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| Apr-08-07 | | rwbean: Or 28... e5. Is that a clear draw? What does Rybka think? Did Browne comment on that in "LFTG"? |
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| Apr-16-07 | | rwbean: Yes, it seems 28... e5 is a clear draw. After about 57 hours of analysis: FEN: 
click for larger view Rybkav2.3.mp.w32:
28 56:59:02 21.776.706,596 108.748 0.00 e6e5 Bb1xg6 Nd5f4 Qe2e4 e5xd4 Rh7h8+ |
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| Apr-30-11 | | rwbean: Conversely: White's move 27 is a blunder which only draws, but 27. Rxh7 would have won! (+3.83 at 23 ply with Houdini 1.5a) |
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| Aug-03-15 | | Bruce Graham: Sacrificial slugfest. Browne's queen had a date: with mate. |
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| Sep-08-17 | | Albanius: 27 ... Kxf7!
28 Rxh7+ Kg8
29 Bxg6 Bxg5
30 Qh5 Nf6!
seems to end the attack, since Qa5 both defends
B on g5 and threatens back rank mate if W tries to lift the rook.27 Rxh7! Kxh7 (27..Bxg5 28 Nxf7! returns to the game without the above defense)
28 Qh5+! and 29 Qxg6, and mate on f7 with the Q, N or B depending on Black's reponse. |
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| Sep-17-17 | | Albanius: My brother found a win after 27 ...Kxf7?
Not 28 Rxh7+? but
28 Qf3+! Nf6
29 Rxh7+ Kg8
30 Bxf6 Bxf6 [or 30 ...Kxh7 31 Qh5+ mates]
31 Qf6 Kxh7
32 Qxg6+ mates |
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Oct-17-19
 | | Jonathan Sarfati: Some computer-aided notes:
White has a strong attack after 26.♗g5, because he threatens to bring his ♕ to the weak dark squares near Black's ♔. For example: 26...♕d5 27.♕d2 ♗c6 28.♖f3 a5 29.♕f4 +- 27.♖xh7! (as also pointed out by <Albanius>) ♗xg5
(27...♔xh7 28.♕h5+ ♔g8 29.♗xg6 ♘f6 30.♗xf7+ ♔g7 31.♕h6#)
28.♖xf7 ♖e7 29.♖xe7 ♘xe7 30.♘xd7)
Against the game moves, Black could have defended with 28...e5 29.♘xg5 exd4 30.♗e4 ♘f6 31.♕c4+ ♗e6 32.♘xe6 ♔xh7 33.♘xd8 ♕xd8 34.♕f7+ ♔h8 35.♕xg6 ♘xe4 36.♖xe4 ♖xe4 37.♕xe4 dxc3 = 29...♘xh7? was the fatal error. (better 29...♖f8 30.♘xd8 ♘xh7 31.♘xe6 ♗xe6 32.♕xe6+ ♔g7 33.♗b1 ♕c7 ±) White missed 34.♗h5! with mate in 3, but the game move was also an easy win. |
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| Feb-27-21 | | funguy: I've always loved this game, but unless I'm missing something, it's not included in the 2014 Chessbase Big Database. I find that odd. |
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| Feb-28-21 | | Retireborn: <funguy> It's not in Megabase 2021 or Informator either. It was played in an obscure Swiss (from somewhere I've gleaned that it was "Hotel McAlpin") and I'm only aware of it because Browne annotated it himself in Keene's "Learn From the Grandmasters". Further info about this Swiss would be welcome. |
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Feb-28-21
 | | perfidious: <Retireborn>, the events played at the McAlpin in midtown Manhattan actually featured some of the top players on the Swiss circuit in those days; I twice played there, in 1974 and '75, in two Continental Opens, though naturally in lower sections, being ~1325 the first year and round about 1500 the next. Signed, life 1200 player |
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| Feb-28-21 | | Retireborn: <perf> Thanks for that. According my data the 1973 version was played in November. Can you remember how many rounds the versions you played in were? |
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Feb-28-21
| | perfidious: <Retireborn>, at least six--might have been as many as eight. Both Continental Opens I played were on Memorial Day weekend at the end of May. |
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| Feb-28-21 | | Retireborn: <perf> Many thanks. |
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| Feb-28-21 | | Retireborn: Further to that, googling (Bill Wall) suggests that the 1973 McAlpin was actually the first World Open, held June/July, and Browne won $2000 with a score of 9-1. I'm going to assume this game is from that, unless contrary evidence arrives. |
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Feb-28-21
| | perfidious: <Retireborn>, could well be, as the earliest World Opens were held in NYC, before moving up the Hudson Valley to New Paltz, then to different spots in Pennsylvania before settling in at the former Adam's Mark in City Line, Philadelphia for a while. |
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Feb-28-21
 | | MissScarlett: A tournament report can be found in the February 1974 <Chess Life>, p.78. Browne annotates the game in the March issue, p.181. See: http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL... It says this was a last round game, so it was round 8, dated November 25th. |
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| Feb-28-21 | | Retireborn: <MissS> Many thanks! If Bill Wall is correct in his assertion that Browne (also) won the World open in July, you have to say that the Hotel McAlpin was a happy hunting ground for him, that year. |
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Feb-28-21
| | MissScarlett: <If Bill Wall is correct...> Even Homer nods. |
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| Mar-01-21 | | Granny O Doul: Continental Open was traditionally the CCA's Memorial Day weekend event and National Chess Congress was on Thanksgiving weekend. They might be in New York, Philadelphia or Washington DC. The Liberty Bell Open has been pretty reliably in Philly; typically MLK Day weekend since the latter was invented. |
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| Oct-22-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewWHITE TO MOVE
Walter Browne played here 14.Bc2, which was apparently a theoretical novelty. In the big database of the website 365chess dot com we find no less than 8 games with 14.Re1(=), 3 games with 14.Qd3(=), and one game in which 14.Nxc6(=) was played, and ended in a draw.
But what move does the engine recommend here for White? Komodo 13 is a very powerful and reliable engine, and it suggests 14.Re1 (with evaluation of +0.18), and second option is 14.Qd3 (with evaluation +0.14) |
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| Oct-22-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewBLACK TO MOVE
In this position Black played 22...Nbd5, but a plan worthy of consideration was to undertake a quick attack against the isolated QP, for instance 22...Bxf3! (removing a defender of the isolated pawn) 23.Rxf3 Qb6! 24.Ne2 (what else?) e5!, and Black seizes the initiative (see diagram below): 
click for larger viewThey said that Bernard Zuckerman was a terrific opening expert (they called him "Zuck the book"), and he usually emerged from the opening with very good positions. This game was no exception. |
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| Oct-22-23 | | Gaito: 
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BLACK TO MOVE
Of course, 24...Bxa4 looks logical, a pawn is grabbed and apparently nothing is wrong. But what move would a player like Petrosian have played in this position? Notice that all of White's pieces are ready to launch a dangerous K-side attack. Therefore, before thinking of material gains (the a4 pawn wont run away!) Black might have considered some prophylaxis to prevent the upcoming attack (like in the film MIB 1 "To prevent war, the galaxy is on Orion's belt"). What is White's most aggresive or dangerous attacking piece? Of course, the knight on e5. Hence a good prophylaxis would be to try and exchange that piece. For example: 24...Bd6! (with idea of ...Bxe5) or else 24...Nd7. ("To prevent war the knight is on e5!") |
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| Oct-22-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewPuzzle: White to play and win.
Browne was presumably in time pressure, and played 27.Nxf7?!, a piece sacrifice that looks good and brilliant at a cursory glance; yet the engine (Komodo 13) does not like that move at all, and considers that after it the position becomes rather unclear. The engine's suggestion is 27. Rxh7!!, with the following possibilities: A) 27...Kxh7? 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Bxg6! and mate in two. B) 27...Bxg5 28.Rxf7 Re7 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Nxd7 Qxc3 31.Qxe6+ with an overwhelming advantage. Evaluation by Komodo 13: +3.80. (Diagram)
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| Oct-22-23 | | Gaito:
click for larger viewBLACK TO MOVE
According to engine Komodo 13, Black should capture the Rook, and it would be very difficult for White to obtain something more than a draw. Thus: 28...Kxh7! 29.Qh5+ Kg7 30.Qxg6+ Kf8 (diagram)
click for larger viewAnd the engine cannot see anything better for White than 31.Nxg5 Re7 32.Qh5 Rg7 33.Qh8+ Rg8 34.Qh6+ and it is a draw by perpetual check. |
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| Oct-22-23 | | Gaito: Conclusion:
1) "Audentes fortuna iuvat" (Fortune favors the bold -Virgilio).
2) The player who defends is more prone to making mistakes than the player who is attacking. |
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sac: 27.Nxf7