Ladislav Prokeš
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Ladislav Prokeš was one of the most prolific composers of endgame studies in chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

. He was born and died in Prague
Prague
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Prokeš was joint Czech Champion
Czechoslovak Chess Championship
The Czechoslovak National Chess Championship was the chess competition, which has determined the best Czechoslovak chess player.- History :First Czechoslovak championships were held in Prague in year 1919...

 in 1921 and played for the Czech Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

 team in 1927, 1928, and 1931. In 1951 he published a collection of studies "Kniha šachových studií". His 1,159 endgame studies, as listed in Harold van der Heijden
Harold van der Heijden
Harold van der Heijden is a Dutch composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Veghel, The Netherlands, on December 18, 1960. By profession, after finishing his PhD in 2009, he is head of the R&D department of a veterinary institute....

's database, rank fourth among all composers.

External links

  • Ladislav Prokes at Chessgames.com
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  • Ladislav Prokes: The Player's Composer by A. J. Roycroft. EG
    EG (magazine)
    EG is a magazine that publishes endgame studies and discusses various aspects of the endgame in chess. The letters "EG" stand for "End Game."...

     7, January 1967, page 1.
  • Obituary for Ladislav Prokes by A. J. Roycroft. EG
    EG (magazine)
    EG is a magazine that publishes endgame studies and discusses various aspects of the endgame in chess. The letters "EG" stand for "End Game."...

    5, July 1966, pages 104-105.
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