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John van der Wiel vs Walter Browne
"Browne Bagging It" (game of the day May-04-2007)
Hoogovens (1980), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 10, Jan-27
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 8.Nf5 = +0.07 (25 ply)= -0.45 (22 ply)better is 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rd1 h6 14.g3 Rxc3 = 0.00 (20 ply) ⩱ -0.51 (20 ply)better is 13.Bd2 exf4 14.Qf2 d5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bh4 17.g3 = -0.46 (21 ply) ⩱ -1.07 (22 ply) 14.Qf2 Rc4 15.Nd2 Rc7 16.Nb3 Qa8 17.Re1 Rxc3 18.bxc3 ⩱ -0.51 (21 ply) ⩱ -1.43 (22 ply) 16...Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bf6 18.Qf4 Rxc2 19.Bd2 Be5 20.Qg5 Qa8 ⩱ -1.50 (23 ply) ⩱ -0.69 (22 ply)better is 17...Bf8 18.Qd1 Ne5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Nf3 Nxf3 21.Qxf3 ⩱ -1.18 (23 ply)= -0.48 (24 ply)better is 20...Bc5 21.N2f3 Ng4 22.h3 Nde5 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Qd1 Bxd4 ⩱ -0.72 (22 ply)= -0.22 (24 ply)better is 21...Bd6 22.c3 h6 23.N2f3 Nd3 24.Bxh6 Ne4 25.Be3 Bxh2 ⩱ -0.87 (25 ply)= -0.35 (23 ply)better is 22...Qd7 23.Bg5 Ne4 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Be3 Rd5 26.c3 Nc4 ⩱ -0.51 (23 ply)= 0.00 (29 ply)better is 26...Rce8 27.Qg3 Ne3 28.Bxe3 Rxe3 29.Qd6 Ne4 30.Qf4 Nf6 = 0.00 (30 ply)better is 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.cxb3 Ne3 29.Bxe3 Rxe3 30.Kg1 h5 31.h3 Re5 ⩲ +0.71 (28 ply)= 0.00 (28 ply) 31...Rf4 32.Nxh5 Rxf1 33.Nxf6+ Nxf6 34.Rxf1 Qxb2 35.Bd4 = 0.00 (31 ply)+- +4.56 (29 ply) 33.Rd2 g5 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Qh4 R8e5 36.Ne4 R1xe4 37.h3 g5 +- +3.18 (27 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply) 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.f6 Ng4 42.fxg7 Re1+ 43.Kf3 Kxg7 44.Qg5+ = 0.00 (31 ply)-+ -3.35 (25 ply) after 40...Re1 41.Qf3 Rf1 42.Qe2 Rxf5 43.h4 Rf2 44.Qxf2 Nxf2+ 47.Qc8 Nd2+ 48.Ke2 Ndf1 49.Kd3 Kg6 50.Qh8 Nc4 51.Kc2 -+ -3.14 (26 ply)-+ -8.86 (27 ply)54.Qa6 Rf5 55.g4 Rf4 56.Qa5 Rxg4+ 57.Kf3 Rg5 58.Qa7 Rf5+ -+ -7.96 (29 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-10-05  Whitehat1963: Player of the day receives a clever beating.
May-04-07  sandmanbrig: Wow!! Truly amazing queen sack
May-04-07  Bingat29: Using two knights to attack is mind boggling, in the same way as defending against it. I think the human brain functions better in calculating in straight lines.
May-04-07  alshatranji: What a beautiful attack. The queen sacrifice is one of the most surprising I have ever seen. It sends a shiver down your spine.
May-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  al wazir: White lost a tempo by not playing 26. c3 right away.
May-04-07  Sularus: Nice dance =)
May-04-07  kellmano: Cracking game. I for one was amazed to see the black queen capture on move 31.
May-04-07  gBizzle: hehe, i love knight rampages. one time when i played my dad i captured 19 points worth of material with 1 knight
May-04-07  Marmot PFL: Nice knight moves Walter! Remember Browne was US champ many times before all the Russians moved in and he decided poker was more profitable.
May-04-07  OLTI27: Very nice sac, but on move 33 instead of capturing the rock white could have play 33 Rd2 leading to a better game for white.
May-04-07  Silverstrike: <OLTI27> 33.Rd2 h4 and if the knight moves then black plays 34...Rxg1+ 35.Kxg1 Re1#
May-04-07  kevin86: Mr. Brown turned in a stellar game! It was surprizuing how he was able to hold his pieces together and pick up a few pawns along the way. The book says that two knights and a rook are superior to a queen,but it definitely not easy to force a win with them.

It looked for a while that we would see a smothered mate or some variation of one.

May-04-07  psmith: <Silverstrike> 33. Rd2 h4 34. Qxh4 and then?
May-04-07  fndmylove: Wow! That's all I have to say.
May-04-07  solstys: Very entertaining game though it seems like OLTI27's suggestion of 33. Rd2 wins for white.
May-04-07  Duque Roquero: Beautiful game of the day. 31… Qxd1!! is a huge move. Close to my favorite queen sac:
Carlos Torre vs N Banks, 1924
May-04-07  AlfieNoakes: I wondered if he had seen something mating with the queen sac, the threats were certainly there, but he instead got one of those pieces vs queen games where the queen just looks impotent. Fantastic game.
May-05-07
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  fm avari viraf: A very speculative Queen sacrifice by Browne who pins his hopes on the back rank combination. But had White played 33.Rd2 parrying the major threat of Nf2+ Browne would be struggling to save his game.
May-07-07  Silverstrike: <psmith> You're right, sorry about that.
Jan-17-09  MarbleSkull: 33. Rd2 can be answered by Nd5

if 34.Nxh5, 34.Rxg1+ 35.Kxg1 Re1 mate

if 34.Qxh5, 34. Rxg1+ 35.Kxg1 Re1+ 36.Nf1 Nde3 and white has the opportunity to sac a queen to be up two pawns or interpose the rook for more complexity. I dunno, I'm not that high of rating, but it seems like black still has plenty of attacking opportunities, perhaps they saw something we didn't?

Jun-11-10  elohah: Wow!! That is a really GREAT game by Walter Browne! Boy, if we could play like this kids...

Yeah, maybe on 33 Rd2, how about just something like 33...Rb1. Not much to prevent both Black rooks hitting the 8th then. Certainly not 34 Re2? Rxe2 35 Nxe2 Nf2 MATE!

Jun-11-10  elohah: And of course, if 34 Nxh5 (after 33...Rb1) there's 34...Rxg1+!
Oct-28-12
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  FSR: The identical pun was used seven months before for Browne vs Bisguier, 1974.
Mar-29-14  kamikazzi: funny enough my computer program Houdini rated the Queen sac as 31....Qxd1??. It suggested 32. Rxd1 Re1 33.Rd2 Ra1 34. Qh4 . It actually preferred 31...Rf4!=

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