No. 41, May-June 2001
In case you wonder what these compositions are doing in a retro column: My interpretation is: "Scaccographia" (in which the position itself depicts something) is considered to be a special field of retro analysis in Russia. [Joost de Heer]
195 - D. Garipov Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41 Dedicated to Liva Ivanovicha Yashina
3+3. Mate in 7 moves
[8/8/8/p7/N7/p7/kPK5/8]
196 - D. Garipov Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41 Dedicated to Liva Ivanovicha Yashina
5+4. Mate in 5 moves
[8/1N1p4/2P5/p1P5/k1K5/p7/P7/8]
197 - V. Zhupikov Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
3+2. Mate in 8 moves
[8/1p6/8/8/1N6/1B6/2K5/k7]
198 - V. Alyakin Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
9+4. Mate in 1
[8/5QPk/6NN/8/8/4PP1P/5ppK/6Bb]
199 - E. Peretyaka Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
10+3. Mate in 2 moves
[4N3/3pp3/2P1P3/4k1K1/3RP1P1/8/B1N5/7R]
200 - A. Yarosh Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
14+11. Mate in 1 move?
[8/pppp2pp/4p3/8/7P/1P1K1NPR/B1PPPPkb/nR2Q1Bn]
201 - L. Borodatov Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
13+13. Last 6 halfmoves?
[6RR/p1P1pQ1p/B1pkPR1p/qb3p1B/rNPK4/p2p4/7B/6Br]
202 - A. Zolotarev Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41 Ded. 50th birthday A. Brezhunov
10+14. Shortest route of the two queens?
[Nq6/2pp1p2/2p2p2/2K1p3/rb2P3/b1k1p3/rRPNRP2/nB2B3]
203 - A. Kornilov Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41 Ded. 50th birthday A. Lobusov
25+0. Color the pieces!
[8/8/2NBQPN1/2QQKQQ1/2PPPPN1/2QPKPP1/2NPPPP1/8]
204 - A. Kislyak Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41 Ded. 70th birthday N. Plaksin
14+11. Mate in 2 moves
[6QR/1p2prBb/3Ppp1k/p6P/6pK/5PRN/2PP1PPq/6bN]
205 - F. Garde Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 41
0+24. Where is white?
[4nnnn/1qk1qqqn/1bq1qkqn/4nqqn/8/5pp1/5pp1/8]
I'm not 100% sure of the translation of the stipulation of 202. Transcribed it reads something like "Kratshayshie marshruti dwuch ferzey" [Joost de Heer]