[Event "Irish Championship 1950"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "1950.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Leary, Cornelius"]
[Black "Flood, J. A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Belfast"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[EventDate "1950.07.17"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1950_allfiles/games_irlch1950/g57.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Nov  6 14:16:06 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1950_allfiles/pairings_irlch1950.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Source: <em>Ireland's Saturday Night</em>, August 12, 1950,
p. 4. } { Other information: Note: This game won the Brilliancy Prize. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 ({ More usual and better is } 4. cxd5 {
and } 4... Nxd5 5. e4) 4... Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Be2 {
Anticipating ... Na5, but it would have been better to retreat the Queen to
c2. } 8... e5 9. dxe5 (9. d5 { with e4 to follow was worth considering. })
9... Nxe5 10. Nf3 ({ Losing what Tarrasch calls &ldquo;the Minor
Exchange&rdquo;. } 10. Qc2 { still seems best. }) 10... Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Qxd3
12. O-O-O Be6 13. Qc2 Qc4 { Black avoids the exchange of Queens while
pressing his attack. } 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. f3 ({ White is in rather a bad way.
He cannot play } 15. Kb1 { on account of } 15... c5 { and ... Bf5. The text
move is probably the best at his disposal. }) 15... c5 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. Ndb5
Be6 18. Qa3 { Obviously a lost move. } 18... Qb6 19. Qa4 a6 20. Na3 Nd5 21.
Nc4 (21. Nab1 { here would have been a more satisfactory defence. }) 21...
Qa7 22. Na5 ({ Or } 22. Nxd5 b5 23. Qa5 bxc4 24. Nc3) ({ Or if ( } 22. Nxd5
b5 23. Qa5 { ) } 23... Bxd5 24. Nb6) 22... b5 23. Qe4 Nb4 24. a3 ({ Or }
24. Nc6 { . There is no hope for White after the text move. Black presses
him relentlessly to the inevitable finish. }) 24... Bf5 25. Qb7 Nd3+ 26.
Kb1 Nf2+ 27. Ka1 Nxh1 28. Qxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxh1 Rd7 30. Bc1 b4 31. axb4 cxb4
32. Na2 Rd5 33. Nb3 Bc2 34. e4 Rb5 35. Nd2 b3 36. Nc3 Ra5+ 0-1