Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Benkovich"] [Black "Kachaev"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "rn2kb1r/1bqn1ppp/p3p3/3pP1B1/Pp1N4/3B4/NPP1QPPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Nxe6 { Black can try: } 1... fxe6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxe5 { No one can blame black for wanting to maintain material equality.|Still, 1...Qb6 offers a little more resistance. } 2. Nc7# ) 2. Qh5+ g6 3. Bxg6+ hxg6 4. Qxg6# 1-0