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 "Unknown42"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1b1kb1r/5pp1/p3pq1p/3p4/5P2/2N5/PPPQ2PP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxd5 exd5 2. Qxd5 Rb8 { Black threatens Qxb2#. } 3. Bb5+ { The key move.|The
only winning move. } 3... Rxb5 4. Rhe1+ Be7 ( { Black can try: } 4... Be6 5. Qd7# ) ( { Black can also try: } 4... Qe7 5. Qd8# ) ( { Black can also try: } 4... Qe6 5. Qd8# ) 5. Qd8# 1-0