1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. a3 exd4 7. exd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8+ 10. Be3 d5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Rfe1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nf3 Nac4 19. Bg5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 f6 21. Bc1 Qd7 22. Nd2 b5 23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Kf1 Re8 25. Re2 Nxe4 26. f3 Ned2+

26... f5.

27. Bxd2 Nxd2+?

A miscalculation: the resulting king and pawn ending is drawn. Black wins easily via 27... Qxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Nxa3.

28. Qxd2 Qxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Kf7 31. Ke3?

31. Kd3= or 31. d5=.

31... Ke6 32. g4 Kd5 33. Kd3 g5 34. Kd2 Kc4 35. Kc2 a5 36. Kb2 a4 37. Kc2 c6 38. h3 h6 39. Kd2 Kb3 40. Kd3 Kxa3 41. c4 Kb2 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. d5 a3 44. d6 a2 45. d7 a1=Q

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Event information: Tournament report.

Note: In a preview of the 1950 championship, the correspondent for the Sunday Independent wrote that “the latter [Dundas] was most unfortunate last year when he lost a vital game to Kennedy which probably cost him the championship.” (July 16, 1950 p. 6.) This account is hard to reconcile with either this game or with the tournament situation.

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