The chess games of Macon Shibut

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Macon Shibut

Number of games in database: 66
Years covered: 1985 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2056
Highest rating achieved in database: 2311
Overall record: +19 -33 =14 (39.4%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (9 games)
A07 King's Indian Attack (5 games)
A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (5 games)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (4 games)
B30 Sicilian (4 games)
E91 King's Indian (3 games)
A04 Reti Opening (3 games)
C77 Ruy Lopez (3 games)
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (2 games)
B50 Sicilian (2 games)

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MACON SHIBUT
(born Oct-11-1957, 67 years old) United States of America
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FIDE Master Macon A Shibut is a three-time winner of the Virginia state championship (1993, 1999, and 2002) and the author of Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory. In addition to his three state titles, Shibut has won numerous open tournaments in the mid-Atlantic region, including the Atlantic Open, Maryland Open, D.C. Open, and Virginia Open.
Since 1991 Macon Shibut has been the Editor of Virginia Chess, the official newsletter of the Virginia Chess Federation (VCF). Shibut contributed articles and analysis to VCF newsletters for years before his editorship began.
His book Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory is the most complete single volume collection of the games of Paul Morphy. It includes analysis of selected games, Morphy's openings, Morphy's endgames, and the chess of Morphy's time. The book reprints a famous article by Wilhelm Steinitz analyzing Morphy's chess as well as an essay on Morphy by Alexander Alekhine. The games section includes all known Morphy games (over 400): tournament chess, match, blitz, blindfold and games at odds. Originally published in hardcopy by Caissa Editions (1993), Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory is now available in paperback as a Dover reprint.
Source: Interviewed by tjallen, 09-06-2009

Last updated: 2020-11-26 05:36:57

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. B Nickoloff vs M Shibut		1-0	27	1985	Toronto International Open	A43 Old Benoni
2. K Pacey vs M Shibut		1-0	64	1985	Toronto International Open	B33 Sicilian
3. S Rachels vs M Shibut		1-0	34	1987	15th World Open	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
4. M Shibut vs J Curdo		0-1	39	1988	89th US Open	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
5. R Delaune vs M Shibut		½-½	34	1990	Washington op	D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. M Shibut vs S Palatnik		½-½	70	1990	18th World Open	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
7. M Mrdja vs M Shibut		1-0	33	1990	Cannes Open	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
8. M Shibut vs V Garabedian		½-½	58	1990	Cannes Open	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
9. M Shibut vs J G Nicholson		1-0	40	1990	Cannes Open	B50 Sicilian
10. J Sanchez Almeyra vs M Shibut		1-0	65	1990	Cannes Open	B33 Sicilian
11. A Blees vs M Shibut		1-0	34	1990	Cannes Open	E91 King's Indian
12. M Shibut vs S Bellincampi		0-1	20	1990	Cannes Open	C11 French
13. E Girault vs M Shibut		0-1	59	1990	Cannes Open	E91 King's Indian
14. M Shibut vs E Relange		0-1	61	1990	Cannes Open	C02 French, Advance
15. M Shibut vs R Guglielmi		1-0	51	1990	Cannes Open	C17 French, Winawer, Advance
16. M Shibut vs L Busquets		1-0	21	1991	New York Open	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
17. B Kreiman vs M Shibut		½-½	17	1991	New York Open	B32 Sicilian
18. M Shibut vs A Ansel		1-0	24	1991	New York Open	B30 Sicilian
19. H Olafsson vs M Shibut		1-0	65	1991	New York Open	A12 English with b3
20. Alburt vs M Shibut		1-0	29	1991	New York Open	E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
21. M Shibut vs Epishin		0-1	64	1991	New York Open	B50 Sicilian
22. S F Mayer vs M Shibut		½-½	30	1991	19th World Open	A45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. M Shibut vs D Abramson		0-1	40	1991	19th World Open	C00 French Defense
24. M Shibut vs A Hoffmann		0-1	33	1992	New York Open	B15 Caro-Kann
25. H Olafsson vs M Shibut		1-0	30	1992	New York Open	E91 King's Indian


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May-18-10		wordfunph: Macon Shibut is also the author of the book The U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.. http://www.amazon.com/U-S-Chess-Hal...

Jul-02-15		offramp: I was in a French restaurant and ordered oysters. The waiter said, "Would sir like a Macon with that?" I said, "Why? Are they still full of water?"

Jul-02-15		Tomlinsky: I know the very place <offramp>. A classy establishment and always a pleasure to while away an afternoon observing the clientelle with a Sémillon.

Nov-04-17		keypusher: <Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory>, a fine book. https://www.amazon.com/Morphy-Evolu... http://store.doverpublications.com/...

Nov-04-17		MissScarlett: Does the guideline, <No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts.>, also refer to player biographies?

Nov-05-17		keypusher: <MissScarlett> I couldn't say, Mr. Volunteer Auxiliary Policeman. But since neither the author of the biography nor cg.com is getting paid on sales of Shibut's book, I fail to see how anything in the bio is advertising.

Nov-05-17		ughaibu: Being unable to get the joke of either Offramp or Tomlinsky, I was just happy to be able to assume that "a fine book" would be, by association with Fine, a crap book.

Nov-05-17		keypusher: <ughaibu> I've never read Beim's book on Morphy, which I understand is very good. But I genuinely enjoyed Shibut's book. It's kind of a grab bag (chapter titles include "Thomas Barnes" "Odds" "Blunders and Omissions" "Selected Morphy Endgames") but any modern master who really digs in to Morphy and his contemporaries is going to find interesting things.

Nov-05-17		ughaibu: What I was hoping for was an explication of the jokes!

Nov-05-17		offramp: Ughaibu: <offramp: I was in a French restaurant and ordered oysters. The waiter said, "Would sir like a Macon with that?" I said, "Why? Are they still full of water?"> Macon is famous as a source of very good wine. I have been there and drunk it at its source. I remember also that there is a huge bridge there. Some Macon wine does indeed go very well with oysters. However, when you say the name Macon it can sound a bit like "mac on", where mac is an abbreviation for mackintosh, which in the UK is a waterproof outer garment (sometimes incorporating a scapular). Therefore the waiter <may> have been asking: "Sir, with your oysters would you like to wear an impermeable raincoat?" To which I, in jest, said, ""Why? Are they still full of water," as if I expected a deluge of brine to spout from each oyster.

Nov-05-17		perfidious: Macon County Line.

Nov-05-17		offramp: I now see that there is a Macon in Georgia. I meant the Mâcon in France.

Nov-05-17		ughaibu: Offramp: Thanks.

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