French Defense: McCutcheon Variation

The book line for French Defense: McCutcheon Variation is e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6, Bg5, Bb4. This page collects the 14 named lines under that variation.

14 named lines · ECO C12, C15 · 32 tagged puzzles in the source database

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French Defense: McCutcheon Variation

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  1. e4
  2. e6
  3. d4
  4. d5
  5. Nc3
  6. Nf6
  7. Bg5
  8. Bb4

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  3. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  4. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
  5. White knight moves from b1 to c3.
  6. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  7. White bishop moves from c1 to g5.
  8. Black bishop moves from f8 to b4.

Named lines

  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Advance Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bogoljubow Variation (C12) 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, Chigorin Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Dr. Olland Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Duras Variation (C12) 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, Exchange Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Grigoriev Variation (C12) 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
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Janowski Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation (C12) 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, Tartakower Variation (C12) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7
  • French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Wolf Gambit (C15) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Bg5

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