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 "Unknown300"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1r1k/1p4qp/p3Rp2/8/4NQ2/4nPP1/PP6/R5K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Nc2 ( { Black can try: } 1... Nd5 2. Qh4 Qf7 3. Qh3 { With equal
chances. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... f5 2. Nc3 Nc2 3. Rd1 Rxd1+ 4. Nxd1 Qd4+ 5. Qxd4+ Nxd4 6. Re7 { With equal chances. } ) 2. Rc1 Nd4 3. Nc5 b6 4. Rce1 bxc5 5. Re7 Qg6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0