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 "Unknown451"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4r2k/5RR1/6p1/p3Pp2/1b3q2/1P5P/PB4P1/7K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rh7+ ( { White can try: } 1. e6 Qf1+ 2. Kh2 Bd6+ 3. g3 Qe2+ 4. Kh1 Qf3+ 5. Kg1 Bc5+ 6. Kh2 Qf2+ 7. Kh1 Qg1# ) 1... Kg8 2. Rfg7+ Kf8 3. Rh8+ Kxg7 4. e6+ Bc3 5. Bxc3+ Qe5 6. Bxe5# 1-0