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 "Unknown94"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/p3bppp/2p3q1/2p1Q3/8/P1N2N2/1PP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qxe7 Qxg2 2. O-O-O Qxf3 3. Rd8 Be6 ( { Black can try: } 3... h6 4. Qxf8+ Kh7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 3... Qxh1+ 4. Kd2 h6 5. Qxf8+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4. Qxf8# 1-0