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 "Unknown588"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4rr1k/4b1pp/1q6/Q7/1P6/P1N4P/5PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxf2+ 2. Kh1 Bxb4 ( { Black can try: } 2... Bd8 3. Rxe8 Bxa5 4. Ne4 Qf7 5. Rxf8+ Qxf8 6. bxa5 Qa8 7. Re1 Qxa5 8. Re3 Qa4 9. Rf3 g6 10. Nf2 { Draw.
Black cannot break into white's fortress. } ) 3. Qxb4 ( { White can try: } 3. Rxe8 Bxa5 4. Rxf8+ Qxf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Rxe1+ 4. Rxe1 Qxe1+ { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1