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© Copyright 1996, Jim Loy
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In Gould's Memorable Matches, this game ends somewhat mysteriously with "Brown won." The continuation, which I deduced, makes the game even more interesting than it was.
A. Brown-Asher
11-15 22-17 15-19 (The Dyke) 24-15 10-19 23-16 12-19 17-13 8-11 27-23 11-16
(4-8 PP) 25-22 9-14 22-18 5-9 29-25 4-8 25-22 7-10 22-17 8-11 26-22 19-26 30-23
16-20 31-27? (28-24 draws, perhaps?) 11-16! (An interesting winning move) 28-24
16-19!? (My computer says 2-7! RW) 23-16 14-23 27-18 20-27 32-23 2-7 16-12 7-11
23-19 1-5 RW [diagram]
Here the book
ends. It may look like an obvious RW. But White can achieve material equality
and force Red to play cleverly to win: 17-14! 10-26 19-15 26-30! (11-16 21-17
& 17-14 & 14-10 draw) 15-8 30-26 21-17 26-23! (26-22 17-14 22-15 14-10
draw) 17-14 23-19 8-4 19-15 RW.