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 "Unknown130"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/p7/1pp2k1p/6pP/1PP1K1P1/8/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. b5 cxb5 2. cxb5 Ke6 3. a4 Kf6 4. Kd5 Kf7 5. Kc6 Ke6 6. Kb7 Ke5 7. Kxa7 Kf4 8. Kxb6 Kxg4 9. a5 Kxh5 10. a6 g4 11. a7 g3 12. a8=Q { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0