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French McCutcheon for Black
Compiled by prime rib
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Alternative Response to 4. Bg5 line
King Hunt expedition

...g6 line, ...Qa5!, qside battle, exchange tactic for attack
A Muzychuk vs N Zhukova, 2002
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 35 moves, 0-1

...g6, ...Qa5!, double edged tactical game, white king incenter
A Horvath vs O Moor, 2001
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 35 moves, 0-1

Long castle, extra passers in the ending, passive rook
Z Hajnal vs G Kun, 2002
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 37 moves, 0-1

Bxf6 line, opposite castle, steinitz stunned by attackin pieces
Steinitz vs J L McCutcheon, 1885 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 28 moves, 0-1

Exf6 line, model game for black
M Schoeneberg vs Huebner, 1965
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 51 moves, 0-1

Marathon game, white sacked rook for bishop, ending win
Yagupov vs Glek, 1992
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 82 moves, 0-1

Grigoriev ...Rxg7, king in center, tactical, survive minor sac
L Barczay vs T T Hoang, 2001 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 23 moves, 0-1

Grigoriev orig, ...Be7 retreat, qside attack, chasing king
N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1915 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 25 moves, 0-1

Bxc3 line, easy equalizer, ending reached, b vs knight, long
V Gashimov vs Baklan, 2001
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 65 moves, 0-1

Bxc3 line, black focuses on qside, defends kside indirectly
C Whitfield vs D Mackle, 2012
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 0-1

Bxc3, transposes to ..g6 line, black survives attack, knight up
T Thorhallsson vs J V Gunnarsson, 2001
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 70 moves, 0-1

Early Bd3 line, qside play, ..o-o, black king safe, pin tactics
B Ivanov vs B Maksimovic, 2010
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 47 moves, 0-1

Early Qd3 line, black later plays kside
O Nazarenus vs M Galyas, 2005
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 0-1

Bxf6 line, ...Nd7, short castle both, bishop back to g7, B pair
J M Agirretxe vs Dreev, 1991
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 21 moves, 0-1

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