Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benkovich"]
[Black "Kachaev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "rn2kb1r/1bqn1ppp/p3p3/3pP1B1/Pp1N4/3B4/NPP1QPPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxe6 { Black can try: } 1... fxe6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxe5 { No one can blame
black for wanting to maintain material equality.|Still, 1...Qb6 offers a
little more resistance. } 2. Nc7# ) 2. Qh5+ g6 3. Bxg6+ hxg6 4. Qxg6# 1-0