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Mystery game #12: Double-edged variation leads to wild battle!
Geoff McKay (2079) -- Brian Profit (2135), Whig-Standard Championship, Kingston 1995, (5), played Nov. 13, 1995. Time controls 30/90, SD/60. French, MacCutcheon, C12.
This was Brian Profit's first tournament at the Kingston Chess Club. He had held a rating of 2200+ some time before this, and was commuting to the club every Monday, from Belleville, about an hour's drive west of Kingston, where he was (and is) a science teacher at Albert College> Brian has been a significant organizer with the Ontario High School Chess Association. I searched in the major sources at the time, and could find no other examples of 11.Nh3, in this main line MacCutcheon variation of the French. There have been some examples since then, including an early game by future super-GM Fabio Caruana. The MacCutcheon, unveiled perhaps for the first time, by its inventor MacCutcheon, in a simul game against Wilhelm Steinitz, New York 1885 (won by Black!!!) remains unclear and difficult for both sides, 135 years later. GM Robert Fischer lost to future World Champion GM Tigran Petrosian on the White side of it at Curacao Candidates 1962.
McKay tried the line with 11.Nh3 again against me, in a G/30 at KCC, four years later. Here is the text of that game, which followed a very different course than the above game. I had the chance to study the above game, and had an interesting counter ready to try out, with a deep sacrifice for strong counterplay!
Geoff McKay (2159) -- Frank Dixon (2055), Kingston Chess Club rapid (G/30), played May 14, 1995. French, MacCutcheon, C12.
Same moves through to White's 12th:
12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.Ke3!? Bd7 15.Bxg6 O-O-O 16.Bxf7 Qc3+ 17.Nd3 Rhf8 18.Bxe6 Bxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kb8 20.Qg4 Nxe5!? 21.dxe5 d4+ 22.Ke2 Qxc2+ 23.Kf1 Qxd3+ 24.Qe2 Qg6 25.Rd1 Rfe8 26.f4 Qf5 27.g3 h5 28.Kg2 h4 29.Rhf1 h3+ 30.Kg1, 1/2. Both sides were very short of time, and decided that a draw was a fair result!
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