'Tactics in the Openings' series
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Walter 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.
Walter Browne vs Kovacs, Sarajevo, 1970
6rk/5p1p/5p2/1p2bP2/1P2R2Q/2q1BBPP/5PK1/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4+ Kg7 Bh6+ ]
b)
White mates in 4.
Walter Browne vs Mato Damjanovic, Venice, 1971
5Q1R/3qn1p1/p3p1k1/1pp1PpB1/3r3P/5P2/PPP3K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rh6+ gxh6 Qf6+ Kh7 Qf7+ ]
c)
White mates in 3.
Walter Browne vs Victor Brond, Mar del Plata, 1971
4rk2/5p1b/1p3R1K/p6p/2P2P2/1P6/2q4P/Q5R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rg7+ Ke6 Qe5# ]
d)
Walter 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 ]
e)
White mates in 2.
Walter Browne vs Coskun Kulur, Skopje, 1972
r4kr1/pbNn1q1p/1p6/2p2BPQ/5B2/8/P6P/b4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd6+ ]
1c)
mate in 3
Walter Browne vs Victor Brond
Walter Browne Puzzles, Part II.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Walter Browne vs David Levy, Skopje, 1972
2kr3r/1pqb1ppp/p3p2b/8/2pPN3/Q4NP1/PPP2P1P/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ Kb8 Nxf7 ]
b)
Walter Browne vs Silvino Garcia Martinez, Madrid, 1973
1r2r1k1/pp1bnpp1/6qp/8/2pNN3/2P3Q1/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 ]
c)
Walter Browne vs Miguel Quinteros, Wijk aan Zee, 1974
rnq2knr/pp2bppp/8/1N1R1N2/8/8/PP3PPP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7 Kxe7 Re5+ if Kf8 Qd6+ or if Kf6 Qf3+ mates ]
d)
Walter Browne vs Khosro Harandi, Manila, 1976
6k1/3qQ2n/p2p1p1p/n1pP1b1N/P1P4P/6P1/2BN4/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7 Bxd7 Bxh7+ if Kxh7 Nxf6+ ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Walter 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+ ]
2d)
Walter Browne vs Khosro Harandi
Walter Browne Puzzles, Part III.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Walter Browne vs Kenneth Frey, Lone Pine, 1977
2r1b1k1/1p4pp/2n1rp2/P2p3q/3B4/2RBPPP1/3Q2KP/2R5 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qf7 Bf5 ]
b)
Walter Browne vs Vlastimil Hort, Reykjavik, 1978
r4bk1/5p2/1pbq3p/3pN1p1/3Pn3/r1N1PB2/1Q3PPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 dxe4 Nc4 ]
c)
White mates in 5.
Walter 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 ]
d)
Walter Browne vs Herman Van Riemsdijk, Lone Pine, 1979
3r3k/ppn2rn1/3p1pq1/2pPp2p/P3P1P1/2N1QN1P/1PP5/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nh4 Qh7 g5 Rff8 g6 Qg8 Qh6+ mates ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Walter Browne vs Aldo Haik, Lucerne, 1982
4k3/1p1Rb1pp/2p5/p3pP2/q5P1/3QB2P/5N1K/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe7+ Kxe7 Bg5+ ]
3b)
Walter Browne vs Vlastimil Hort
Walter Browne Puzzles, Part IV.
White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Walter Browne vs Zoltan Ribli, Surakarta, 1982
2rqr1k1/p5bp/1p4N1/n6Q/2Ppb3/P2B4/1B4PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe4 Rxe4 Qf5 if Re8 Qf7# ]
b)
Walter Browne vs Jon Arnason, Reykjavik, 1990
8/p2nk2p/1pr2p2/6p1/1P2K3/1B4P1/P6P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Kd5+ ]
c)
Walter Browne vs Maurice Ashley, Philadelphia, 1991
rn1qkb1r/pb1p1ppp/1p2p3/2p1N3/2PP4/2n3P1/PP1N1PBP/R1BQK2R w - - 0 1
[ Qh5 if g6 Qh3 ]
d)
White mates in 3.
Walter Browne vs Jaime Sunye Neto, Linares, 1994
6k1/5p2/4nQ1P/p4N2/1p1b4/7K/PP3r2/8 w - - 0 1
[ h7+ Kxh7 Qh6+ ]
e)
Walter Browne vs Jordy Mont-Reynaud, USA, 1996
rnb1k2r/pp2ppbp/4q1p1/8/3PP3/5N2/3B1PPP/1RQ1KB1R w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 if Qg4 Bb5+ Nd7 Be2 if Qa2 Qxc8# ]
f)
White mates in 3.
Walter Browne vs Yuri Shulman, Las Vegas, 2001
5n2/2B4k/ppb3p1/2p2N1p/P1r5/7P/1P4P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ if Kh8 Be5+ or if Kg8 Nh6+ ]
4e)
Walter Browne vs Jordy Mont-Reynaud
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