Answers.Body: <p>VV is Vorwärtsverteidigung - if a position is retracted into where Black might interfere (by mating White himself ?!), he may. kbP is indeed SPG.
  <a href="https://hilmar-alquiros.de/A.htm" rel="noreferrer">A translation source for many problem chess terms</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: In particular, kBP stands for "kürzeste Beweispartie".
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Answers.Body: <p>The glossary at <a href="https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/keywords.jsp?s=all" rel="noreferrer">https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/keywords.jsp?s=all</a> translates many terms from German, English &amp; French. However it is far from complete.</p>
  <p>For fairy terms there is also <a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/lexikon.htm" rel="noreferrer">https://www.dieschwalbe.de/lexikon.htm</a></p>
  <p>Any particular questions which remain, please raise here and I will try to answer.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm trying to look through some puzzles at <a href="http://www.wenigsteiner.de/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.wenigsteiner.de/</a>, but there are some abbreviations I'm not familiar with that I'm having a hard time finding through Google; I guess they are abbreviations for German words, but I don't know German. Is there a glossary with such words?</p>
  <p>In particular:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>I think VRZ just means defensive retractor, short for &quot;Verteidigungsrückzüger&quot;, but what is VV VRZ? (Seen in Andreas Thoma's problems from 2018 preselection)</li>
  <li>What is kBP 22.0 (I'm guessing &quot;shortest proof game&quot;, but I'm not sure how)? (Seen in the First Prize problem from 2018)</li>
  </ul>
  
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Title: German chess composition glossary
ThreadText: # German chess composition glossary
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-06)
  
  I'm trying to look through some puzzles at <http://www.wenigsteiner.de/>, but there are some abbreviations I'm not familiar with that I'm having a hard time finding through Google; I guess they are abbreviations for German words, but I don't know German. Is there a glossary with such words?
  
  In particular:
  
  * I think VRZ just means defensive retractor, short for "Verteidigungsrückzüger", but what is VV VRZ? (Seen in Andreas Thoma's problems from 2018 preselection)
  * What is kBP 22.0 (I'm guessing "shortest proof game", but I'm not sure how)? (Seen in the First Prize problem from 2018)
  
  **Tags:** terminology
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-06. Score: 10
  
  VV is Vorwärtsverteidigung - if a position is retracted into where Black might interfere (by mating White himself ?!), he may. kbP is indeed SPG.
  [A translation source for many problem chess terms](https://hilmar-alquiros.de/A.htm)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: In particular, kBP stands for "kürzeste Beweispartie".  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-03-07. Score: 5
  
  The glossary at <https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/keywords.jsp?s=all> translates many terms from German, English & French. However it is far from complete.
  
  For fairy terms there is also <https://www.dieschwalbe.de/lexikon.htm>
  
  Any particular questions which remain, please raise here and I will try to answer.
  
  
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