The chess games of John Lindsay McCutcheon

John Lindsay McCutcheon
Number of games in database: 9
Years covered: 1885 to 1904
Overall record: +5 -4 =0 (55.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C12 French, McCutcheon (6 games)

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JOHN LINDSAY MCCUTCHEON (born May-28-1857, died Jul-16-1905) United States of America	[what is this?]
John Lindsay MacCutcheon, a lawyer from Pittsburgh, was a strong amateur player and generous patron of the game. He devised the line in the French Defense named for him (<1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4>), played for the United States team in the 2nd Anglo-American Cable Match (1897), and was one of the sponsors of the international tournament at Cambridge Springs (1904).

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Steinitz vs McCutcheon	0-1	28	1885	New York simul	C12 French, McCutcheon
2. W Pollock vs McCutcheon	1-0	29	1891	corr	C12 French, McCutcheon
3. McCutcheon vs H Helms	1-0	44	1895	Continental Correspondence Tournament	C67 Ruy Lopez
4. E Delmar vs McCutcheon	0-1	30	1897	New York State vs Pennsylvania	C01 French, Exchange
5. McCutcheon vs H Jacobs	0-1	27	1897	2nd Anglo-American Cable Match	B01 Scandinavian
6. Lipschutz vs McCutcheon	1-0	33	1899	New York v Pennsylvania Interstate Teams Match	C12 French, McCutcheon
7. K S Howard vs McCutcheon	0-1	34	1903	corr	C12 French, McCutcheon
8. McCutcheon vs Lasker	1-0	36	1904	corr	C12 French, McCutcheon
9. Lasker vs McCutcheon	1-0	32	1904	corr	C12 French, McCutcheon

REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | McCutcheon wins | McCutcheon loses

Nov-05-04		Leviathan: Only one game (played in a simul) for this man, who has a defense named after him? Or maybe the variation took his name only because of this single game (an amateur beating the world champion with a new opening, that's enough to become famous).

Dec-20-05		Honza Cervenka: Here is another one against another World Champion: [Event "corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1904.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Lasker,Emanuel"] [Black "McCutcheon,John Lindsay"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C12"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Bd3 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 c5 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.f4 Nxc5 14.0-0 0-0 15.g4 Bd7 16.f5 Nxd3 17.cxd3 exf5 18.gxf5 Kh7 19.Rf3 Rae8 20.Kf2 d4 21.cxd4 f6 22.e6 Bc6 23.Rf4 Re7 24.Ng3 Rd8 25.Kg1 Qd5 26.Qd2 g6 27.fxg6+ Kg8 28.Re4 Rd6 29.Qxh6 Rdxe6 30.Nh5 Qg5+ 31.Qxg5 fxg5 32.Rc1 1-0 Well, This one was not so successfull for Mr. McCutcheon...:-D

Feb-06-08		keypusher: <Only one game (played in a simul) for this man, who has a defense named after him?> I'll bet my last dollar his last name was spelled MacCutcheon, not McCutcheon...

Feb-06-08		Calli: "I'll bet my last dollar" Jeremy Gaige says McCutcheon. I'll send you my bank number for direct deposit. :=o

Feb-06-08		keypusher: <Calli> Here's his obit. Curses! Good thing I only bet the last dollar and not the earlier ones. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archiv...

Dec-13-09		capanegra: Here are a few miscellaneous games McCutcheon played with Pillsbury to test his variation of the French Defence. I took them from the book "Pillsbury�s Chess Career" by Sergeant and Watts (second edition). The dates are no specified. In the second game McCutcheon plays like a patzer, and as an explanation Hoffer suggested that he could hardly be expected to play well against his own defence, being more interested in the success of Black. [Event "Miscellaneous"] [Date "??.??.??"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"] [Black "McCutcheon, John Lindsay"] [ECO "C12"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Ne2 c5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.h4 g4 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Be2 h5 16.0-0 Bd7 17.Rfb1 Na5 18.Bf4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Rxb7 Bc6 21.Rc7 Rd8 22.Qe3 Qd5 23.Rxc6 Qxc6 24.Bg5 Qb6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Bxd8 Kxd8 27.Rb1 Ke7 28.Rxb6 Ra8 29.Rc6 Rxa3 30.Rxc4 Ra5 31.Re4 Ra2 32.Re2 Ra3 33.c4 Rc3 34.Kf1 Rxc4 35.Ke1 Kd7 36.Kd2 Kc6 37.Kd3 Kd5 38.g3 Ra4 39.c3 Ra3 (1/2-1/2) [Event "Miscellaneous"] [Date "??.??.??"] [Result "0-1"] [White "McCutcheon, John Lindsay"] [Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"] [ECO "C12"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Bb4 c5 9.Ba3 Nc6 10.dxc5 Qa5+ 11.Ke2 Nxe5 12.Qe1 Qa4 13.Rc1 Qc4+ 14.Ke3 Ng4+ 15.Kf3 Ng5+ 16.Kg3 Qd4 17.Bd3 e5 18.Ne2 h5 19.h4 Ne4+ 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qd2 f5 22.f3 f4+ 23.Kh3 Ne3+ 24.Kh2 Qg6 25.g3 0-0 26.Rhg1 Qf5 27.g4 hxg4 28.fxg4 Nxg4+ (0-1)

Dec-14-09		TheFocus: <capanegra>< Here are a few miscellaneous games McCutcheon played with Pillsbury to test his variation of the French Defence. I took them from the book "Pillsbury�s Chess Career" by Sergeant and Watts (second edition). The dates are no specified.> This was a correspondence match from 1901.

Dec-14-09		Wild Bill: MacCutcheon was actually Armenian. His real name was John Lindsay Mkrtchian.

Jan-28-13		thomastonk: The "Philadelphia Evening Bulletin" from November 15, 1867 presents a Kieseritsky Gambit played in New York between Mr. Delmar and Mr. McCutcheon. This could be an early game of Eugene Delmar, but probably the second player is another McCutcheon. Does anybody have any additional information?

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