Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7k/p5p1/6Qp/5P2/8/4q3/r5PP/4R2K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Qe6 ( { White can try: } 1. Qe8+ Qxe8 2. Rxe8+ Kh7 3. g4 a5 4. Re7 Kg8 5. Ra7 a4 6. h4 a3 7. g5 hxg5 8. hxg5 Ra1+ 9. Kg2 a2 10. g6 Kf8 11. Rf7+ Ke8 12. Ra7 Kf8 13. Rf7+ Ke8 14. Ra7 { Draw. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Rd1 Rd2 2. Rb1 Rb2 { Draw. } ) ( { White dare not try: } 1. Rxe3 Ra1+ 2. Re1 Rxe1# ) 1... Qxe6 ( { Black
dare not try: } 1... Qf2 2. Qe8+ Kh7 3. Qg6+ Kg8 4. Re8# ) 2. fxe6 Rb2 3. e7 Rb8 4. e8=Q+ Rxe8 5. Rxe8+ Kh7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0