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Subject: Browne-Belle endgame

Author: Simon Finn

Date: 10:54:26 09/07/01

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On September 05, 2001 at 23:36:08, Eduard Nemeth wrote:

>On September 05, 2001 at 21:01:11, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>Hello Eduard,
>>If you or anyone has the second game PGN of Browne vs the Thompson database
>>where he supposedly won I would love to see it.
>>Jim
>
>I'm sorry, in the book "Schach am PC" is only a comment to this game two to
>read, here original in german (from F. Friedel + D. Steinwender):
>
>S. 299: " Walter Browne konnte seine Niederlage nicht verkraften und forderte
>Revanche. Nach zehntägiger Vorbereitung trat er erneut gegen den Computer an.
>Diesmal schaffte er es, allerdings denkbar knapp: Genau im 50. Zug gelang es
>dem Grossmeister, den gegnerischen Turm zu erobern".
>
>Walter Browne woulds have a revanche. His training was 10 days for this.
>Exactly in move 50 he wins the Rook agains the database!
>
>Kind Regards,
>Eduard

Browne captured the rook on move 50. According to the May 1979
issue of British Chess magazinem the game went like this:


[Event "Endgame challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, W."]
[Black "Belle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2KQ4/8/8/8/2r5/2k5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Kb7 Rb4+ 2. Kc6 Rc4+ 3. Kb5 Rb4+ 4. Ka5 Re4 5. Qd6 Rd4 6. Qe5 Kd3 7. Kb5 Re4
8. Qf6 Ke3 9. Kc5 Rf4 10. Qg6 Ra4 11. Qg3+ Ke2 12. Qc3 Rf4 13. Kd5 Rh4 14. Qc2+
Ke3 15. Qd1 Kf2 16. Qd2+ Kf3 17. Qe1 Rg4 18. Qd1+ Kf4 19. Qe2 Rg5+ 20. Kd4 Rf5
21. Qe3+ Kg4 22. Ke4 Rf7 23. Qg1+ Kh5 24. Qg3 Rf8 25. Ke5 Rf7 26. Ke6 Rf8 27.
Qa3 Rf4 28. Qh3+ Kg5 29. Qg3+ Rg4 30. Qe5+ Kh4 31. Qh2+ Kg5 32. Ke5 Kg6 33. Qh8
Rg5+ 34. Ke6 Rg4 35. Qg8+ Kh5 36. Qh7+ Kg5 37. Ke5 Rg3 38. Qg7+ Kh4 39. Qh6+
Kg4 40. Ke4 Rg2 41. Qg6+ Kh3 42. Qh5+ Kg3 43. Ke3 Rg1 44. Qg5+ Kh2 45. Qh4+ Kg2
46. Ke2 Ra1 47. Qe4+ Kh3 48. Qh7+ Kg3 49. Qg7+ Kh3 50. Qxa1 1-0


Simon







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