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 "Unknown608"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r4/pkn2R2/1pp5/3p1R2/1P2p2r/P1Q1P3/1KP1q3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxc7+ ( { White can try: } 1. Qe5 Rc8 2. Qc3 Rh3 3. R5f6 Qxe3 4. Qxc6+ Ka6 5. Rxc7 Qxa3+ 6. Kb1 Rh1+ 7. Rf1 Rxf1# ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Qf6 Rh2 2. Qc3 Rc8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Kxc7 2. Rf7+ Rd7 3. Qe5+ Kb7 4. Rxd7+ Ka6 5. Qd6 Rh2 6. Qxc6 d4 7. Qa4# 1-0