18 Facts About Walter Browne

Walter Shawn Browne was an Australian-born American chess and poker player.

Walter Browne's family moved to the New York area when he was age 3.

Walter Browne had dual Australian and American citizenship until he was 21, and represented Australia for a short time.

Walter Browne tied first with Renato Naranja while representing Australia at the 1969 Asian Zonal tournament in Singapore, earning the International Master title, though Naranja qualified for the 1970 Interzonal on tie breaks.

Walter Browne became the first Grandmaster born after World War II.

Walter Browne played for Australia at the 1970 and 1972 Chess Olympiads, before switching to representing the United States in 1974.

Walter Browne generally performed well at the Chess Olympiad in his six appearances.

Walter Browne represented Australia twice and the United States four times, winning a total of five medals, all bronze.

Walter Browne was a dominant presence in American chess in the 1970s and 1980s.

Walter Browne enjoyed many international successes from the early 1970s into the mid-1980s.

However, after dominating the US Championship for a decade, Walter Browne was unable to approach the same level in that event after 1983.

Walter Browne was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2003.

On 22 June 2015, Walter Browne played in the 50th Anniversary National Open Chess Championship at the Westgate Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

At the 2015 Las Vegas International Chess Festival, Walter Browne gave a 25-board simultaneous exhibition, a lecture series, and taught a chess camp.

That same weekend, Walter Browne took byes in the National Open so he could play in the 2015 Senior Event at the World Series of Poker.

Walter Browne was survived by his wife of 42 years, Dr Raquel Browne, a clinical psychologist, their three sons, and eight grandchildren.

Walter Browne tended to spend a lot of his allotted time during the opening moves and early middlegame; consequently, he often wound up in.

Walter Browne was a professional poker player from the early 1970s.