1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd6 Rfe8 15. c3 Be7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Bb3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Ba4 Red8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 g6 25. g3 h5 26. h4 e5 27. Qd7 b5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Kg7 30. Qd1 Qc4 31. Qc2 Kf6 32. b3 Qd5 33. c4 Qc5 34. Qc3 a5 35. Qf3+ Ke6 36. Qb7 f6 37. Qg7 Kf5 38. Qd7+ Ke4 39. Qb7+ Kd4??

“The game seemed to be heading to a draw—the two had a queen and five pawns each. Colm seems to have overplayed his position a little, and in the end, was probably worse. Regardless, he made a rash king move to stop Brady from repeating the position but it turned out to be a shocking blunder.”—John Healy (see Source).

39... Kd3 (39... Kf5?! 40. Qd7+ Ke4 41. Qe6 is worse ) 40. Qd5+ Qd4 41. Qxa5 gives White winning chances, e.g. 41... Ke2 42. Qa2+ Kf3 43. b4 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qf1 45. Qb3+ Kg4 46. Qe3 Qxc4 47. b5!.

40. Qf3

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Source(s): Irish Senior Championships, John Healy, ICU web site, July 2006 (via the Wayback Machine); scoresheets.

Event information: Tournament report.

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