Ladislav Prokeš

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Ladislav Prokeš
Ladislav Prokeš
Association CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Born June 8, 1884
Prague
Died January 9, 1966
Prague
Best Elo rating 2512 (July 1929) ( historical rating )

Ladislav Prokeš (born June 8, 1884 in Prague ; † January 9, 1966 there ) was a Czech chess player and study composer .

Chess composition

Prokeš began composing in 1906 and is said to have published over 1200 studies. 23 of his compositions can be found in the FIDE albums . His works are shaped by the influence of the Bohemian School and emphasize the strict economy of resources, many of them in miniature form. Often his compositions consisted of the main idea, so the solution was usually short.

From 1909 to 1927 Prokeš was the editor of the column for chess composition in Československý Šach . The Prokeš maneuver was named after him.

Ladislav Prokeš
Groš, 1938
1st - 2nd prize
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Solution:

1. b7 Nd6 +
2. Kd4! (not 2. Kd5? Nxb7 3. e7 Kf7 draw ) Nxb7
3. Kd5 Kg7 3.… Nc5 also loses: 4. e7 Sa6 (prevents the conversion into a heavy piece with the knight fork on c7 ) 5. Kd6 Kf7 6. Nd8 + Ke8 7. Ne6 (threatens Ng7 +) Kf7 8. Ng7 Nc7 9. Kd7 Zugzwang Kf6 10. Ne8 + and this new knight fork decides.
4. Nd8! Nxd8
5. e7 ( echo on key move ) wins, because now the conversion can no longer be prevented. Although the king gets into the pawn's square, the square rule does not apply in this case, because the pawn can move diagonally away from the king by moving.

Chess player

Prokeš won the championship title in 1908 in the international Prague tournament. He played as a member of the Czechoslovak national team at the Chess Olympiads in London in 1927 , in The Hague in 1928 and in Hamburg in 1930 . His greatest tournament successes were in Brno 2–4 in 1907 . Place, 1909 in Prague and 1911 in Plzeň each 3rd place, 1921 in Brno 1st – 2nd place. Place, 1925 in Debrecen 6th place and 1928 in Prague 1st place.

Private

Ladislav Prokeš was a high school professor in Prague.

literature

  • Ladislav Prokeš: Šachové study. Nakladatel A. Neubert v Praze, 1941. (Czech, German)
  • Ladislav Prokeš: Kniha šachových studií . Vydavatelstvo ROH - Práce, Praha, 1951. (Czech)
  • Vlasák, Emil: Ladislav Prokeš Study 1951–1966. SNZZ, Brno, 1966. (Czech, English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A prominent SASZ employee. Prof. Ladislaus Prokes, Prague. Schweizerische Arbeiter-Schachzeitung , 1947, p. 47 (with portrait)
  2. ↑ Ladislav Prokeš 'results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Prokeš, Ladislav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prokes, Ladislav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak chess study composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1966
Place of death Prague