Sicilian Scheveningen
Walter Browne–Ruben Rodriguez
San Francisco 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.a4 b6 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Qg4 Bc5 15.Be3 0-0 16.Ne4 Nc6 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.Bh6 g6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Qf4 f5 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rad1 c4 23.Rd6 Qxa4 24.Qd4 Rf7 25.b3 Qb5 26.bxc4 1-0

Sicilian Taimanov B82
Walter Browne–James McCormick
American Open Santa Monica (5) 1970

Alekhine’s Defense B04
Walter Browne–Sperling
US Open Fairfax 1976

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 dxe5 6.dxe5 c6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bg7 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Qg4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.f4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Nc5 14.0-0 Ne4 15.Qxe6 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Nxd2 17.Qf7+ Kd7 18.Rad1 Rhd8 19.Rxd2+ Kc7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Bd3 Bh8 22.h4 Kb6 23.Qxh7 Qd5 24.Qxe7 g5 25.Rb1+ Ka5 26.Qb4 1-0

Source: <Christian Science Monitor>, September 28, 1976, page 23.

Then another from <Andy Ansel>.

King’s Indian E91
Walter Browne–Igor Ivanov
Los Angeles op (3) July 25, 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.0–0 c5 9.d5 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rae8 13.a5 e6 14.Qc2 exd5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.Be2 Nfd7 17.Bd2 f5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Rf3 Bd4+ 20.Kh2 Nh6 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.g3 Nf7 23.Ne2 Bg7 24.Rg1 Nh6 25.Re1 Nf6 26.b4 Ne4 27.Rb1 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 cxb4 29.Qxb4 Rf7 30.Kg2 Rfe7 31.Kf1 Nf7 32.Kf2 g5 33.Kf1 g4 34.hxg4 fxg4 35.Rf2 Qc8 36.Qd2 Re3 37.Qc2 h5 38.Bf5 Qd8 39.Be6 R3xe6 40.dxe6 Rxe6 41.Rxb7 Qxa5 42.f5 Rf6 43.Nc3 Qe5 44.Nd5 Qxg3 45.Qe4 Ne5 46.Nxf6+ Bxf6 47.Qd5+ Kh8 48.Qxd6 Qd3+ 49.Qxd3 Nxd3 50.Re2 Ne5 51.c5 1-0

Grunfeld Exchange D86
Walter Browne (2632)–David Klinetobe (2157)
22nd Carroll Capps Memorial (2) 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Ne2 Nc6

<Simagin’s treatment. In some lines Black can play for …e5, in addition to …c5.>

9.Bg5

<White’s third most commonly-seen move here, after 9.0–0 and 9.Be3.>

9...Na5

<Here we see another idea behind the Simagin — the bishop is chased off the dangerous a2-g8 diagonal, albeit at the cost of decentralizing the knight.>

10.Bd3 b6

<The immediate 10...c5 is more popular.>

11.Qd2 c5 12.d5 f5 13.0–0

<13.Rd1 Pinter–Kaufeld, Dortmund 2001.>

13...fxe4 14.Bxe4 Nc4! 15.Qd3 Nd6

<Black’s knight has found a nice home.>

16.Ng3 a5

<16...Bb7 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Rfe1 Rae8 was another, more solid approach.>

17.Rfe1 Ra7 18.Rad1 Ba6 19.Qc2 b5?

<19...Rd7 20.h4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxc3 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Qxe7 Bxe1 24.Qxe1 Qd6 25.Ne4 Qe5 26.Qe3, intending d6, is just the sort of dynamic position that was Walter’s bread and butter in the Exchange Grunfeld and Queen’s Gambit Semi-Tarrasch. Still, this position might have offered Black more chances, as the text allows White a free hand on the kingside.>

20.h4! b4 21.h5 Bxc3 22.hxg6! Bxe1 23.gxh7+ Kh8 24.Rxe1 c4

<24...Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Qd6 26.Nf5 Qg6 27.Qe5+ Kxh7 28.Qh2+ Kg8 29.Nxe7+ winning.>

Here, for the first time, are the games of this USCF-rated match, played at a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours.>

Note: Walter’s scoresheets for games 1, 3 and 4 match the information provided in The Stress of Chess, but the fourth score is confusing. The other games are dated August 29 and 30, but this has August 27 written on it and ends in a draw. Unlike the other three games there is nothing on the scoresheet to indicate it was game two (although the colors match perfectly). No other scores between Walter and Jude from 1967 were found in Walter’s records. It seems quite possible this other scoresheet was game two and we have presented it below as such.

King’s Indian Attack A08
Walter Browne (2323)–Jude Acers (2300)
Baton Rouge (1) Aug 30, 1967

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.0–0 Nbc6 8.Qe2 0–0 9.Re1 b5 10.e5 Nf5 11.c3 c4 12.d4 a5 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.Bxe3 Bd7 16.h4 Qe7 17.Nh2 b4 18.Ng4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Kh7 20.Qd2 h5 21.Bg5 Qa3 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 Rfb8 24.Rab1 Qf8 25.Bf3 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Rb8 27.Rxb8 Nxb8 28.Bxh5 gxh5 29.Qe2 Qh8 30.Bf4 e5 31.Qxh5+ Kg8 32.Qxe5 Be6 33.Qxb8+ Kh7 34.Qe5 Kg8 35.h5 Kh7 36.Qg5 Qf8 37.f3 a4 38.g4 Kh8 39.h6 Qg8 40.Qg7+ Qxg7 41.hxg7+ Kg8 42.Kf2 Bd7 43.Bd6 Bc8 44.Kg3 Bd7 45.f4 Bb5 46.f5 Bd7 47.Kf4 Bb5 48.Ke5 Bc6 49.Bb4 1–0

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon B35
Jude Acers (2300)–Walter Browne (2323)
Baton Rouge (2), August 30, 1967

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bb3 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qd1 Nc6 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bg5 d6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Bh6 Rc8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.f4 Qxb2 20.Rab1 Qa3 21.Rxb7 Rf7 22.Rf3 Qa6 23.Rb1 Qc4 24.a3 ½–½

King’s Indian A08
Walter Browne (2323)–Jude Acers (2300)
Baton Rouge (3), August 31, 1967

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.0–0 Nge7 8.Qe2 0–0 9.Re1 b5 10.h4 c4 11.exd5 exd5 12.d4 Bg4 13.c3 Re8 14.Nf1 Qd7 15.Bf4 Nf5 16.Qd2 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.N3h2 Be2 20.Bxd5 Nd8 21.Ne3 Bd3 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Qe3 Ne6 24.Nf3 Qd7 25.Be4 Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 f5 28.Qa8+ Bf8 29.Ne5 Qe6 30.Qxa7 f4 31.Qd7 Qxd7 32.Nxd7 Bd6 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.Ne4 Be7 35.Kg2 fxg3 36.fxg3 Ke6 37.Kf3 b4 38.Nf2 b3 39.axb3 cxb3 40.Ne4 Kd5 41.Nd2 h5 42.Nxb3 g5 43.hxg5 Bxg5 44.Ke2 Be7 45.Nd2 Bd6 46.Kf3 Bf8 47.b3 Be7 48.Ne4 h4 49.gxh4 Bxh4 50.Ke3 Be7 51.c4+ Kc6 52.d5+ Kb6 53.Kd4 Ba3 54.c5+ Kb5 55.d6 Kc6 56.Kc4 Bb2 57.b4 Be5 58.b5+ Kb7 59.Kd5 Bh2 60.c6+ Kc8 61.b6 Bf4 62.b7+ Kb8 63.Nc5 1–0

Sicilian Richer Rauzer B66
Jude Acers (2300)–Walter Browne (2323)
Baton Rouge (4), August 31, 1967

<Going into the last round of the 1966 U.S. Junior Closed Walter Browne and Robert Wachtel were tied for first with scores of 4–2 and David Blohm of the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club and Alan Baisley (then from Hatboro, Pennsylvania, but soon to study at UC Berkeley) were right behind at 3½. Walter came through in a must-win game that does not appear in his book The Stress of Chess.

Final scores: 1. Browne 5 (with one forfeit loss) 2-3. Wachtel and Blohm 4½. This was the first U.S. Junior Closed; prior to this there was only a U.S. Junior Open.>

Alan Baisley–Walter Browne
US Junior Closed, New York (7) 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Kh1 0-0 9.f4 d6 10.g4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.g5 Ne8 13.f5 exf5 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Qf3 Nc7 16.c4 b5 17.b3 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rb8 19.Bd2 Be6 20.Bc3 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Qxc4 22.Nxc7 Bxc7 23.Rad1 Rbe8 24.Rd4 Qc5 25.Rd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Re7 27.Bf6 Re3 28.Qg2 Kh8 29.Bxf7 Bd8 30.Bb3 Qc7 31.Bd4 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Re8 33.Bd5 Qe7 34.Bc3 Qc7 35.Bd4 Bxg5 0–1 (White lost on time).

Sicilian Taimanov B46
Walter Browne–John Grefe
Las Vegas March 15, 1973 (round 6)

Sicilian Keres Attack B81
Walter Browne (2470 USCF)–Ken Smith (2411 USCF)
New York (Empire City Open round 5), October 10, 1971

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g4 h6 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nc6 9.Qd2 a6 10.0–0–0 Qc7 11.f4 Bd7 12.h4 Be7 13.Bh3 0–0–0 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 e5 16.Qg1 Bc6 17.Bg2 Kb8 18.Be3 Rdg8 19.Bb6 Qd7 20.Qe1 Rc8 21.Bf3 Ba4 22.Bf2 Bc6 23.Rg1 Rh7 24.Qe3 b5 25.a3 Qb7 26.Rd3 Nd7 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rc6 29.Rd3 Nb6 30.b3 Qc7 31.Qd2 Nd7 32.Kb2 Nc5 33.Bxc5 Rxc5 34.h5 Rc6 35.Rg2 Bf6 36.a4 bxa4 37.Qb4+ Ka7 38.Qxa4 Rh8 39.Rdd2 Rc8 40.Kb1 Rc5 41.Be2 Ra5 42.Qc4 Qb7 43.Qd3 Rc6 44.Rg3 Qb4 45.c4 Ra3 46.Bd1 Ra5 47.Qc3 Qxc3

<Black offered a draw: “I think I have the best of it, but I’ll offer a draw.”>

48.Rxc3 Rac5 49.Rcd3 Bg5 50.Rb2 Bf6 51.Rh3 Rb6 52.h6 gxh6 53.Rxh6 Bd8 54.Rg2 Bc7 55.Kc2 a5 56.Rh8 Bb8 57.Kc3 Rc7 58.Rf8 Rbb7 59.Bh5 a4 60.bxa4 Re7 61.Rg7 d5 62.exd5 e4 63.Rfxf7 Be5+ 64.Kc2 Rxf7 65.Rxf7 Rxf7 66.Bxf7 Kb6 67.Be8 Kc5 68.Bb5

<After some garbling of the score, we have the correct position.>

He knew Fischer pretty well. Tells of them playing baseball in Central Park, then walking down to the west village for Orange juice, THEN walking up to the upper east side of Manhattan. that's a good 13 miles of walking. Fischer liked to walk. They played a lot of Blitz.

Browne mentions the Nice Olympiad, 1974. He was playing someone (petrosian?) and had sacked a piece, with good winning chances. Then, Robert Byrne, team captain, approaches and asks for a "package draw." Browne had never heard of this before. Apparently Reshevksy wanted to draw his game, but it would only happen if Browne could be persuaded to also let his game be drawn--a package deal.

He was playing in a super GM event in Milan, with Karpov, Petrosian, Tal, Ljubo and a bunch of other big names. This was some sort of tournament that was played as an elimination event. Tal and Browne were knocked out of the advancement rounds, so they started playing blitz in the press room. Pretty soon so many spectators were leaving the main playing hall to watch the blitz that the head organizer approached Tal and Browne and asked to stop playing.

Browne turned 20 during that tournament which was played in Melbourne from 27th December 1968 to 15th January 1969

He finished clear 1st on 13/15 [+11/=04/-00]

The championship consisted of 24 players in a 15 round Swiss format.

Since none of his games from that tournament appear in his database, I've submitted a few of them for the record.

For example this was the game he played on his 20th birthday...

[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne, Australia"]
[Date "1969.01.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Basta, Emanuel Adolph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1968.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 O-O 15. Ne3 Rcd8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Ne3 h6 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nh4 Bg7 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Qh5 Nc4 25. Rd3 f5 26. exf5 Nxb2 27. Rf3 e4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxd5 30. Ng6+ fxg6 31. fxg6+ Qf5 32. Rxf5+ Bxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ 1-0

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Browne's record of games in the 1969 Australian Chess Championship is as follows:

round 1 (1968.12.27) Arthur Gustav Teters vs Walter Shawn Browne 0-1

round 2 (1968.12.28) Walter Shawn Browne vs Paul Dozsa 1-0

round 3 (1968.12.30) Walter Shawn Browne vs Douglas Gibson Hamilton 1-0

round 4 (1968.12.31) Olgerts Bergmanis vs Walter Shawn Browne 0-1

round 5 (1969.01.02) Willem Johannes Geus vs Walter Shawn Browne 0-1

round 6 (1969.01.03) Walter Shawn Browne vs John Spencer Purdy ½-½

round 7 (1969.01.04) Michael Woodhams vs Walter Shawn Browne ½-½

round 8 (1969.01.06) Walter Shawn Browne vs Noel Gregory Craske 1-0

round 9 (1969.01.07) Alfred Flatow vs Walter Shawn Browne ½-½

round 10 (1969.01.08) Peter Johnson vs Walter Shawn Browne 0-1

round 11 (1969.01.10) Walter Shawn Browne vs Emanuel Adolph Basta 1-0

round 12 (1969.01.11) Walter Shawn Browne vs Karlis Alexander Ozols 1-0

round 13 (1969.01.13) Walter Shawn Browne vs Lloyd Stanley Fell 1-0

round 14 (1969.01.14) Gerd Niess vs Walter Shawn Browne 0-1

round 15 (1969.01.15) Otto Weber vs Walter Shawn Browne ½-½

Browne's progress score was as follows:- 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 8.5 9.5 10.5 11.5 12.5 13.0

LOL!

In actual fact he was born in Australia but grew up in the USA, hence his accent.

I believe he had dual citizenship due to an Australian mother and American father.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage...

<May 10, 1982
A Publisher Extra Newspaper
Chicago Tribune from Chicago, Illinois · Page 56>

I don't have full access, here's a few snippets put out for general reading:

He's a quote from his Dad talking about the very young Walter Jr. (looks like the fact that he was a Jr. is often overlooked):

<"He started playing when he was 8. I used to play him on Sundays while reading the paper. I'd read, make a move, read, make a move. By the time he was 12 I had to put the paper away. After that I was dead. By 14, he was the youngest Master in the country. Now sometimes I say, 'How about a friendly game with your dad?' He finishes me off in a minute or so. I've watched him play speed chess, five minutes a game, against lots of opponents at once. He'll beat one, then another, then another, reeling them in like fish.">

Walter Jr.'s competitive attitude shows up here:

<SOMETIMES BROWNE plays the opening moves, usually a time of great deliberation, very fast.

"So he thinks your plan is working."

He has, on occasion, been in a position to win a tournament by securing merely a draw in a game against a less highly rated opponent. With apparently nothing to gain and much to lose, he has refused the draw and thrashed the opponent. Why? "It's to punish him," Browne said. "We'll meet again. I want his confidence destroyed.">

On Bobby Fischer:

<"What would I do?" they thought. "What will he do'" Browne is amused that university professors talk with him in awe about his games Browne is not a college grad. There are two million chess federation members in Russia, 50,000 in America. Many of those Americans are AF, after Fischer Bobby Fischer was the Picasso of chess Browne played him to a draw in their only meeting

"I could have beaten him. I think, but I thought I'd settle for a draw and get him next time, not knowing, of course, that he'd retire".

I know there are players who get into time trouble trying to see everything. What is really scary are players like Browne who get into time pressure and then play, as Seirawan says, like "cobra"'s....