Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fuster"]
[Black "Balogh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/5ppp/8/8/8/4PQ2/r1q2PPP/RR4K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qb2 2. h3 ( { White can try: } 2. Qd1 Qxf2+ 3. Kh1 Qxg2# ) ( { White can
also try: } 2. Rxb2 Rxa1+ 3. Rb1 Rxb1+ 4. Qd1 Rxd1# ) ( { White's last try: } 2. Rxa2 Qxb1+ 3. Qd1 Qxd1# ) 2... Rxa1 3. Rxa1 Qxa1+ { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } 0-1