Retro-Awards 1997 Judge: Anatoli Vasilenko
In 2001, more than 20 years after the last problem of this informal tournament was published, Bernd Ellinghoven finally gave the award. Here are the awarded problems.
S.370 - Wolfgang Dittmann Dedicated to the participants of the "Die Schwalbe" meeting 1978 1st prize Die Schwalbe Heft 55, Feb. 1979
11+11. Proca retractor in 4, and forward #1
2872 - Wolfgang Dittmann 2nd prize Die Schwalbe Heft 58, Aug. 1979
4+11. Proca retractor in 5, and forward #1 a) Diagram b) Rd1
2697 - Wolfgang Dittmann 3rd prize Die Schwalbe Heft 55, Feb. 1979
10+6. Proca retractor in 4, and forward #1
2759 - Wolfgang Dittmann 4th prize Die Schwalbe Heft 56, Apr. 1979
2+3. Proca retractor in 6, and forward castling
2875 - Werner Frangen Special prize Die Schwalbe Heft 58, Aug. 1979
12+11. Proof game in 143.0 moves (Capture chess)
2755 - Werner Keym 1st HM Die Schwalbe Heft 56, Apr. 1979
2+11. Last move?
2760 - Günter Lauinger Ded. Wolfgang Dittmann 2nd HM Die Schwalbe Heft 56, Apr. 1979
13+11. Proca retractor in 3, and forward en passant capture
S.441 - André Hazebrouck Ded. Werner Keym 3rd HM Die Schwalbe Heft 57, June 1979
12+12. Which white bishops are promotion pieces?
2761 - Wolfgang Dittman (after Hans Klüver) 4th HM Die Schwalbe Heft 56, Apr. 1979
2+5. Retract one white and one black move, and then help-en passant capture in 9 moves (Circe) F Diagram b) Rh5 -> h4
2696 - Alexander Kislyak 5th HM Die Schwalbe Heft 55, Feb. 1979
12+12. Retract one white move, and mate in 1
2986 - Luigi Ceriani, Luis A. Garaza & Hans-Heinrich Schmitz Special HM Die Schwalbe Heft 60, Dec. 1979
13+15. Ortho reconstruction in 100.5 moves
2874 - Nikita Plaksin & Alexander Klibanski Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 58, Aug. 1979
3+7. h#4.5 (Circe, AP)
2933 - Nikita Plaksin Ded. W.A. Korolkov Commendation Die Schwalbe
11+12. Where were the bishops captured?
2816 - Nikita Plaksin Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 57, June 1979
12+2. Legal position? (Circe) a) Diagram b) h6 -> f6
2698 - Klaus Wenda Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 55, Feb. 1979
11+12. Retract one white move, and r#1 a) Diagram b) Mirror a1 <-> h1
2695 - Frank Christiaans Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 55, Feb. 1979
12+13. #3
2930 - Boris Ostruh Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 59, Oct. 1979
13+15. Retract one white move, and #2
4v - Andrei Frolkin Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 59, Oct. 1979
12+11. Release the position
12 - Andrei Frolkin Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 59, Oct. 1979
11+14. Release the position
9 - Andrei Frolkin Commendation Die Schwalbe Heft 59, Oct. 1979
12+13. Release the position