Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paoli"]
[Black "Andersson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r4rk1/2q1bp1p/p1b3pQ/1p2p3/4PnP1/P1NBB3/1PP4P/4RRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Bg5 2. Qxg5 ( { White can try: } 2. Bxf4 Bxh6 3. Bxh6 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 2... Nh3+ 3. Kg2 Nxg5 4. Bxg5 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } 0-1