Remember The MacCutcheon

For sale is Remember the MacCutcheon! by James Eade is a distinctive book devoted to the MacCutcheon Variation of the French Defense, while also offering a personal look at what it is like to play and study a favorite opening over the course of many tournament games.Eade combines opening theory, annotated games, personal experiences and practical observations rather than presenting the MacCutcheon simply as a collection of theoretical variations. His enthusiasm for the variation comes through throughout the book, giving the reader an unusually personal perspective on an opening that Eade clearly enjoyed playing.The MacCutcheon arises from the French Defense after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5, when Black responds with 4...dxe4, immediately creating the sharp and strategically complicated positions characteristic of the variation. Eade discusses the important ideas and variations while using games to demonstrate how the positions actually develop in practical play.A particularly appealing feature of the book is that Eade does not treat opening theory in isolation. His own experiences as a tournament and correspondence player provide the framework for explaining the opening, giving the book a character that is quite different from a conventional theoretical manual. Chess players have particularly praised it for capturing the feel of the MacCutcheon and for conveying the author's enthusiasm for the variation. Eade was a USCF Master and correspondence chess masterA specialized and unusual French Defense book**, particularly appealing to players who play or are interested in the MacCutcheon Variation and to collectors of older opening monographs. It is also notable for combining opening instruction with the author's personal experiences rather than attempting to be a purely theoretical reference.If you're selling this on eBay, I would emphasize specialized MacCutcheon Variation of the French Defense in the title rather than just calling it a French Defense book. That is what will attract the buyer who is specifically looking for this relatively uncommon opening book.

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