Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown53"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[FEN "5r1k/6pp/6n1/4np1q/3Qp3/P1P4P/BPP2PPK/2R1R3 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Nf3+ 2. gxf3 ( { White dare not try: } 2. Kh1 Nxd4 3. cxd4 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Nf4 3. Kg1 Qg5+ 4. Kf1 Qg2# 0-1