nd 2001)
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 34-38 (Added May 12th 2001)
• Award Die Schwalbe 1998 (A Word-document written in German by the judge, Gerald Ettl) (Added May 6th 2001)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 188, Apr. 2001 (Added May 5th 2001)
• Probleemblad Mar./Apr. 2001 (Added April 14th 2001)
• Thema Danicum 100-102. (Added Apr. 2nd 2001)
• Problemesis Apr. 2001 (Added Apr. 1st 2001)
• StrateGems 15, July-Sep. 2001 (Added July 12th)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 189, June 2001 (Added June 21st 2001)
• Probleemblad May/June 2001 (Added June 21st 2001)
• Problem Paradise 19, July-Sep. 2000 (Added June 2nd 2001)
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 34-38 (Added May 12th 2001)
• Award Die Schwalbe 1998 (A Word-document written in German by the judge, Gerald Ettl) (Added May 6th 2001)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 188, Apr. 2001 (Added May 5th 2001)
• Probleemblad Mar./Apr. 2001 (Added April 14th 2001)
• Thema Danicum 100-102. (Added Apr. 2nd 2001)
• Problemesis Apr. 2001 (Added Apr. 1st 2001)
• StrateGems 14, April-June 2001 (Added Mar 30th 2001)
• Phénix Dec. 2000 (Added Mar 3rd 2001)
• Awards Die Schwalbe 1979 (Added Mar 1st 2001)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 187, Feb. 2001 (Added Feb 13th 2001)
• Phénix July/Aug. 2000 (Added Feb 4th 2001)
• Problemesis February 2001 (Added Feb 1st 2001)
• Probleemblad Jan./Feb. 2001 (Added Feb 1st 2001)
• An article from the Evening Gazette, Nov. 2nd 1991 (Added Jan 20th 2001)
• Mark Kirtley's first, second and third 'shorties' article from Probleemblad 3-1999/2-2000/6-2000 (Added Jan 19th 2001)

2000

• Probleemblad Nov./Dec. 2000 (Added Dec 28th 2000)
• Correction of problem #4 from the S.Z. competition (Added Dec. 27th 2000)
• A German Christmas competition with retro problems (Added Dec. 23rd 2000)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 186, Dec. 2000 (Added Dec. 19th 2000)
• The Problemist July 2000 (Added Nov. 16th 2000)
• An article by Andrei Kornilov about knight corridors (taken from Die Schwalbe Heft 181) (Added Nov. 15th 2000)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 185, Oct. 2000 (Added Nov. 13th 2000)
• StrateGems 12, Oct.-Dec. 2000 (Addded Oct 28th 2000)
• Probleemblad Sep./Oct. 2000 (Added Oct 11th 2000)
• Problem Paradise 18, Apr.-June 2000 (Added Oct 2nd 2000)
• Problemesis October 2000 (Added Oct 1st 2000)
• Probleemblad July/Aug. problems (Added Sep 23rd 2000)
• Awards PCCC 2000 composition tournament (Added Sep 19 2000)
• The record problem from Wassong and Wilts for the number of precisely determined last moves (Added Sep 12th 2000)
• Die Schwalbe Heft 184, Aug. 2000 (Added Sep 12th 2000)
• Link to an article about en passant capture in Madrasi (Added Aug 31st 2000)
• Problemesis 16, April 2000 (Added Aug 1st 2000)
• Problem Paradise17, Jan-Mar 2000 (Added July 29th)
• Phénix 73 and 76 (Added July 23nd)
• Thema Danicum 97-99 (Added July 18th 2000)
• Thema Danicum New Year's tournament 1998 (Added July 17th 2000)
• StrateGems 11 (Added July 15th 2000)
• Thema Danicum 81-96 (Added July 14th 2000)
• Added a lot of solutions to the problems from Phénix and Die Schwalbe (Added July 3rd 2000)
• Die Schwalbe issues 177-183 (Added June 23rd/June 24th)
• StrateGems issues 6-8 (Added June 22nd 2000)
• Feenschach119, 122, 123, 130-135 added (Added June 22nd 2000)
• Phénix 84 (April 2000) retro problems (Added June 19th 2000)
• Problemesis retro problems (Added June 19th 2000)
• Probleemblad May/June 2000 (Added June 5th 2000)
• Europe Echecs 471, Oct 1998 (Added June 4th 2000)
• Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 27-33 (Added May 24th/25th 2000)
• StrateGems 9 (Added May 7th, 2000)
• The Problemist Mar. 2000 (Added Apr. 24nd, 2000)
• Suomen Tehtäväniekat #2, 2000 (Added Apr. 22nd, 2000)
• StrateGems 10 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Problem Paradise 14 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Problem Paradise 13 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Probleemblad July 1999 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Probleemblad May 1999 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Die Schwalbe 176, Apr. 1999 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Probleemblad May 1999 (Added Apr. 13th, 2000)
• Problem Paradise 15 (added Apr. 7th, 2000)
• Probleemblad Jan. 2000 (added Apr. 7th, 2000)
• Probleemblad Nov. 1999 (added Apr. 7th, 2000)
• Phénix 80, Dec. 1999 (added Apr. 6th, 2000)
• Problem Paradise 16 (added Apr. 6th, 2000)
• Probleemblad March 2000 (added Apr. 6th, 2000)

1999

• Die Schwalbe 176, Apr 1999 (added Apr. 28th, 1999)
• Probleemblad Mar 1999 (added Apr. 10th, 1999)
• Die Schwalbe 175, Feb 1999 (added Feb. 19th, 1999)
• diagrammes 127, Oct. 1998 (added Feb. 17th, 1999)
• Problem Paradise 12, Winter 99 (added Feb. 16th, 1999)
• The Problemist Nov. 1998 (added Feb 15th, 1999)
• Springaren 75, Dec 1998 (added Feb. 10th, 1999)
• Probleemblad Jan 1999 (added Feb. 10th, 1999)

1998

• Phénix 69, Dec. 1998 (added Dec. 30th, 1998)

• Die Schwalbe 174, Dec 1998 (added Dec. 28th, 1998)
• Probleemblad Nov 1998 (added Dec 14th, 1998)
• Problem Paradise 11, Autumn 98 (added Dec. 8th, 1998)
• Springaren 74, Oct 1998 (added Nov 14th, 1998)
• Die Schwalbe 173, Oct 1998 (added Nov 6th, 1998)
• The Problemist Sep 1998 (added Oct 30th, 1998)
• Awards Probleemblad 1996-1997 (added Oct 29th, 1998)
• Probleemblad Sep 1998 (added Oct 28th, 1998)
• StrateGems Vol.1,No.4 Oct 1998 (added Oct 10th, 1998)
• Retro-glossary entry for the Homecoming Theme (added Sep 25th, 1998)
• Phénix 65, Jul.-Aug. 1998 (added Sep 24th, 1998)
• The Problemist July 1998 (added Sep 16th, 1998)
• Die Schwalbe 172, Aug 1998 (added Sep 2nd, 1998)
• Problem Paradise 10, Summer 98 (added Aug. 27th, 1998)
• feenschach 126, Nov.-Dec. 1997 and feenschach 128, June-July 1998 (added Aug. 26th, 1998)
• diagrammes 125, Apr. 1998 (added Aug 21st, 1998)
• Awards Champagne Tourney, St Petersburg 1998 (added Aug 8th, 1998)
• Springaren 1996 to present (added Aug 5th, 1998)
• Probleemblad July 1998 (added Jul 24th, 1998)
• Die Schwalbe 171, June 1998 (added Jul 21st, 1998)
• The Problemist May 1998 (added July 21st, 1998)
• StrateGems Vol.1,No.3 July 1998 (added July 11th, 1998)
• Phénix 62, Apr. 1998 (added June 16th, 1998)
• Die Schwalbe 170, Apr. 1998 (added May 31st, 1998)
• Probleemblad May 1998 (added May 29th, 1998)
• Problem Paradise Spring 98 issue (added May 23rd, 1998)
• diagrammes 124, Jan. 1998 (added May 16th, 1998)
• The Problemist Mar. 1998 (added May 14th, 1998)
• StrateGems Vol.1,No.2 Apr. 1998 (added Apr. 18th, 1998)
• Probleemblad Mar. 1998 (added Apr 15th, 1998)
• Die Schwalbe 169, Feb. 1998 (added Mar 22nd, 1998)
• Phénix 58, Dec. 1997 (added Mar. 14th, 1998)
• Problem Paradise Winter 98 issue (updated Mar. 12th, 1998)
• The Problemist Jan. 1998 (added Feb. 28th, 1998)
• StrateGems Jan. 1998 (added Feb 10th, 1998)
• Probleemblad Jan. 1998 (added Feb 7th, 1998)
• diagrammes 123, Oct. 1997 (added Jan 28th, 1998)
• SPGs from Suomen Tehtäväniekat (updated Jan 18th, 1998)
• Die Schwalbe 168, Dec. 1997 (added Jan 11th, 1998)
• US Problem Bulletin 105/106 (added Jan 9th, 1998)
• The Problemist Nov. 1997 (added Jan 4th, 1998)

1997

• Probleemblad Nov. 1997 (added Dec 23rd, 1997)
• Europe Echecs Jan. 1998 (added Dec 23rd, 1997)
• Japanese retros from Problem Paradise (added Dec 17th, 1997)
• Die Schwalbe 167, Oct. 1997 (added Dec 9th, 1997)
• Award 1st Retros-List Quick Composition Tourney (added Nov 16th, 1997)
• Probleemblad Sep 1997 (added Oct 21st, 1997)
• The Problemist Sep. 1997 (added Oct. 11th, 1997)
• Europe Echecs Oct. 1997 (added Sep. 23rd, 1997)
• Probleemblad Jul 1997 (added Sep 2nd, 1997)
• Die Schwalbe 166, Aug 1997 (added Aug 26th, 1997)
• diagrammes 122, Jul. 1997 (added Aug 21st, 1997)
• Phénix 54, Jul.-Aug. 1997 (added Aug. 2nd, 1997)
• The Problemist July 1997 (added Aug. 2nd, 1997)
• Die Schwalbe 165, June 1997 (added July 12th, 1997)
• Probleemblad May 1997 (added July 2nd, 1997)
• diagrammes 121, Apr. 1997 (added July 2nd, 1997)
• Retro-glossary entry for Retro-Volages Units (added June 28th, 1997)
• Retro-glossary entry for Consequent Series-Movers (added June 28th, 1997)
• Europe Echecs Jul. 1997 (added June 26th, 1997)
• The Problemist May 1997 (added June 26th, 1997)
• The Retros-list Quick Composition Tourney (updated June 12th, 1997)
• Phénix 51, Apr. 1997 (added May 25th, 1997)
• Die Schwalbe 164, Mar 1997 (added May 24th, 1997)
• Probleemblad Mar. 1997 (added May 10th, 1997)
• The Problemist Mar. 1997 (added Apr 15th, 1997)
• Die Schwalbe 163, Feb 1997 (added Apr. 3rd, 1997)
• Europe Echecs Apr. 1997 (added Apr. 2st, 1997)
• diagrammes 120, Jan. 1997 (added Mar 13th, 1997)
• Probleemblad Jan. 1997 (added Mar 11th, 1997)
• The Problemist Jan. 1997 (added Mar 3rd, 1997)
• Probleemblad Nov. 1996 (added Jan 21st, 1997)
• The Problemist Nov. 1996 (added Jan 21st, 1997)
• Die Schwalbe 162, Dec 1996 (added Jan 17th, 1997)

1996

• Europe Echecs Jan. 1997 (added Dec 31th, 1996)
• Awards USPB 1993 & 1994 (extended Dec 31th, 1996)
• diagrammes 119, Oct. 1996 (added Dec 22nd, 1996)
• US Problem Bulletin 104 (added Dec 21st, 1996)
• Phénix 46, Nov. 1996 (added Dec 11th, 1996)
• Scacco ! (added Dec 6th, 1996)
• Europe Echecs's Problem Corner (updated Dec 3rd, 1996)
• Thema Danicum 84 Oct. 1996 (added Nov 1st, 1996)
• Probleemblad Sep. 1996 (added Oct 30th, 1996)
• Problemkiste 107 Oct 1996 (added Oct 22nd, 1996)
• The Problemist Sep 1996 (added Oct 22nd, 1996)
• Die Schwalbe Oct 1996 (added Oct 16th, 1996)
• diagrammes 118, Jul. 1996 (added Oct 1st, 1996)
• Awards 17th RIFACE, 1996 (added Oct 1st, 1996)
• Europe Echecs Oct. 1996 (added Oct. 1st, 1996)
• Die Schwalbe Aug 1996 (added Sep 21st, 1996)
• Probleemblad July 1996 (added Sep 19th, 1996)
• Phénix 43, Jul.-Aug. 1996 (added Aug. 9th, 1996)
• US Problem Bulletin 102/103 (added Aug. 8th, 1996)
• The Problemist July 1996 (added Jul 29th, 1996)
• Awards L. Ceriani Mem. Tourney (added Jul 24th, 1996)
• Die Schwalbe June 1996 (added Jul 23rd, 1996)
• Probleemblad May 1996 (added Jul 22nd, 1996)
• Europe Echecs Jul. 1996 (added Jul. 1st, 1996)
• Problemkiste 105 June 1996 (added June 24th, 1996)
• The Problemist May 1996 (added June 19th, 1996)
• diagrammes 117, Apr. 1996 (added June 17th, 1996)
• Europe Echecs's Problem Corner (updated June 17th, 1996)
• Awards The Problemist 1991-92 (HJ's solutions added June 11th, 1996)
• feenschach 113, Nov. 1994 (added June 9th, 1996)
• Retro-glossary entry for Losing Game fairy rules (added June 7th, 1996)
• Awards Phénix 1989 (added June 7th, 1996)
• Probleemblad Mar. 1996 (added June 3rd, 1996)
• feenschach 116, Oct. 1995 (added June 1st, 1996)
• Enter the Stockholm Chess Association's Internet Problem-Solving Tournament (added May. 11th, 1996)
• The Problemist Mar. 1996 (added May. 10th, 1996)
• Retro-glossary entry for Retro-stalemate (added May 6th, 1996)
• Europe Echecs's Problem Corner (updated May 3rd, 1996)
• Phénix 40, Apr. 1996 (added Apr. 26th, 1996)
• Retro-glossary entry for the stipulation "Release the position !" (added Apr. 23rd, 1996)
• Retro-glossary entry for Ceriani-Frolkin Theme (added Apr. 19th, 1996)
• Solutions to SPGs from Japan (added Apr. 19th, 1996)
• Awards Europe Echecs 1989-90 with solutions (solutions added Apr. 19th, 1996)
• Sakkelet 1996/2-3 (added Apr. 10th, 1996)
• Die Schwalbe Apr. 1996 (added Apr. 9th, 1996)
• Rules for Dynamo Chess (added Apr. 3rd, 1996)
• Fairy Retros with an Imitator (added Apr. 2nd, 1996)
• Europe Echecs Apr. 1996 (added Apr. 1st, 1996)
• Die Schwalbe Feb. 1996 (added Mar. 27th, 1996)
• Probleemblad Jan. 1996 (added Mar. 16th, 1996)
• US Problem Bulletin 101 (added Mar. 15th, 1996)
• diagrammes 116, Jan. 1996 (added Mar. 14th, 1996)
• SPGs from Japan (added Feb. 28th, 1996)
• URL-Minder for the Retro-Corner (added Feb. 21st, 1996)
• Awards Europe Echecs 1991-92 with solutions (added Feb. 17th, 1996)
• Retros from FIDE Album 1971-73 (added Feb. 15th, 1996)
• Retros from FIDE Album 1974-76 (added Feb. 14th, 1996)
• Retros from FIDE Album 1977-79 (added Feb. 12th, 1996)
• The Problemist Jan. 1996 (added Feb. 6th, 1996)
• Records of retrograde analysis (added Jan. 17th, 1996)
• US Problem Bulletin 99/100, Jan.-Apr. 1995 (added Jan. 11th, 1996)
• Phénix 36, Dec. 1995 (added Jan. 7th, 1996)
• Europe Echecs Jan. 1996 (added Jan. 7th, 1996)
• Probleemblad Nov. 1995 (added Jan. 3rd, 1996)
• Awards diagrammes 1993-94 (added Jan. 3rd, 1996)
• diagrammes 115, Oct. 1995 (added Jan. 2nd, 1996)

1995

• Die Schwalbe Oct. 1995 & Dec. 1995 (added Dec. 18th, 1995)
• The Problemist Nov. 1995 (added Dec. 18th, 1995)
• The Problemist Sep. 1995 (added Nov. 23rd, 1995)
• Phénix 34, Oct. 1995 (added Nov. 22nd, 1995)
• Probleemblad Sept. 1995 (added Nov. 17th, 1995)
• Europe Echecs's Problem Corner (updated Nov. 6th, 1995)
• Europe Echecs Oct. 1995 (updated Oct. 14th, 1995)
• Awards 16th RIFACE, 1995 (added Sep. 26th, 1995)
• Awards Belfort 1994 (added Sep. 25th, 1995)
• diagrammes 114, Jul. 1995 & solutions to previous issues (added Sep. 23rd, 1995)
• Probleemblad July 1995 (added Sep. 12th, 1995)
• Special page with fairy retros (started Sep. 4th, 1995)
• Die Schwalbe Aug. 1995 (added Aug 24th, 1995)
• diagrammes 110, Jul. 1994 (added Aug. 17th, 1995)
• Phénix 31, Jul. 1995 (added Aug. 14th, 1995)
• Enlarged list of retro-articles (enlarged Jul. 31th, 1995)
• diagrammes 112, Jan. 1995 (added Jul. 29th, 1995)
• The Problemist Jul. 1995 (added Jul. 27th, 1995)
• Solutions for The Problemist Jan. 1995 (added Jul. 25th, 1995)
• diagrammes 113, Apr. 1995 (and solutions of #111) (added Jul. 18th, 1995)
• Probleemblad 2 & 3, 1995 (added Jul. 17th, 1995)
• Awards Schachmaty w SSSR 1985 (added Jul. 13th, 1995)
• The Problemist May 1995 (added Jul. 11th, 1995)
• Die Schwalbe Apr. & Jun. 1995 (added Jul. 11th, 1995)
• Problemkiste Jun. 1995 (added Jul. 11th, 1995)
• The Problemist Jan. to Jul. 1994 (added Jul. 10th, 1995)
• Sinfonie Scacchistiche Jul. 1995 (added Jul. 5th, 1995)
• The Problemist Sep. 1994 (added Jul. 5th, 1995)
• Europe Echecs Jul. 1995 (added Jul. 3rd, 1995)