Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrusa"]
[Black "Juskevic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2kr4/p2r4/4p2R/3bP2P/1qp5/8/PPBQ1P2/1K1R4 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Be4 { The pin on the white bishop prevents moves like QxQ or Qe2 due to
black's heavy assault on the d-file. } 2. Qxd7+ Rxd7 3. Rh8+ Kc7 4. Rxd7+ Kxd7 5. Bxe4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 5... c3 { The end is near. } 6. Kc2 cxb2 7. Rh7+ Kd8 8. Rh8+ Ke7 9. Rh7+ Kf8 10. Kd1 Qxe4 11. Rh8+ Ke7 12. Rb8 b1=Q+ 13. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 14. Ke2 Qxa2+ { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1