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Retro Problems and Solutions

Scacco is an Italian-language magazine devoted to chess and aimed at players. It has a problem column and a review column about retros and chess-maths (run by Mario Velucchi).

Yearly subscription (12 issues) is "near L.55.000/90.000" (?) Send subscription payments (or ask for sample issue) to

  Salvatore Gallitto
  Corso Diaz, 3
  I-12084 Mondovi (Cuneo)
  ITALY

Send articles/small original tutorial problems to

  Mario Velucchi
  Via Emilia, 106
  I-56121 Pisa
  ITALY
  email: velucchi@CLI.DI.Unipi.IT

1 - Thomas Volet
Scacco!, Nov. 1996

12+11. Last 6 White moves?

2 - Gianni Donati
Scacco!, Nov. 1996

9+16. Mate in 1

3 - Mario Velucchi
Scacco!, June 1994

13+14. Helpmate in 2. (Last two moves were White/Black O-O)

9 - Stanislav Vokal
Scacco!, Jul.-Aug. 1998, Nr.7/8

12+13. Who may castle?
(b) Pc5 -> f5

10 - Stanislav Vokal
Scacco!, Jul.-Aug. 1998, Nr.7/8

2+9. Proca-retractor. Wh. retracts 4 moves and mates in 1

11 - Tom Volet
Scacco!, Jul.-Aug. 1998, Nr.7/8
GD ded. G. Donati

14+11. Solve the position

12 - Andrey Frolkin
Scacco!, Jul.-Aug. 1998, Nr.7/8

13+16. Shortest proof game in 11 moves (Zeroposition)

a) without Pd2
b) Pa2 -> a5
c) without Pe2