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 "Unknown547"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "5rk1/5p1p/1pR3p1/p7/3P4/2P2Q1P/2q2PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... a4 2. Rxb6 a3 3. Ra6 a2 4. Kh2 Qb1 5. d5 a1=Q 6. Rxa1 Qxa1 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } 0-1