Oct-14-09
 | | Tabanus: GM Marek Vokac, Czech Republic, born 6 December 1958. Now rated 2479, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 1986. GM in 1999. Czech champion in 1999. Played in the European Team Ch's 1999 (1st reserve) and 2001 (board 4). Rating peak 2529 in 2001. Played in the 2002 olympiad (2nd reserve). Chess journalist, trainer and many times leader of national men's and women's teams. Biographies:
http://sachytucnak.ic.cz/vokac.htm
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_... (in German)
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_... (in Polish)
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_... (in Czech?) Pictures:
http://www.klub.nss.cz/foto_galerie...
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... (playing blindfolded) A fighting draw:
[Event "Pardubice Czech op"]
[Date "2002.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Re8 9.Qc2 Bf8 10.d5 c5 11.a3 Nh5 12.Re1 g6 13.b4 Ng7 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Bh6 Rf8 16.Kh2 f6 17.g4 Rf7 18.Ne2 a6 19.Ng3 Rb8 20.Qe2 Bf8 21.Be3 Nb6 22.Nd2 Bd7 23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 cxb4 25.axb4 Be8 26.Nf3 Nd7 27.Qd2 Ne5 28.Nxe5 fxe5 29.Be3 Bd7 30.Rf1 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Be7 32.c5 Qc7 33.Rc1 Rf8 34.Kg2 Qd8 35.Bg5 Rf7 36.c6 Bc8 37.Qe3 Ne8 38.Rf1 Rxf1 39.Nxf1 Qc7 40.Bc4 Bd8 41.Nd2 Qb6 42.Qxb6 Bxb6 43.Nb3 Bd8 44.Be3 Kf7 45.Na5 b5 46.Be2 g5 47.Nb7 Be7 48.Bb6 h6 49.Kg3 Bf6 50.Na5 Ke7 51.Nb3 Kf7 52.Kf2 Be7 53.Nd2 Nf6 54.Ba5 Ke8 55.Bc7 Kf7 56.Bf3 Ne8 57.Ba5 Nf6 58.Nb1 Nh7 59.Nc3 Ke8 60.Bc7 Nf6 61.Be2 Kf7 62.Kf3 Ne8 63.Ba5 Nf6 64.Nxb5 axb5 65.Bxb5 h5 66.Bf1 hxg4+ 67.hxg4 Ke8 68.b5 Bd8 69.c7 Bxc7 70.Bxc7 Ke7 71.b6 Bxg4+ 72.Ke3 Bc8 73.Be2 Nd7 74.Bh5 Nc5 75.Bg6 Nb7 76.Kf3 Bd7 77.Bh5 Nc5 78.Bb8 Ba4 79.Ke3 Bd7 80.Kf3 Ba4 81.Bg4 Bd1+ 82.Kg3 Bxg4 83.Kxg4 Kd7 84.Kf5 g4 85.b7 Nxb7 86.Kxg4 Nc5 87.Kf5 Ke7 88.Ba7 Nd7 89.Be3 Kf7 90.Bd2 Nf8 91.Bb4 Ke7 92.Kg5 Nd7 93.Kg6 Nc5 94.Kf5 Nd7 1/2-1/2 |
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| Feb-19-11 | | 64rutor: Marek Vokac - John Van der Wiel, Dortmund 1989. Would be nice if someone could show the game here.
Position after black's move 26, as shown in the book "Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player" (Alburt, Palatnik), page 208-209 in the 3rd edition from 2010:
White: Kg1, Qa3, Rc7, Bh3, f4, Pd3, e2, f2, g3, h2.
Black: Kg8, Qb5, Rf8, Bg7, Bd1, Pd5, e6, f7, g6, h7.
And Alburt, Palatnik has the continuation 27.Bxe6! Bxe2 28.Qxf8+!! Kxf8 29.Bd6+ Kg8 30.Bxf7+ Kh8 31.Rc8+ Bf8 32.Be5 mate. |
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Dec-05-12
 | | Stonehenge: <64rutor>
Vokac vs H Van der Veen, 1989. |
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| Dec-03-13 | | BIDMONFA: Marek Vokac VOKAC, Marek
http://www.bidmonfa.com/vokac_marek...
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Dec-06-13
 | | Penguincw: Happy 55th birthday GM Marek Vokac. |
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Nov-14-21
 | | Honza Cervenka: Sad news. Marek Vokac died yesterday.
https://www.nss.cz/odesel-marek-vok... |
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Nov-15-21
| | Honza Cervenka: <Marek Vokac died yesterday.> I wrote it when we had the 15th of November already here (in Central Europe), so the correct date of Marek's death is the 14th of November, |
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| Nov-16-21 | | Eastfrisian: RIP Master Vokac. |
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