16-12-24 Keddie Cup

The annual Christmas handicap tournament, the Keddie Cup, was a well-attended event, with 26 competitors initially split across 5 groups. From Group A, Victor and Dave qualified. From Group B, Kenny qualified with Elsa just missing out. From Group C, Gordon and I qualified. From Group D, Kai qualified with Toby just missing out, and from Group E Rudra and Sean qualified.

Quarter-finals:
Victor Liu 0-1 Rudra Pardhi
Kenny MacPherson 1-0 Dave Hewitt
Gordon Allcock 1-0 Sean Flanagan
Kai Austin 1-0 Graham Anderson

Semi-final 1 - Kenny (left) starts a rook and c pawn down against Kai.

Semi-final 2 - Gordon (left) starts a rook down against Rudra.

Kenny MacPherson 0-1 Kai Austin
Rudra Pardhi 1-0 Gordon Allcock

And so to the Rudra - Kai final. With very similar gradings, Kai started off with 9 minutes and Black to Rudra's 10 minutes.

The crowd watch on in interest...

Thanks to Isaac and Dave for a Keddie Cup first - someone recorded a game!

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Pardhi, R–Austin, K1–0E90Keddie CupStirling CC16.12.2024

1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.g5 0-0 6.f3 g4 7.h3 d7 8.e2 c5 9.d5 a5 10.b3 c8 11.0-0 bd7 12.a4 xa4 13.xa4 e8 14.fe1 xe4 15.d3 xg5 16.xg5 e5 17.ad1 h6 18.e4 d7 19.ac3 f5 20.g3 a4 21.xa4 f4 22.f1 ab8 23.g3 f3+ 24.g2 xe1+ 25.xe1 f6 26.xg6 f8 27.gxf4 b5 28.cxb5 xb5 29.c3 xb2 30.e4 g7 31.xf6 xf6 32.b1 f7 33.a4 xf4 34.g3 xa4 35.h2 b3+ 36.g2 d4 37.c2 c3 38.e4 e6 39.dxe6+ xe6 40.f3 a4 41.c2+ d5 42.xa4 a3 43.d7 c4 44.d1+ c5 45.f5 b4 46.b1+ c3 47.c1+ b4 48.e6 c3 49.e1 a5 50.c2+ a4 51.xa3 xa3 52.xc3+ a4 53.b3+ b4 54.d3 c5 55.f1 d5 56.xd5+ b4 57.e1 xb3 58.xa5 b4 59.h5 c4 60.xh6 Black resigns. 1–0

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Rudra receives the trophy from club president Gordon. Well done Rudra!

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