Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Uijma"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simic"]
[Black "Bilek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r3k1/2r2ppp/8/8/p7/1p6/PP3RPP/1K3R2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rc1+ 2. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 3. Kxc1 bxa2 4. Kc2 a1=Q { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } 0-1