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 "Unknown638"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2b4k/pp5N/2pp2p1/8/3qP2Q/P2P2PP/5r2/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nf6+ Kg7 2. Qh7+ Kf8 ( { White can try: } 2... Kxf6 3. Qh8+ Ke7 4. Qxd4 Rf6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Qg8+ Ke7 4. Qg7+ Kd8 5. Qh8+ Kc7 6. Ne8+ Kb8 7. Qxd4 Rf7 8. Qxd6+ Ka8 9. Nc7+ Rxc7 10. Qxc7 a6 11. Qxc8+ Ka7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0