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 "Unknown136"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/1p3ppp/p3p3/3qB3/2p5/4RQ1P/P4PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qf6 ( { White can try: } 1. Qg4 f6 2. Rd1 ( 2. Bc3 e5 3. Qg3 { Black wins with
a large material advantage. } ) 2... h5 3. Qxh5 Qc5 4. Qh4 fxe5 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 1... gxf6 2. Rg3+ Kh8 3. Bxf6# 1-0