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Sofia Polgar vs Sergey Dolmatov
Rome Open (1989), Rome ITA, rd 9, Feb-??
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation. Wolf Gambit (C12)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply)better is 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 = +0.49 (29 ply) 4...dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Be3 Nc6 = -0.22 (41 ply) 5.e5 Nfd7 6.f4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Be3 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 ⩲ +0.54 (34 ply)= -0.22 (35 ply)better is 16.h4 Be6 17.h5 Rad8 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.g4 Kg7 = +0.31 (32 ply)= -0.25 (34 ply) after 16...Qe7 17.Bb5 f5 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rfe1 e4 20.f3 Qc5+ better is 19...Bd5 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qxe5+ Kg8 22.Qg5 Bc4 23.Nf5 Qb6 = 0.00 (37 ply) 20.Ne4 Qe7 21.b4 Bf5 22.Nc5 Rc8 23.g4 Qg5 24.h3 b6 ⩲ +0.71 (35 ply)= -0.19 (40 ply)better is 21...Bd5 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Qxe5+ Kg8 24.Qg5 Bc4 25.Nf5 Qb6 = 0.00 (37 ply) 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.b4 Bf5 24.Nc5 Rc8 25.g4 Qg5 26.h3 b6 ⩲ +0.71 (35 ply)= -0.19 (40 ply)23...Bd5 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qxe5+ Kg8 26.Qg5 Bc4 27.Nf5 Qb6 = 0.00 (37 ply)1/2-1/2

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Oct-29-22
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  fredthebear: The Wolf Gambit usually goes: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Ne2

C12 Sub-variants:

French, MacCutcheon variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4

French, MacCutcheon, Bogolyubov variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 Qa5

French, MacCutcheon, advance variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5

French, MacCutcheon, Chigorin variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6

French, MacCutcheon, Grigoriev variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qg4

French, MacCutcheon, Bernstein variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4

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

French, MacCutcheon, Dr. Olland (Dutch) variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1

French, MacCutcheon, Tartakower variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7

French, MacCutcheon, Lasker variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3

French, MacCutcheon, Duras variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bc1

French, MacCutcheon, Lasker variation, 8...g6
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6

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