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!

[Event "Keddie Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.12.16"] [Round "F"] [White "Pardhi, R"] [Black "Austin, K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [Opening "King's Indian"] [Variation "Zinnowitz Variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. Qb3 Bc8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Ne5 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nac3 f5 20. Ng3 Ba4 21. Nxa4 f4 22. Nf1 Rab8 23. g3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bf6 26. Bxg6 Rf8 27. gxf4 b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Nc3 Rxb2 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. Nxf6 Rxf6 32. Bb1 Kf7 33. a4 Rxf4 34. Kg3 Rxa4 35. Nh2 Rb3+ 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Bc2 Rc3 38. Be4 e6 39. dxe6+ Kxe6 40. Nf3 Ra4 41. Bc2+ Kd5 42. Bxa4 Ra3 43. Bd7 c4 44. Rd1+ Kc5 45. Bf5 Kb4 46. Rb1+ Kc3 47. Rc1+ Kb4 48. Be6 c3 49. Ne1 a5 50. Nc2+ Ka4 51. Nxa3 Kxa3 52. Rxc3+ Ka4 53. Bb3+ Kb4 54. Rd3 Kc5 55. Kf1 d5 56. Rxd5+ Kb4 57. Ke1 Kxb3 58. Rxa5 Kb4 59. Rh5 Kc4 60. Rxh6 {Black resigns.} 1-0

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

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