Pascal Charbonneau vs Paul MacIntyre (2009) "I'm a Mac. I'm a PC."

Pascal Charbonneau vs Paul MacIntyre
"I'm a Mac. I'm a PC." (game of the day Oct-06-09)
Foxwoods Open 2009 · Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) · 1-0

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Oct-06-09		Keith Dow: Dear Think, "Technically, Macs are PCs - PC just means personal computer." Also Pc's often use the Intel microprocessor and Intel chip set while Mac's always do. The guts of both computers are pretty much the same.

Oct-06-09		schroedingers cat: The PC crashed.

Oct-06-09		DeltaHawk: PC WINS

Oct-06-09		whiteshark: <34.hxg6+ fxg6 35.Be4! > from my Peronal Charbonneau click for larger view

Oct-06-09		RandomVisitor: 3 minutes per move: Pascal Charbonneau (2556) - Paul MacIntyre (2300) [A07] Foxwoods Open Ledyard, CT (2), 09.04.2009 [Rybka 3 ] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d3 d6 last book move 8.Ng5 -0.31/17 h6= 0.00/19 [Rybka 3 : 8...Bg4 9.Qd2 a6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nf3 Qc8 12.Kh2 Re8 13.Re1 b5 14.a3 Qb7 15.Kg1 -0.31/17 ] 9.Nh3 -0.33/16 [Rybka 3 : 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.a3 Rfe8 12.Re1 a5 13.Rb1 a4 14.Rc1 Ng4 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Nb5 Na5= 0.00/19 ] 9...Be6= -0.18/17 [Rybka 3 : 9...Nd4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Ne2 c5 12.Nf2 Qb6 13.c3 Ne6 14.Qb3 Qa5 15.Bd2 b6 -0.33/16 ] 10.f4 -0.37/15 [Rybka 3 : 10.f3 Qd7 11.Nf2 Nd4= -0.18/17 ] 10...Bg4= -0.18/17 [Rybka 3 : 10...Qd7 11.Nf2 Nd4 12.Be3 h5 13.Qd2 h4 14.gxh4 Rfe8 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Ne2 Nc6 17.b4 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bg5 -0.37/15 ] 11.Qd2 -0.39/15 Nd4= -0.18/17 [Rybka 3 : 11...Qd7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nf2 Be6 14.Nfd1 Nd4 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.b3 -0.39/15 ] 12.Kh1 -0.59/15 [Rybka 3 : 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nf2 Bf3 14.Nfd1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qd7 16.Ne2 c5 17.b3 h5 18.h3 Ne6 19.Rb1 Rad8 20.Qe1 b5= -0.18/17 ] 12...c6= -0.21/17 [Rybka 3 : 12...Qd7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Ng1 Rfe8 15.b3 Qc6 16.a4 a6 17.Nf3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Bf8 19.Bb2 Rad8 -0.59/15 ] 13.Nd1 -0.34/15 Qd7= -0.21/18 [Rybka 3 : 13...Ne2 14.Ne3 Nxc1 15.Raxc1 exf4 16.Nxf4 Bd7 17.c3 Re8 18.Bf3 Qc7 19.a4 Re7 20.Rce1 a5 21.Qc2 -0.34/15 ] 14.Ng1 -0.20/16 exf4 -0.21/17 15.gxf4 -0.40/15 [Rybka 3 : 15.Rxf4 Be6 16.c3 Nb5 17.Rf1 Ng4 18.Ne3 d5 19.Nxg4 Bxg4 20.exd5 cxd5 21.a4 Nc7 22.Nf3 Rfe8 23.Qc2 Rad8 24.Bf4 g5= -0.21/17 ] 15...Nh5 0.35/18 [Rybka 3 : 15...Rae8 16.c3 Nb5 17.Ne3 Nc7 18.Nxg4 Nxg4 19.h3 Nf6 20.Qc2 d5 21.e5 Nh5 22.Ne2 Qf5 23.Nd4 Ng3+ 24.Kg1 -0.40/15 ] 16.c3 0.00/15 Ne6 0.66/17 [Rybka 3 : 16...Nb5 17.Ne3 f5 18.Qc2 a5 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.a4 Nc7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qxb7 d5 23.Nxg4 fxg4= 0.00/15 ] 17.f5 0.59/15 gxf5 1.06/20 [Rybka 3 : 17...Ng5 18.Ne3 Nf6 19.Nxg4 Nxg4 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.Nf3 Ngh7 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Nh4 Qe8 24.Be3 a5 25.e5 dxe5 26.Bc5 0.59/15 ] 18.Ne3 0.93/17 Ng5 0.93/18 19.Nxf5 0.33/17 [Rybka 3 : 19.exf5 Nf6 20.Nxg4 Nxg4 21.Qf4 Nf6 22.Nh3 Nfh7 23.Nf2 Nf6 24.Ne4 Nfxe4 25.dxe4 f6 26.Be3 Nf7 27.Rad1 Qe7 28.Rf3 Kh8 29.b3 Rg8 30.Rg3 0.93/18 ] 19...d5 1.10/15 [Rybka 3 : 19...Rae8 20.Qf2 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Qxf5 22.Rxf5 Re5 23.Rf1 f5 24.d4 Re7 25.exf5 d5 26.b3 Ref7 27.Nh3 Rxf5 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Nxg5 hxg5 30.Bh3 Rf2 31.Be6+ Kh7 32.Bc8 Nf4 33.Bxf4 0.33/17 ] 20.Nxg7 0.60/16 [Rybka 3 : 20.Qe1 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 dxe4 22.dxe4 1.10/15 ] 20...Nxg7 1.04/18 [Rybka 3 : 20...Kxg7 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Qe3 f6 23.Qd4 Rfe8 24.Qxd5 0.60/16 ] 21.exd5 0.84/17 cxd5 1.03/16 22.Qf2 0.84/14 Bf5 1.09/19 23.h4 1.09/18 N5e6 1.14/18 24.Bxh6 0.94/16 Bxd3 1.31/19 [Rybka 3 : 24...Kh7 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.Rfe1 Rae8 27.Qd4 Rd8 28.Qxa7 0.94/16 ] 25.Rfd1 1.31/17 Qb5 1.43/15 26.a4 1.15/16 Qc4 2.08/16 [Rybka 3 : 26...Qa6 27.Bxd5 Rad8 28.Qg2 Bg6 29.Nf3 Kh7 30.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Kxh6 32.Bb3 Qf6 33.Rd7 Ne6 34.Bd5 Bh5 35.Qd2+ Kg7 36.Ng5 Nc5 37.Rc7 Re8 38.Qd4 Qxd4 39.cxd4 Nxa4 40.Rxb7 a5 41.b3 1.15/16 ] 27.b3 1.69/16 Qa6 1.74/15 28.Qg3 1.08/19 [Rybka 3 : 28.Bxd5 Bg6 29.c4 Kh7 30.Be3 Qa5 31.Nf3 Qc3 32.Qd2 1.74/15 ] 28...Bg6 1.08/18 29.Rxd5 1.08/17 Rfd8 1.09/15 30.Rad1 1.08/15 Nf5 1.91/19 [Rybka 3 : 30...Nh5 31.Qf3 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Neg7 33.Bxg7 Nxg7 34.Qg3 Kh7 35.Rb5 Re8 36.Bxb7 Qf6 37.Rg5 Rd8 38.Qe5 Qb6 39.Be4 Qxb3 1.08/15 ] 31.Rxf5 1.91/18 Rxd1 1.89/17 32.h5 1.89/15 Qb6 2.90/16 [Rybka 3 : 32...Qd6 33.Qxd6 Rxd6 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Rf6 Rad8 36.Bf1 Ng7 37.Rf2 Rc6 38.Bc4+ Rxc4 39.bxc4 Nf5 40.Bc1 Rd1 41.Bf4 Ra1 42.Rb2 Rxa4 43.Rxb7 1.89/15 ] 33.Rf2 2.46/15 Kh7? 9.89/12 [Rybka 3 : 33...Rd3 34.Bf3 Qd6 35.Qxd6 Rxd6 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.c4 Nc5 38.Be3 Nxb3 39.Bxb7 Rad8 40.Bd5+ Rxd5 41.cxd5 Rxd5 42.Rf6 Re5 43.Bf2 a5 44.Rxg6+ Kf7 45.Rb6 Nc5 46.Rb5 Nd3 47.Rxe5 Nxe5 48.Kg2 Ke6 2.46/15 ] 1-0

Oct-06-09		MarvinTsai: <think>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Sys... <RandomVisitor>: Nice PC there :)

Oct-06-09		Bobsterman3000: Why would anyone want to use a Macintrash? the are no good.

Oct-06-09		kevin86: This does not compute...to be a good game.

Oct-06-09		Eggman: There is something aesthetically displeasing about the way Black plays his move and then resigns before his opponent can rely - I wish people wouldn't do that.

Oct-06-09		halito27: Friends don't let friends use Windows... ;-)

Oct-06-09		YouRang: Hey, I think this is one of the game/puns I proposed to cg.com :-) However, I recall suggesting simply "PC vs. Mac", so they changed it a bit (an improvement, I think).

Oct-06-09		estrick: <Black plays his move and then resigns before his opponent can rely - I wish people wouldn't do that.> White is, after all a 2500, while Black was a "mere 2290." Once Black saw that his last move, 33. . . . Kh7, neither saves his own bishop, nor allows him to capture White's bishop on h6, why keep playing? By immediately acknowledging defeat, he's just showing a little respect to the player who saw the position more deeply.

Oct-06-09		Phony Benoni: <YouRang> Great minds, and all that. I submitted one along this pun line as well. I'm going to have to track the Pun Submmission List a little closer, so I can know when to stroke my ego.

Oct-06-09		Eggman: <<estrick>> It would hardly be disrespectful (or time consuming, etc.) to allow 34.hxg6+ Kxh6 35.Qh4+ (or whatever the continuation would have been) and to only then resign.

Oct-06-09		estrick: <Eggman> What I was looking at was 34. Be3 which not only saves the bishop, but also threatens Black's queen, followed by 35. hxg6, which gives White two pieces for a rook, and more importantly, an overwhelming attack against Black's very exposed king. If you're a master, as MacIntyre is, I'm sure the game looks completely lost, and he obviously didn't want to continue playing a hopeless position. It's just not fun. That's probably the more important reason for resigning when he did, rather than to tip his hat to Charbonneau.

Oct-06-09		PhilFeeley: <Pc's often use the Intel microprocessor and Intel chip set while Mac's always do.> I thought Mac's used the Motorolla chips and PC's always used Intel...?

Oct-06-09		WhiteRook48: great attack from a Four Knights (?!)

Oct-06-09		screwdriver: Nice attack by white.

Oct-06-09		Steven87: <PhilFeely> That used to be true, though it's changed in recent times.

Oct-06-09		AnalyzeThis: White's King's knight was the star of this show.

Oct-07-09		AnalyzeThis: <Why would anyone want to use a Macintrash? the are no good.> Tell that to anybody who runs a business involving photography, desktop publishing, web design, etc.

Oct-07-09		Eggman: <<Estrick>> Who's talking about playing on in the position? If 34.Be3 is the move that Black is expecting (34.hxg6+ seems simpler to me, but they both win), then just wait a second (or 3 minutes, or whatever) for the move to be played, and then resign - that's all I'm saying. In addition to competing, the players are creating a work of art together, and the last punch before a player capitulates should come from his opponent - that's just good artistry.

Oct-07-09		estrick: <Eggman> I would agree with your point about artistry if this game had been played in a GM event with only one game per day. However, it was a Swiss system event with many games played in a condensed period of time. If I'm MacIntyre and play 33 . . . Kh7, and then notice that it doesn't do any good as soon as I take my hand off the piece, I say "You win, I resign" and move on to get ready for the next round. At this point we're just debating different opinions of chess ettiquette, and I don't think there's a definitive answer. Different players will do what ever they're accustomed to doing when they get into this situation.

Oct-08-09		Keith Dow: Dear PhilFeeley: <Pc's often use the Intel microprocessor and Intel chip set while Mac's always do.> I thought Mac's used the Motorolla chips and PC's always used Intel...? You are way behind the curve. Mac dumped Motorola a long time ago. They also dumped IBM and Motorola a few years ago for Intel.

Oct-08-09		Keith Dow: Dear Bobsterman3000: Why would anyone want to use a Macintrash? the are no good. ===== Wow! A flash back to the eighties. Anyway, Microsoft switched to GUI interfaces a long time ago and now just makes crummy Mac clones. But that probably happened before you were born.

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