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 "Unknown034"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p1b1ppp/3b2q1/4p3/8/2N1B3/PP2QPPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qd3 ( 1. Qd2 Bc6 2. g3 Be7 { Black retains the advangage of the bishop
pair. } ) 1... Qxd3 2. Rxd3 Bc6 3. Rxd6 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0