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The Prokeš maneuver is a tactic in chess that enables a rook to draw against two advanced pawns in a chess endgame. Ladislav Prokeš composed an endgame study in 1939 which illustrated the Prokeš maneuver for the first time.[1] The solution begins
and Black threatens to promote a pawn, which would win. But White forces the draw with
The idea is that, by vacating the c1 square on the fourth move, White's rook prevents Black's pawn from capturing on the c1 square. The white king is then able to reach the d1 square, stopping the pawn. The position after 6.Kxe2 is drawn, see king and pawn versus king endgame.