Die Schwalbe

Die Schwalbe (English: "The Swallow") is the German chess composition society.

Die Schwalbe was founded on 10 February 1924 in Essen as Vereinigung von Problemfreunden zur Förderung der Aufgabenkunst (Society of problem friends for advancement of chess composition art).

In 1972 Die Schwalbe became a member of Deutscher Schachbund (German chess union) initiated by Gerhard Wolfgang Jensch.

The name traces back to a famous four-mover entitled Eine Schwalbe composed by Johannes Kohtz (1843–1918) and Carl Kockelkorn (1843–1914).

)[1] The solution exclusively consists of moves by the white queen, who flits back and forth like a swallow (Schwalbe).