Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown62"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "2r3rk/4b1p1/pq3n2/7P/3NpP2/3P2Q1/1PN4R/3K2R1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Qg6 Qxb2 2. h6 Qb1+ 3. Kd2 ( { White can try: } 3. Ke2 Rxc2+ 4. Nxc2 Qxc2+ 5. Kf1 Qxd3+ 6. Re2 Qd1+ 7. Kf2 Bc5+ 8. Kg3 Qxg1+ 9. Rg2 Bf2+ 10. Kh3 Qh1+ 11. Rh2 Qf3+ 12. Qg3 Qxg3# ) 3... Rxc2+ 4. Nxc2 Bb4+ 5. Ke3 ( { White can try: } 5. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 6. Ke2 exd3+ 7. Kf1 Qb1+ 8. Kg2 Qb7+ 9. Kf2 Qb6+ 10. Kf1 Qb1+ { Draw. } ) 5... Bc5+ 6. d4 Qb3+ 7. Kd2 Bb4+ 8. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 9. Ke2 ( { White can try: } 9. Ke3 Qc3+ 10. Kf2 Qf3+ 11. Ke1 Qe3+ 12. Re2 Qc1+ 13. Kf2 Qxf4+ 14. Kg2 gxh6 15. Qxg8+ Nxg8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 9... Qc4+ 10. Kf2 ( { White can try: } 10. Ke1 Qc1+ 11. Kf2 Qxf4+ 12. Ke1 Qc1+ 13. Ke2 Qc2+ 14. Kf1 Qd1+ 15. Kf2 Qd2+ 16. Kf1 Qd1+ { Draw. } ) 10... Qxd4+ 11. Kg2 Nh7 12. Kh1 Qf6 13. hxg7+ Qxg7 14. f5 e3 15. Rhg2 Qxg6 16. fxg6 Nf6 17. g7+ Kh7 18. Rh2+ Nh5 19. Rxh5# 1-0