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French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation
Overview
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C12.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 9 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5.
It is a variation of French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bogoljubow Variation.
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- ECO code
- C12
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 1
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