František Dedrle

František Josef Dedrle, around 1938

František Dedrle (born October 13, 1878 in Tišnov , † May 28, 1957 in Brno ) was a Czech chess composer and chess player.

Dedrle worked as a teacher in various schools in Brno and was most recently headmaster.

František Dedrle was an important endgame theorist . In 1919 he published a paper on the theory of the critical fields. His systematic investigations of the endgame checkers against two bishops and checkers against two jumpers are known.

Dedrle mainly composed three-moves and chess studies .

František Dedrle
193 Časopis českých šachistů, 10/1916

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

White to move forces a draw

Solution :

1.Rh4 + Kxc3 2.Rxa4
b2
3.Ra3 + Kc4 4.Ra4
+ Kc5
5.Ra5 + Kc6 6.Ra1
! bxa1 = D patt

Fonts

Study . V Praze: Vydal Šachovní klub Dobruský, 1925
Bohemian chess miniatures: one hundred selected tasks by Bohemian problem composers . Berlin and others, Association of Scientific Publisher, 1922

Web links

Compositions by František Dedrle on the Schwalbe's PDB server

Individual evidence

↑ Entry in the Brno Encyclopedia (Czech)
^ Edwin Bucher: Brief portrait of Prokop in: Schweizer Arbeiter Schach, 5–6 / 1949, p. 77

personal data
SURNAME	Dedrle, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech endgame theorist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 13, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tišnov
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1957
Place of death	Brno

[1] Entry in the Brno Encyclopedia (Czech)

[2] Edwin Bucher: Brief portrait of Prokop in: Schweizer Arbeiter Schach, 5–6 / 1949, p. 77