C12 — French Defense: McCutcheon Variation

Open Games & French (C00–C99)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4

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ECO C12 covers French Defense: McCutcheon Variation and related lines (French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Advance Variation, French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation, French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation). Main line 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 with variations, statistics, and the best responses.

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French Defense: McCutcheon Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Advance Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Chigorin Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Dr. Olland Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Janowski Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Tartakower Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 Qa5
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Duras Variation
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bc1
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Grigoriev Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qg4
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