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C12 French Defense: McCutcheon Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4

C12 is the opening French Defense: McCutcheon Variation of the volume C · Open games: 8 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 13 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,600 games in the collections, from 1867 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2415.

White wins 41 %, draws 32 %, Black wins 27 %

Most games: Glek, Igor V (67), Volkov, Sergey (34), Brynell, Stellan (25), Visser, Yge (24), Vysochin, Spartak (23)

All 13 variations

  1. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4
  2. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Advance Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5
  3. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗h4
  4. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bogoljubow Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.exd5 ♕xd5 6.♗xf6 gxf6 7.♕d2 ♕a5
  5. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Chigorin Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6
  6. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Dr. Olland Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗c1
  7. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Duras Variation 1.e4 e6 2.♘c3 d5 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗d2 ♗xc3 7.bxc3 ♘e4 8.♕g4 ♔f8 9.♗c1
  8. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.exd5
  9. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Grigoriev Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 ♖g8 8.h4 gxh4 9.♕g4
  10. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Janowski Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗e3
  11. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗d2 ♗xc3
  12. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗d2 ♗xc3 7.bxc3 ♘e4 8.♕g4 g6
  13. French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Tartakower Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗b4 5.e5 h6 6.♗d2 ♘fd7