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 "Unknown523"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1k6/pp3Rpp/5p2/1Nb5/6r1/5R2/PP2K1PP/6r1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Re3 ( { White can try: } 1. Rd3 R4xg2+ 2. Kf3 Rf2+ 3. Ke4 Rg4+ 4. Kd5 Rf5+ 5. Ke6 Re5+ 6. Kd7 a6 7. Nc3 Rg2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... R4xg2+ 2. Kf3 Rf2+ 3. Kxf2 Bxe3+ 4. Kxe3 b6 5. Nxa7 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0