Tree path 9 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense › Paulsen Variation › French Defense: Classical Variation › French Defense: Classical Variation › French Defense: McCutcheon Variation › Advance Variation › French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation
- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Classical Variation C11
- French Defense: Classical Variation C11
- French Defense: McCutcheon Variation C12
- Advance Variation C12
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French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation
Overview
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker 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 begins with 12 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Advance Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation.
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- ECO code
- C12
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 12
- Direct variations
- 1
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