Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1782.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponziani"]
[Black "Study"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5k2/6r1/4Q3/7K/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rh7+ 2. Kg6 ( { White can try: } 2. Kg4 Rg7+ 3. Kf3 Rf7+ 4. Kg2 Rg7+ 5. Kf1 Rf7+ 6. Kg1 Rg7+ 7. Kh1 Rh7+ 8. Kg1 Rg7+ 9. Kf1 Rf7+ 10. Ke1 Re7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 { Draw by insufficient mating material. } ) 2... Rg7+ 3. Kf6 Rg6+ 4. Kxg6 { Stalemate. } 1/2-1/2