Jan-23-06
 | | chessgames.com: Photograph: http://www.jbmd.com/sach/profProkes... |
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Jan-23-06 | | BIDMONFA: Ladislav Prokes PROKES, Ladislav
http://www.bidmonfa.com/prokes_ladi...
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Aug-11-06
 | | OhioChessFan: He has some interesting end game studies. I just posted one on my forum, and am trying to find a few more. |
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Dec-09-07 | | whiteshark: German Wikipedia page:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladisl...
Picture from Bad Pistyan 1922 (Breyer Memorial):
http://www.chessbase.de/2005/badpis... CB-report about Bad Pistyan 1922 (Breyer Memorial): http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten... |
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Dec-09-07 | | paladin at large: Not a bad player, as well as having his name on the "Prokes Maneuver" (which is pretty nifty - nice link <whiteshark>) and being the first victim of the "Monticelli Trap"......sounds like an adventurous life. |
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Dec-09-07 | | whiteshark: <paladin at large>
For the lazy kibutzers: <"Monticelli Trap">: M Monticelli vs Prokes, 1926 |
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Jun-07-08 | | wolfmaster: Prokes lived until 1966, does anyone know if he was awarded an IM title from FIDE based on his performances in the early 20th century? |
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Jun-07-08
 | | Phony Benoni: A simple study from Prokes, with a useful point. It's White to Play and Win:
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<1.Kc6!>
And not 1.Kc7, as we'll see.
<1...Ka7 2.b4 b5>
2...a5 3.b5 is easy.
<3.Kc7 a5>
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Now, of course, 4.bxa5 renders White's pawns useless. He could force Black to play ...b4, but only by stalemating Black's king first. <4.a4!>
Now White wins after 4...axb4 5.axb5 or 4...bxa4 5.b5 as he can support the b-pawn all the way to glory, with similar lines following 4...Ka6 5.Kc6. And now you can see why White had to use the move order Kc6-Kc7; had he reversed the moves, Black could now take a pawn and play ...Kb8. |
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Jun-28-09
 | | Peligroso Patzer: The "Prokes Maneuver", refeenced in an earlier comment, is from a 1938 study: White to move and win from this position:  click for larger viewSolution (translated from Prokes's German):
1. b7 Nd6+ 2. Kd4! (not 2. Kd5? Nxb7 3.e7 Kf7 drawn) Nxb7 3. Kd5 Kg7 (3… Nc5 also loses: 4. e7 Na6 (the promotion is temporarily prevented by the threatened Knight fork on c7) 5. Kd6 Kf7 6. Nd8+ Ke8 7. Ne6 (threatening 8. Ng7+) Kf7 8. Ng7 Nc7 9. Kd7 (zugzwang) Kf6 10.Ne8+ and the Knight fork ends Black’s resistance.) 4. Nd8! Nxd8 5. e7 (echo to the first move: 1. b7) wins, because now the promotion cannot be prevented. Although the king can reach the square of the pawn (5. … Kf7), the square rule is not applicable in this case, because the pawn can escape the King’s attack by 6. exd8=Q. |
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Jun-28-09
 | | Peligroso Patzer: The most useful finesse (in terms of potential to be used over-the-board) from the 1938 Prokes Study is from this position: click for larger viewIn the above position, 1. Nd8! is the only winning move. It threatens 2. e7 (when 2. ... Kf7 will not be possible in reply), as well as 2. Nxb7 winning easily), so Black has nothing better than 1. ... Nxd8, but this also loses, as the analysis by Prokes quoted above demonstrates. |
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Jul-16-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Here is a transcript of a talk given by AJ Roycroft of the Chess Endgame Study Circle in London in 1966 about some of Prokes' endgame studies: http://www.gadycosteff.com/eg/eg7.pdf |
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Oct-19-10 | | whiteshark: GM Lubomir Kavalek on <Prokes's Windmills> http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... |
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Jun-07-18
 | | WTHarvey: Here are some combinations and mates from Ladislav's games: http://wtharvey.com/prok.html Find the winning move. |
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Jan-19-20 | | wordfunph: rest in peace endgame master Prokes.. |
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Jun-07-20 | | Nosnibor: Just to be clear the photograph shows Karel Treybal and not his brother Frantisek. During his chess career Prokes had played them both. |
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Jun-07-20 | | Cibator: A Prokes study from 1947 with minimal material, reminiscent of Reti's famous 1921 composition:  click for larger view
Draw. |
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