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 "Unknown143"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1k6/pp1r1pp1/3bpnr1/1R3p2/2PP1P1q/4BQNP/P5P1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxg3 2. Rxb7+ Kc8 3. Qc6+ Kd8 4. Bd2 Bxf4 ( { White can try: } 4... Qxh3 5. Rxd7+ Nxd7 6. Rb7 Nf6 7. Qxd6+ Ke8 8. Qe7# ) 5. Bxf4 Qxf4 6. Rb8+ Ke7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1