Ladislav Prokeš
Ladislav Prokeš (7 June 1884 – 9 January 1966) was a Czech chess master and one of the most prolific composers of endgame studies in chess. He was born and died in Prague.[1]
Prokeš was joint Czech Champion in 1921[1] and played for the Czech Olympiad team in 1927, 1928, and 1930.[2] While a strong tournament player, it is his chess compositions that gained him fame. In 1951 he published a collection of studies "Kniha šachových studií". His 1,159 endgame studies, as listed in Harold van der Heijden's database, rank fourth among all composers.[3]
Prokeš maneuver
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- 1. Kg4 e2
- 2. Rc1+ Kd4
- 3. Kf3 d2
and Black threatens to promote a pawn, which would win. But White forces the draw with:
- 4. Rc4+! Kd3
- 5. Rd4+! Kxd4
- 6. Kxe2 Kc3
- 7. Kd1 Kd3 stalemate
The idea is, that by vacating the c1-square on the fourth move, White's rook prevents Black's pawn from capturing on c1. The white king is then able to reach the d1-square, stopping the pawn. The position after 6.Kxe2 is drawn (see King and pawn versus king endgame).
References
Notes
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- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Prokeš, Ladislav team chess record at olimpbase.org
- ↑ My Computerised Collection Template:Webarchive by Harold van der Heijden. EG 130, October 1998, page 413.
- ↑ Article by Tim Krabbe (See Diagram 12.) Viewed 6 August 2007
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Bibliography
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External links
- Ladislav Prokes at Chessgames.com
- Ladislav Prokes: The Player's Composer by A. J. Roycroft. EG 7, January 1967, p. 1.
- Obituary for Ladislav Prokes by A. J. Roycroft. EG 5, July 1966, pp. 104–05.
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