This assignment illustrates that studies are not made to cause hardship on solvers but to radiate beauty! The flow of the solution is so natural that it could even be solved by the Daily Puzzle crowd :D. Just play the only fair move at every turn!
Chess.com's Weekly Study: October 23th 2016
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12...Qxb3+ is forced.
There's no need for an exclamation mark.
what about 12.Kxb3 :vxvc
Yes, what about it? :vxxxfgscxxxnn
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Starting with 2016, we will be posting a Weekly Study, courtesy of Yochanan Afek, Grandmaster for composing endgame studies. These challenging positions are designed to stimulate (and improve upon!) your creativity, depth of calculation, pattern recognition and pure imagination.
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