Cecil Purdy

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti"]
[Black "Freiman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bq2rk/ppp4p/1n4nQ/3P1p1N/2BP4/8/PPP3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. d6 Qf8 ( { Black can try: } 1... Nxc4 2. Re7 Nxe7 3. Qf6+ Rg7 4. Qxg7# ) 2. Re8 Qxe8 3. Nf6 Qd7 4. Nxd7 Nxc4 5. Nf6 Rg7 6. dxc7 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0