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Mac3
Member since Nov-26-04 · Last seen May-03-13
I currently live in Wellington NZ, started playing at age 7, best results were 1st= 1983, and 1st 1984 achieved in Otago/Southland schoolpupils' Chess Championship. I currently have no rating. My favourite player is Capablanca.

   Mac3 has kibitzed 109 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Jan-30-13 Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2013 (replies)
 
Mac3: How can it be a Ponziani Scheme if Carlsen Madoff with the full point?
 
   Nov-30-12 The World vs Akobian, 2012 (replies)
 
Mac3: What should the pun for this game be? Varuzhan for a Baruzhan!?
 
   Nov-07-12 Aleister Crowley
 
Mac3: No the fifth Beatle was Billy Preston!
 
   Jan-20-12 Queenstown Chess Classic (2012) (replies)
 
Mac3: While America like every country has it faults it remains a great country! If it wasn't for America, New Zealand could be speaking Japanese today!! Could it be that Richard's right to freedom of speech is due at least in part to the sacrifice of our American friends who fought for ...
 
   Jan-19-12 Kotronias vs Xiu Deshun, 2011 (replies)
 
Mac3: Vas must have had a Clinton in their eye after that game ;-)
 
   May-28-10 K Asrian vs A Minasian, 2007 (replies)
 
Mac3: This game appears in a recent release by Chessbase on the Two Knights variation as an example of how white nullified the dreaded Traxler! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... "Trent uses the game Asrian-Minasian for two reasons: Asrian made the game look so easy and there have ...
 
   May-03-10 Zygmunt Frankel (replies)
 
Mac3: I recall when he was editor of the NZ Chess magazine in 1985-6 a "mysterious author" wrote a letter to the editor. The author of the letter was T K Z Gunman Flyer, which upon closer scrutiny was an anagram of the editor!
 
   May-03-10 Anand vs Topalov, 2010 (replies)
 
Mac3: Some interesting analysis on the game at www.chessvibes.com With 42. Qa4! White could have prevented the black pawn going to d2. 42... Qd5+ (42... d2? 43. Qc2+ ) 43. Kf1 Qe6 44. Qa2! Qd5 (44... Qc6 45. Qa1! Qd5 46. Qe1! ) 45. Qa6+ Kg7 46. Qa7+ Kg6 47. Qe3!
 
   Apr-15-10 Anand vs V Milov, 2005 (replies)
 
Mac3: Hoots mon a game worthy of Robbie Burn's famous poem put to song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXX2...
 
   Mar-21-10 Ortvin Sarapu
 
Mac3: Great to see "Mr Chess" otherwise known as Ought-to-win Sarapu honoured here today.
 
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