Endgame Study - G. Rol, Chess.com, 2016, after Bondarenko, 1960

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Note that Bondareko's original was entered as a direct mate challenge in #21. It's equally valid as an endgame study because it's the only way for white to win apart from a few move repetitions near the end which do not count as serious duals in a win-study.

The extra moves have the effect of completing 3 counter-clockwise revolutions of the  checkmating queen around the black kings residence d5 though not exactly on the same squares!