Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Walter S. Browne.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 4. Browne vs Kovacs, Sarajevo, 1970
[ Qxh7+ ]
b)
Browne vs H Polstein, Atlantic City, 1972
[ Bxe5 ]
c)
Browne vs Svetozar Gligoric, Amsterdam, 1971
[ Qc6 w/Rb7 if Nb8 Qe6 ]
d)
Browne vs John Peters, USA, 1977
[ Rxa4 if Rxa4 Qxe6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Browne vs Mato Damjanovic, Venice, 1971
5Q1R/3qn1p1/p3p1k1/1pp1PpB1/3r3P/5P2/PPP3K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh6+ w/Qf6+ ]
Browne Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Browne vs Eddie Scholl, Amsterdam, 1971
4b1k1/5pp1/4n2p/p3Q3/2p1P1B1/2P1B2P/q4PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if fxe6 Bd4 mates ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Browne vs Victor Brond, Mar del Plata, 1971
4rk2/5p1b/1p3R1K/p6p/2P2P2/1P6/2q4P/Q5R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ w/Rg7+ ]
c)
Browne vs Samuel Reshevsky, Nethanya, 1971
4rr2/4q1k1/p2p2p1/1pp2pn1/4PN1p/2PPR2P/PP3QP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 if Kxg6 exf5+ or if fxe4 Nxf8 ]
d)
Browne vs Sergio Mariotti, Venice, 1971
r1br4/pp4p1/2n2bkp/q1B2p2/2Bp4/1Q3N2/P4PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg8 if Rd7 Be7 ]
e)
Browne vs Anthony Saidy, Ventura, 1971
1k1r4/pp1rbpp1/1np1p2p/2B1P2P/q1P1NP2/P7/KPR1Q1P1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 if Rxe7 Nc5 ]
Browne Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 2. Browne vs Coskun Kulur, Skopje, 1972
r4kr1/pbNn1q1p/1p6/2p2BPQ/5B2/8/P6P/b4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd6+ ]
b)
Browne vs David Levy, Skopje, 1972
2kr3r/1pqb1ppp/p3p2b/8/2pPN3/Q4NP1/PPP2P1P/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ w/Nxf7 ]
c)
Browne vs Silvino Garcia Martinez, Madrid, 1973
1r2r1k1/pp1bnpp1/6qp/8/2pNN3/2P3Q1/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 ]
d)
Browne vs Julio Kaplan, Madrid, 1973
3k3r/1p1r2bp/p2pQpp1/3Pp3/5P2/1Pq1B1P1/P1P4P/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6+ w/Re4 ]
e)
Browne vs Miguel Quinteros, Wijk aan Zee, 1974
rnq2knr/pp2bppp/8/1N1R1N2/8/8/PP3PPP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7 if Kxe7 Re5+ ]
Browne Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Browne vs Khosro Harandi, Manila, 1976
6k1/3qQ2n/p2p1p1p/n1pP1b1N/P1P4P/6P1/2BN4/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7 Bxd7 Bxh7+ if Kxh7 Nxf6+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Browne vs Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez, Las Palmas, 1977
r5rk/pp2bp1p/2p2pn1/q1P2B1Q/3PN3/4BR2/PP4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]
c)
Browne vs Kenneth Frey, Lone Pine, 1977
2r1b1k1/1p4pp/2n1rp2/P2p3q/3B4/2RBPPP1/3Q2KP/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ g4 Qf7 Bf5 ]
d)
Browne vs Vlastimil Hort, Reykjavik, 1978
r4bk1/5p2/1pbq3p/3pN1p1/3Pn3/r1N1PB2/1Q3PPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 dxe4 Nc4 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Browne vs Margeir Petursson, Reykjavik, 1978
6r1/p1p2r2/1pn1pBpk/4P1Rb/3P1P1P/2PB4/P6K/6R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ if Kxh5 Bg5 or if gxh5 Rxg8 Rxf6 exf6 ]
Browne Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Browne vs Herman Van Riemsdijk, Lone Pine, 1979
3r3k/ppn2rn1/3p1pq1/2pPp2p/P3P1P1/2N1QN1P/1PP5/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nh4 Qh7 g5 ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Browne vs Jaime Sunye Neto, Wijk aan Zee, 1980
r3r2k/p2qP1p1/1p1PR2p/2p2p2/P1B1b3/7R/6P1/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rexh6+ gxh6 Qa1+ Kh7 Qf6 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Browne vs Aldo Haik, Lucerne, 1982
4k3/1p1Rb1pp/2p5/p3pP2/q5P1/3QB2P/5N1K/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ Kxe7 Bg5+ ]
d)
Browne vs Edhi Handoko, Surakarta, 1982
r4r1k/1b2b1pp/pp3n2/3pN3/1q1P1N2/1Q4P1/P5BP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ hxg6 Nxg6+ Kh7 Rxe7 Qxb3 Nxf8+ ]
e)
Browne vs Zoltan Ribli, Surakarta, 1982
2rqr1k1/p5bp/1p4N1/n6Q/2Ppb3/P2B4/1B4PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 Rxe4 Qf5 ]
Browne Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win.
a)
Browne vs Jingxuan Qi, Taxco, 1985
1r1r2k1/1p2qp2/2p3p1/p2nNQb1/P2PB3/7P/1P6/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qxf7+ Qxf7 Nxf7 ]
b)
Browne vs Mark Dvoretzky, Philadelphia, 1990
2k1n3/7R/1P1p1p2/3PpP2/3r4/8/3B4/3K4 w - - 0 1
[ Re7 if Kd8 Rxe8+ ]
c)
Browne vs Jon Arnason, Reykjavik, 1990
8/p2nk2p/1pr2p2/6p1/1P2K3/1B4P1/P6P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Kd5+ ]
d)
Browne vs Maurice Ashley, Philadelphia, 1991
rn1qkb1r/pb1p1ppp/1p2p3/2p1N3/2PP4/2n3P1/PP1N1PBP/R1BQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if g6 Qh3 ]
e)
Browne vs Dmitry Gurevich, Philadelphia, 1993
2r2rk1/3b1pbp/1q3np1/ppnPN3/2p5/P1N1B2P/1PB2PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 ]
Browne Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Browne vs Jaime Sunye Neto, Linares, 1994
6k1/5p2/4nQ1P/p4N2/1p1b4/7K/PP3r2/8 w - - 0 1
[ h7+ Kxh7 Qh6+ ]
b)
Browne vs Ian Zimmerman, San Francisco, 1996
rnb2rk1/p4pp1/7p/2pNb3/8/4P3/P2NBPPP/1R2K2R w - - 0 1
[ Ne7+ Kh8 Bf3 ]
c)
Browne vs Jordy Mont-Reynaud, USA, 1996
rnb1k2r/pp2ppbp/4q1p1/8/3PP3/5N2/3B1PPP/1RQ1KB1R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if Qg4 h3 Qd7 Bb5 Nc6 d5 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Browne vs Yuri Shulman, Las Vegas, 2001
5n2/2B4k/ppb3p1/2p2N1p/P1r5/7P/1P4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ ]
e)
Browne vs C Santillan, Las Vegas, 2002
6k1/pb1prpbp/3N2p1/P2P4/1nR2B2/3Q1NP1/1q2rP1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb1 if Nxd5 Nxb7 ]
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