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Prague colleague reported decisive position on board (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

checkmate

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'reported decisive position on board' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'prague colleague' is the wordplay.
'prague' becomes 'check' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'colleague' becomes 'mate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'check'+'mate'='CHECKMATE'

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(Other definitions for checkmate that I've seen before include "Last call in chess" , "you lose!" , "The final killer move in chess" , "Winning call on board" , "ending on board" .)

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