A more interesting, but non-Excelsior version:
Not sure if there's a way to combine the studies.
Can you solve this endgame study?
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Great compositions my friend BishopTH7. However could you plz explain what "Excelsior" is in chess?
Much obliged! 
Illbtu wrote:
Great compositions my friend BishopTH7. However could you plz explain what "Excelsior" is in chess?
Much obliged!
It's a pawn travelling all the way from the 2nd to the 8th rank in a solution, preferably on consequtive moves. Skipping the 3rd rank is allowed! Sam Loyd created a famous example:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/chebase-puzzles-loyds-excelsior-261013
Black to move and win, not too difficult: