C12g — French: MacCutcheon, Bernstein Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 * ● Trait aux Noirs

Ouverture — Centre fermé

♔ Point de vue Blancs

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

abcdefgh

Plans. Bg3 (90 % des parties) ; exf6 (Capture en f6 — 8 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

hgfedcba

Plans. ...g5 (Attaque à l'aile roi — 99 % des parties).

Avantages

Faiblesses

Diagonale active

Plans

Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● d4→e5	● e6→d5, f7→e6, g7→h6
Passés	—	—
Majorité	—	—

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	● b5 (2v0)	● e4 (2v1)
Cases faibles	—	—
Centre	● d4 (1v0), ● e5 (1v0)	● d5 (3v1), ● e4 (2v1)

Colonnes et diagonales

♔ Blancs

♚ Noirs

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bf1	● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bh4	● Bh4 Mauvais (mob. 3)
Bb4		● Bb4 Actif (mob. 7)
Bc8		● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 1)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Clouages	● knight c3	—
Non développées	4 (● g1, ● f1, ● a1, ● h1)	4 (● b8, ● c8, ● a8, ● h8)

Sécurité du roi

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Statut	● Au centre	● Au centre
Droits de roque	O-O / O-O-O	O-O / O-O-O

Thèmes

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Phase	Ouverture
Centre	fermé

Partie
1902 Monte Carlo – Round ? – Pillsbury, Harry – 1-0 – Reggio, Arturo – G91 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 Ba5 10. b4 Nxc3
1902 Monte Carlo – Round 1 – Mortimer, James – 0-1 – Gunsberg, I. – G28 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qd3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. a3 Qa5
1902 Monte Carlo – Round 21 – Pillsbury, Harry – 1-0 – Marshall, Frank – G79 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
1902 Monte Carlo Monte Carlo MNC – Round 1 – Gunsberg, Isidor – 0-1 – Mason, James – G6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qe7
1903 It (Men) Monte Carlo MNC – Round 25 – Tartakower, Savielly – 1-0 – Mason, James – G121 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Ne2 h5 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5
1904 DSB-14.Kongress – Round 8 – Bernstein, Ossip – 1-0 – Swiderski, Radoslaw – G40 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 Qa5
1907 Ostende II – Round 25 – Schories, Georg – 0-1 – Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene – G301 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 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bxc3+
1910 DSB-17.Kongress – Round 5 – Leonhardt, Paul – 0-1 – John, Walter – G31 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Nxa2 10. c3 Be7
1912 RUS Ch Vilnius LTU – Round 2 – Rubinstein, Akiba – 0-1 – Von Freymann, Sergey – G3 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 Ba5 10. dxc5 Nxc3
1920 Gothenburg-B – Round 14 – John, Walter – 0-1 – Nilsson, Allan – G88 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. bxc3 Qa5
1922 Vienna – Round 1 – Wolf Heinrich – 1-0 – Vukovic, Vladimir – G81 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
1935 Vienna – Round 4 – Steiner, Lajos – 1-0 – Lichtenstein, Bernhard – G30 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
1938 Bad Oeynhausen – Round 13 – Kieninger, George – 1/2-1/2 – Richter, Kurt – G74 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne2 c5 10. f3 Nxg3
1945 AUS Ch – Round 13.1 – Steiner, Lajos – 1-0 – Lazare, Stefan – G11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Ne2 f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+
1949 GBR Ch 36th – Round 8.6 – Israel, Harold – 1-0 – Broadbent, Reginald – G35 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
1952 Hoogovens – Round 3 – Kostic, Boris – 1/2-1/2 – Donner, Jan-Hein – G22 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
1960 Clare Benedict Cup 07th – Round 5 – Paoli, Enrico – 0-1 – Keller, Dieter – G46 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. f3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 cxd4
1964 Capablanca Memorial – Round 1 – Wade, Robert G – 1/2-1/2 – Bielicki, Carlos – G5 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Ne2 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. a3 Nxg3
1967 URS cand master m – Round 1 – Goldin, Alexander – 1/2-1/2 – Chistiakov, Alexander – G7 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxg3
1967 URS Team Ch – Round 1 – Pinchuk, Sergey T – 0-1 – Arulaid, Alexander – G131 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 Qa5
1968 Clare Benedict Cup 15th – Round 2 – Holaszek, Hans – 1/2-1/2 – Keller, Dieter – G11 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 Ba5 10. dxc5 Nxc3

C12g — McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation (1902)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4

Les coups candidats

6…g5 — 99.4% (351 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Löschnauer, Rüdiger (11x), Bulmaga, Irina (10x), Haas, Bernhard (6x), Spagnoli, Luis José (4x), Stukopin, Andrey (4x), Laznicka, Viktor (3x), Zilka, Stepan (3x), Jackova, Jana (3x)

6…Bxc3+ — 0.6% (2 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Carrettoni, Angelo (1x), Thompson, Edward (1x), Bulmaga, Irina (1x), Gelip, Ioana (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	6…g5	6…Bxc3+
<1800	26	100%	—
1800-2200	123	99%	1%
2200-2600	159	99%	1%
2600+	3	100%	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	6…g5	6…Bxc3+
1950s	2	100%	—
1960s	6	100%	—
1980s	2	100%	—
1990s	20	100%	—
2000s	85	99%	1%
2010s	208	100%	0%
2020s	30	100%	—

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
6…g5	100%	100%	+0.5%
6…Bxc3+	0%	0%	-0.5%

Parties historiques

6…g5 — 99.4% (351 parties)

1952 — Kostic, Boris vs Donner, Jan-Hein — 1/2-1/2 — Beverwijk NED
1957 — Chistiakov, Alexander vs Prokhorovich, Taras E — 1/2-1/2 — Moscow RUS
1960 — Paoli, Enrico vs Keller, Dieter — 0-1 — Biel SUI
1963 — Veresov, Gavriil vs Petrusha, F. — 1-0 — Minsk BLR
1964 — Wade, Robert G vs Bielicki, Carlos — 1/2-1/2 — Havana CUB

6…Bxc3+ — 0.6% (2 parties)

2008 — Carrettoni, Angelo vs Thompson, Edward — 1-0 — ICCF
2014 — Bulmaga, Irina vs Gelip, Ioana — 1-0 — Braila ROU