French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Janowski Variation

C12

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3

How it went

9 ours · 147 masters

White wins 33% Draws 22% Black wins 45%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Korchnoi, Viktor 1/2-1/2 · 2000
Gashimov, Vugar — Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 · 2011
Shirov, Alexei — Volkov, Sergey 1/2-1/2 · 2003
Shirov, Alexei — Brynell, Stellan 1/2-1/2 · 2003
Jakovenko, Dmitry — Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 · 2007

Games in Spain

Kilic,Eray (2415) — Chigaev,M (2632) 0-1
Turgut,Aydin (2269) — Arribas Lopez,A (2434) 1-0
Villasenor Rubio,E (2239) — Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2376) 0-1
Rodriguez Fontecha,M (2309) — Delgado Kuffo,A (2320) 0-1
Meneses Gonzalez, Kevin Moises (2314) — Mendivil Anton, Daniel (2151) 1/2-1/2
Follana Albelda,Lucia (2001) — Navarro Martinez,Victor (2269) 0-1
Palacios Herrero,P (2191) — Sanchez Jerez,E (2203) 1-0
Rempe,Jonas (2187) — Garcia Martinez,M (2173) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Bb4 5 e5 h6 6 Be3
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Bb4 e5 h6 Be3
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6, Bg5, Bb4, e5, h6, Be3