Wedge, David C vs Bartlett, William
9th Crewe Congress 2026 Major · Round 4 · 2026.06.26 · 1-0 · C42 Russian Game: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation
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PGN
[Event "9th Crewe Congress 2026 Major"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2026.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wedge, David C"]
[Black "Bartlett, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[WhiteFideId "416444"]
[BlackElo "1563"]
[BlackFideId "343415431"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2027-07-07"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:50:17] } 1... e5 { [%clk 1:50:14] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:50:20] }
2... Nf6 { [%clk 1:50:18] } 3. Nxe5 { [%clk 1:50:21] } 3... d6
{ [%clk 1:50:12] } 4. Nf3 { [%clk 1:50:17] } 4... Nxe4 { [%clk 1:49:53] } 5. d4
{ [%clk 1:50:04] } 5... d5 { [%clk 1:49:49] } 6. Bd3 { [%clk 1:49:40] } 6...
Bd6 { [%clk 1:49:51] } 7. O-O { [%clk 1:49:11] } 7... O-O { [%clk 1:47:43] } 8.
Re1 { [%clk 1:46:49] } 8... Re8 { [%clk 1:45:52] } 9. h3 { [%clk 1:40:59] }
9... h6 { [%clk 1:43:15] } 10. c4 { [%clk 1:37:04] } 10... c6
{ [%clk 1:41:20] } 11. Nc3 { [%clk 1:33:44] } 11... Bb4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nxc3 was best. [%clk 1:35:40] } 12. Qc2 { [%clk 1:24:05] } 12...
Re7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Nxc3 was best. [%clk 1:30:16] } 13. a3 { [%clk 1:19:27] }
13... Bxc3 { [%clk 1:20:09] } 14. bxc3 { [%clk 1:19:27] } 14... Qe8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. [%clk 1:12:46] } 15. Bf4 { [%clk 0:59:13] } 15...
Nd7 { [%clk 1:10:50] } 16. cxd5 { [%clk 0:52:36] } 16... cxd5
{ [%clk 1:10:20] } 17. c4 { [%clk 0:50:10] } 17... Nef6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ndf6 was best. [%clk 1:04:55] } 18. cxd5 $4
{ Blunder. Bd6 was best. [%clk 0:45:13] } 18... Nxd5 { [%clk 1:02:59] } 19.
Rxe7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. [%clk 0:43:33] } 19... Qxe7
{ [%clk 1:02:37] } 20. Re1 { [%clk 0:41:45] } 20... Qd8 { [%clk 0:59:16] } 21.
Bg3 { [%clk 0:37:14] } 21... N7f6 { [%clk 0:55:55] } 22. Qb3 { [%clk 0:35:36] }
22... b6 { [%clk 0:51:10] } 23. Bc4 { [%clk 0:30:22] } 23... Bb7 $2
{ Mistake. Be6 was best. [%clk 0:49:19] } 24. Bh4 { [%clk 0:28:14] } 24... g5
{ [%clk 0:41:00] } 25. Bg3 { [%clk 0:26:59] } 25... Rc8 { [%clk 0:39:00] } 26.
Re5 $6 { Inaccuracy. h4 was best. [%clk 0:18:47] } 26... a6 { [%clk 0:34:34] }
27. a4 { [%clk 0:17:43] } 27... Kg7 { [%clk 0:29:19] } 28. Bh2 $2
{ Mistake. Nxg5 was best. [%clk 0:14:49] } 28... Qd7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. [%clk 0:24:59] } 29. Nxg5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. [%clk 0:04:19] } 29... hxg5 { [%clk 0:23:59] } 30.
Rxg5+ { [%clk 0:04:28] } 30... Kf8 { [%clk 0:23:42] } 31. Qa3+ $4
{ Blunder. Be5 was best. [%clk 0:04:10] } 31... Ne7 { [%clk 0:21:57] } 32. Be5
{ [%clk 0:03:29] } 32... Rxc4 $4 { Blunder. Ne4 was best. [%clk 0:18:59] } 33.
Bxf6 { [%clk 0:03:37] } 33... Qc7 { [%clk 0:16:21] } 34. Re5 $2
{ Mistake. Bxe7+ was best. [%clk 0:02:34] } 34... Kg8 $4
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc1+ was best. [%clk 0:11:15] } 35. Qg3+
{ [%clk 0:01:23] } 35... Ng6 { [%clk 0:10:42] } 36. Re8+ { [%clk 0:01:24] }
36... Kh7 { [%clk 0:10:41] } 37. Rh8+ { [%clk 0:01:21] } 37... Nxh8
{ [%clk 0:10:43] } 38. Qg7# { [%clk 0:01:09] } 1-0