Walter Browne vs Joel Benjamin (1980) Browne v. the Board

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Walter Browne vs Joel Benjamin
"Browne v. the Board" (game of the day Dec-15-2024)
Lone Pine (1980), Lone Pine, CA USA, rd 1, Mar-16
King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) · 0-1

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Jul-06-06		Phony Benoni: Brilliant play from Benjamin. Note for instance the line 31.Nxc8 Qe4+ 32.Kf1 Rg1+! 32.Kxg1 Qh1#.

May-14-17		Howard: This game not only won one of two brilliancy prizes for from the first round of Lone Pine 1980, but it also made the Informant, too.

Dec-15-24		OhioChessFan: Like the pun.

Dec-15-24		Cassandro: Great pun, although not many people outside of the US will get it.

Dec-15-24		perfidious: As another POTD featuring two former opponents goes in the books--and I faced both of them in the same event in one instance, at the 1991 World Open blitz.

Dec-15-24		LivBlockade: Rossolimo vs R G Wade, 1950 had a similar pun.

Dec-15-24		An Englishman: Good Evening: Anyone disappointed that Black finally moved a center pawn on the last move of the game? Weird waltz of the Black minors on moves 12-14, but after White's 15.f4, suddenly everything made sense.

Dec-15-24		HeMateMe: Great game! This will toggle some schoolboy memories: <Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954),[1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown...>

Dec-15-24		areknames: < Good Evening: Anyone disappointed that Black finally moved a center pawn on the last move of the game?> Hehe, I certainly was, it kinda ruined it slightly for me. I can be a bit funny with that sort of stuff ;) Also, how is this a King's Indian? I played the KID for my entire career and almost every game included a very early d6 and e5. This looks more like an accelerated Maroczy Bind or something like that. Excellent game nonetheless

Dec-15-24		areknames: I still don't really get the pun. I've read the explanation re: the Brown vs Board ruling but how is this different to any other Browne game? Because it won the brilliancy prize and made the Informant?

Dec-15-24		Petrosianic: <I still don't really get the pun. I've read the explanation re: the Brown vs Board ruling but how is this different to any other Browne game?> It isn't different, the pun is totally generic, not tailored to this specific game. A lot of the puns are like that. I remember seeing a Botvinnik game with the pun "Botvinnik and paid for". You could use that same pun for any Botvinnik game. Same thing here.

Dec-15-24		Teyss: Agree with <Petrosianic>, many puns are generic, however here it allows to show a great game so we'll excuse this flaw. In retrospect White could have gone for a threefold with 23.Bf3 but thought he had good chances on the Qside, or the Kside if Black decided to open the position. It's always difficult to assess if lines are open on both Kings which will be the most exposed. In the end removing the annoying LSB with 31.Nxc6 didn't help. Well played by Benjamin until the end. 41...e6 prevents 42.Rxf5 and allows the h7 Pawn to be a real threat, even if 41...Qxb2 would also have won. For the anecdote, it's this tournament where Browne withdrew after round 5 as explained here: Lone Pine (1980) (kibitz #10) If he hadn't and had been present in the final tournament the year after, he would have been the only player to participate in all Lone Pine events from 1971 to 1981.

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