Born in Dundee, Scotland, his father was a Presbyterian minister and when he was appointed to the chair of theology at Theological Hall, Dunedin, in 1887, the family moved to New Zealand.
Dunlop undertook dental studies in London and while there he learned to play chess, before returning to New Zealand in 1906,[5] and going into practice as a dentist in Dunedin. He moved to Nelson in mid-1911, where he went into practice with another dentist.
Dunlop joined the Otago Chess Club in Dunedin in about 1908 and won the Otago junior championship in 1909. He won the senior provincial championship in 1910 and finished fourth at the 1911 New Zealand championship. Dunlop joined the Oamaru Chess Club in 1912 and was Oamaru club champion from 1913 to 1917. Dunlop entered the 1914 national championship, but withdrew before the start of the tournament because of a family illness. In 1955, he was awarded the title of New Zealand Master by the New Zealand Chess Association.
Of his play it was written, "He looks very deeply into the complicated positions arising from time to time, and rarely fails to take an immediate advantage of the slightest slip by an opponent. His moves are well timed, and frequently an admirable combination of attack and defence. His play is at all times attractive, and he is in every way a worthy champion."
John Dunlop–A Beck1–0C36New Zealan Chp 1910/11, TimaruTimaru NZL1911Stockfish 17
C36: King's Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.f4 A promising start! exf4 3.f3 d5 The Modern Defense (the classical move is 3...g5). Black concentrates on gaining piece play and fighting for the initiative rather than keeping the extra Pawn. 4.exd5 xd5 Black may play either this or 4...Nf6 which seems [referable. The text is the Scandinavian Variation which loses time with the Q. 5.c3 d8 Here in addition to the text black has tried retreatng the Q to h5, e6 and a5 6.d4 d6 7.c4 g4 8.0-0 f6 Slightly better was 8...Nc6. In that case white would reply with either 9.h3 or 9.Nb4 with a good game in either case 9.e1+ 9.e1+ was a good alternative. e7 9...e7 10.xf4 is also good for white. 10.xe7+ xe7 11.b5 and white is better. 9...f8 9...e7 falls into a trap. 10.xf7+ xf7 11.e5+ followed by Nxg4 and white has an excellent position. 10.d3 g6 Black is oblivious to any danger and plays a move that white immediately shows to be tactically faulty. 10...c6 Also safe was 10...Bxf3 11.g5 h5 12.b5 Correct was the equalizing 12.Nge4. Now black gained the advantage. a6 13.xd6 xd6 14.c3 h6 15.e4 xe4 16.xe4 g5 Mensing,F (2127)-Allen,D (1979) Turin 2006. Black has the advantage. 11.g5 Beginning a relentless attack. d5 12.xf7 xf7 13.xd5+ g7 14.xb7 h4 Was black deceived in thinking that his "attack" looks extremely menacing! 15.xf4 Very good! 15.xa8 runs in to the rejoinder xe1+ 16.f1 xf1+ 17.xf1 g5 White is clearly better, but the move 15.Bxf4 is nuch stronger. 15...xf4 16.g3 h3 17.xa8 c6 18.gxf4 f3 19.e2 e8 Black has cleverly managed to reach a position where if white tried to save his R black will be able to equalize! 20.xf3 Did this, the only winning move, come as a shock to Beck? 20.f2 g4+ 21.f1 h3+ draws 20.d2 g4+ 21.f1 h3+ draws 20...xf3 21.xe8 Black now gets a bunch of checks, but white's K manages to escape. g4+ 22.f2 xf4+ 23.e2 xh2+ He has to keep checking. 23...xd4 24.f1 c4+ 25.e1 d7 26.e7+ h6 27.ff7 h4+ 28.d2 d4+ 29.c1 and white is winning. 24.d3 h3+ 25.c4 d7 26.xb8 e6+ 27.d5 cxd5+ 28.xd5 The checks are over. d6 29.g8+ And now it is white's turn to start checking. f6 Suicide, but he was in a mating net anyway. 29...h6 30.h1+ g5 31.e4+ f4 32.xd6 g5 33.e4+ f4 34.f8+ e5 35.hf1 h5 36.e8# 29...f6 30.e4+ e5 31.xd6 xd6 32.e8 c7 33.c5 h5 34.ae1 h4 35.1e7# 30.e4+ Black resigned 1–0
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