One of the questions the reader will probably ask after enjoying the wonder of this video is how many hundreds of hours of intense work Mirko Miljánic (Serbia, 1946) had to invest to imagine it, create it, assemble it, and polish it to perfection. For a reason, he was chosen as “study of the year” in 2015 by the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC).
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For a normal enthusiast, the precise combination of various sacrifices and stalemate drawing resources approaches the impossible, due to its extreme sophistication. Only a very privileged mind addicted to meticulous work (his body of studies and problems includes a mate in one hundred moves!), as well as very creative, can give birth to such a masterpiece.
