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While scrolling through Facebook, I noticed one of my favorite chess authors posting an endgame study created by one of my favorite chess composers. In a rather fortunate coincidence, this particular king and pawn endgame study fits nicely into a progression of studies I have been giving students to exercise their calculation skills. (See Chess Position Worth Sharing 153 and Chess Position Worth Sharing 152.) Of course, a delightful puzzle such as this is also a chess position worth sharing. So it is, with great pleasure that I am sharing this endgame study by the late master composer Mikhail Zinar that was brought to my attention by Facebook friend IM Cyrus Lakdawala. Enjoy…

