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 "Unknown70"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "6r1/4k3/8/1pNpPR2/pP1K1Pp1/P7/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... g3 2. e6 g2 3. Rf7+ Kd6 ( { Black can try: } 3... Ke8 4. Nb7 g1=Q+ 5. Kxd5 Qg2+ 6. Kc5 Qc2+ 7. Kd5 Qc4+ 8. Ke5 Qc3+ 9. Kd5 Qc4+ 10. Ke5 Qc3+ 11. Kd5 { Draw. } ) ( { Black can try: } 3... Kd8 4. f5 g1=Q+ 5. Kxd5 Qg2+ 6. Kd6 Qg3+ 7. Kc6 Qxa3 8. Nb7+ Kc8 9. Nd6+ Kb8 10. Rb7+ Ka8 11. Ra7+ Kb8 12. Rb7+ Ka8 13. Ra7+ Kb8 { Draw. } ) 4. Rd7+ Kc6 5. Ke5 g1=Q 6. Rd6+ Kc7 7. Rd7+ Kc8 8. Kd6 Rd8 9. Kc6 d4 10. e7 Qg6+ 11. Rd6 Qxd6+ 12. Kxb5 Qxe7 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } 0-1