{"id":341,"date":"2021-01-10T07:07:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T07:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/en\/?p=341"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:28:20","slug":"proskurowski-wlodzimierz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/en\/2021\/01\/10\/proskurowski-wlodzimierz\/","title":{"rendered":"Proskurowski W\u0142odzimierz"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/proskurowski-wlodzimierz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/proskurowski-wlodzimierz.jpg\" alt=\"W\u0142odzimierz Proskurowski\" width=\"100\" height=\"NaN\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption><em>source: W\u0142odzimierz Proskurowski<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>He was born on the 19th of January 1936 in Warsaw. National master in chess composition (2021). In 1968 he emigrated to Sweden and after a few years to the USA. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He started composing in 1955 and since then has published roughly 90 chess compositions, mainly studies. In tourneys he has received 5 prizes (3 first ones) and 14 honourable mentions. Two of his studies were included in FIDE Albums (3,33 points). An author of a book &#8220;The fruits from my chess garden&#8221;, 1993. See <a href=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/proskurowski-prologue-chapter1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the prologue and the first chapter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/proskurowski-epilogue-and-bibliography.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the epilogue and the bibliography<\/a> of this book.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Proskurowski, W\u0142odzimierz<br \/>Szachy 1964<br \/>1st-2nd Prize<\/p>\r\n\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerBefore\"><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"rpbchessboard-6ac34eb6e462d-1\" class=\"rpbchessboard-chessboard rpbchessboard-diagramAlignment-center\">\n\t<noscript>\n\t\t<div class=\"rpbchessboard-javascriptWarning\">\n\t\t\tYou must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<div class=\"rpbchessboard-chessboardAnchor\"><\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\t\t\tvar selector = '#' + \"rpbchessboard-6ac34eb6e462d-1\" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessboardAnchor';\n\t\t\tRPBChessboard.renderFEN($(selector), {\"position\":\"k2K4\\\/pp6\\\/P3P3\\\/8\\\/8\\\/8\\\/1p6\\\/8 w - - 0 1\",\"squareSize\":32,\"coordinateVisible\":true,\"colorset\":\"original\",\"pieceset\":\"cburnett\"});\n\t\t});\n\t<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerAfter\"><\/p>\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">win<\/p>\r\n<!--nextpage-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Proskurowski, W\u0142odzimierz<br \/>Szachy 1964<br \/>1st-2nd Prize<\/p>\r\n\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerBefore\"><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"rpbchessboard-6ac34eb6e462d-2\" class=\"rpbchessboard-chessboard rpbchessboard-diagramAlignment-center\">\n\t<noscript>\n\t\t<div class=\"rpbchessboard-javascriptWarning\">\n\t\t\tYou must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<div class=\"rpbchessboard-chessboardAnchor\"><\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\t\t\tvar selector = '#' + \"rpbchessboard-6ac34eb6e462d-2\" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessboardAnchor';\n\t\t\tRPBChessboard.renderFEN($(selector), {\"position\":\"k2K4\\\/pp6\\\/P3P3\\\/8\\\/8\\\/8\\\/1p6\\\/8 w - - 0 1\",\"squareSize\":32,\"coordinateVisible\":true,\"colorset\":\"original\",\"pieceset\":\"cburnett\"});\n\t\t});\n\t<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerAfter\"><\/p>\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">win<\/p>\r\n\r\n\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerBefore\"><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"rpbchessboard-6ac34eb6e462d-3\" class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgame\">\n\t<noscript>\n\t\t<div class=\"rpbchessboard-javascriptWarning\">\n\t\t\tYou must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<div class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor\"><\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\t\t\tvar selector = '#' + \"rpbchessboard-6ac34eb6e462d-3\" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n\t\t\tRPBChessboard.renderPGN($(selector), {\"pgn\":\"[FEN \\\"k2K4\\\/pp6\\\/P3P3\\\/8\\\/8\\\/8\\\/1p6\\\/8 w - - 0 1\\\"]\\r\\n\\r\\n1. e7 b1=Q 2. e8=Q Qh7! 3. Kc8! Qg7 \\r\\n\\r\\n(3... Qe4 4. Kc7+ $1 (4. Qxe4 {$2 Stalemate}) 4... Qxe8 5. axb7#) \\r\\n\\r\\n4. Qd8 Qf7 (4... Qh7 5. Qf8) 5. Qh8! Qe7 6. Qg8! bxa6 7. Qg2+ Qb7+ 8. Qxb7# 1-0\",\"nboSquareSize\":32,\"idoSquareSize\":32,\"nboCoordinateVisible\":true,\"idoCoordinateVisible\":true,\"nboColorset\":\"original\",\"idoColorset\":\"original\",\"nboPieceset\":\"cburnett\",\"idoPieceset\":\"cburnett\",\"nboAnimated\":true,\"nboMoveArrowVisible\":true,\"nboMoveArrowColor\":\"b\",\"pieceSymbols\":\"native\",\"navigationBoard\":\"frame\",\"withFlipButton\":false,\"withDownloadButton\":false});\n\t\t});\n\t<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerAfter\"><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n<p>Online databases containing his problems:<\/p>\r\n<p>Yet another chess problem database: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yacpdb.org\/#q\/Author(%22Proskurowski%2C%20W%C5%82odzimierz%25%22)\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W\u0142odzimierz Proskurowski<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Chess Problem Database Server: <a href=\"https:\/\/pdb.dieschwalbe.de\/search.jsp?expression=A=%27Proskurowski%27%20and%20FIRSTNAME=%27Wlodzimierz%27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W\u0142odzimierz Proskurowski<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was born on the 19th of January 1936 in Warsaw. National master in chess composition (2021). In 1968 he emigrated to Sweden and after a few years to the USA. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He started composing in 1955 and since then has published roughly 90 chess compositions, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/en\/2021\/01\/10\/proskurowski-wlodzimierz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Proskurowski W\u0142odzimierz&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,10,8],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polish-problemists","tag-chess-composition","tag-chess-problems","tag-problemist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Proskurowski W\u0142odzimierz - Problemista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/en\/2021\/01\/10\/proskurowski-wlodzimierz\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/problemista.eu\/en\/2021\/01\/10\/proskurowski-wlodzimierz\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proskurowski W\u0142odzimierz - Problemista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He was born on the 19th of January 1936 in Warsaw. 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