Chess.com's Weekly Study: May 22nd 2016

Hello Chess.com!

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.

A. Gurvich, 1927

Enjoy!

Now this, is a tough one... 

Much better than the daily puzzle.

Nice puzzle, managed to solve it without making a mistake. What do I win?

I have absolutely no idea how to proceed in this kind of position. I mean I might have an idea, but not the correct one, though I only manage to get Kg4 right.

HELLO OBAMA?

Magnifica lección

You just have to visualize the stalemate at the start. Easier said than done.

Surprise

Thanks, N9....i got it...

Sorry to disagree with you, Mr. Rensch, but this is one of the easiest studies so far.  It seems obvious from the start what needs to be done, and the stalemate is the kicker at the end.  You hardly even need a board for this one.