BoobyPhisher960, good player can make a draw but I would not want to be black; white can make black very uncomfortable. Alapin extremely dangerous even with 2...e6 in amateur games, black can lose very quickly. I give analysis in your inbox but not here. There are many tricky lines for white and white can change the move order to gain the advantage.
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I actually think the Delayed Alapin (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3) is more challenging to face than the Alapin, because, at least for me, it tends to be more of a surprise. I just checked it out and the Delayed Alapin (38 percent wins for white; 29 percent draws; 33 percent wins for black) scores better than the 2. c3 Alapin (33-34-33).
Staple13 wrote: Here's my game with Stockfish. It wasn't able to equalize against my Alapin and its position is probably lost.
Probably lost? Stockfish is dead lost. from Post#114 Staple13 stop at 11...Rb8 but I continue afterward.
… Black is just lost after [1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 d4 Nc6 5 dxc5]. He can ... sacrifice the pawn by taking on d1 in which case there is insufficient compensation for the pawn and black loses, …
"... the critical 5...Qxd1+ 6 Kxd1 e5, gaining dangerous compensation …" - IM Richard Palliser (2007)
Whatever though. Don’t listen to my analysis, and keep on getting crushed by the Sicilian. I on the other hand will keep on scoring 71% using my Alapin.
71%?
Lets see how you played your last 250 Alapin games going back to May 2018.
You remember this May right? You were rated 800+ then and are now 1900+ 4 months later.
Your first 50 were 43-0-7....you were playing lights out like 3200 elo. Sometimes more. It looked like someone hacked your acct to lose the 7 games.
Then you went 30-3-17.....hmmm
Then 23-4-23, 36-2-12, and finally....
26-4-20....oh...only 63% win ratio. Too bad.
When you look at how you played its very consistent. For example, when you were not lights out, you were losing other games badly. In fact, you lost 18 games back in Aug for a total of 23 moves, as part of a bigger losing streak. When you average one move per loss, you know that was a bad day. Heck you lost to a 800 rated acct 3 times in a row on move 1, while you were almost 1800 rated...(that was down from 1950s at the start of the losing streak. Note: you might want to report some of the ids, since they some have cheating accusations.
Would you say the same thing about Italian? C'mon? Or even German?
The German? What is the German opening
https://www.chess.com/openings/A00-Polish-Opening-German-Defense
Also, I'd rather play 5... Nc6 instead of Nf6.
So would I because more familar with the old fashioned tarrasch french with Bd6, and Ne7. With early c3, black has option after d4xc5, Bxc5 of playing Bb6 rather than more common positions with Bd6. 5...Nf6 is perfect ok too.
After 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3d4 d5 4pxp Qxp 5Nf3 Nf6 6Be2 Nc6 70.0 Be7 not sure how big white's is after 8c4 Qd8 9d4xc5 etc but black can play 7 ...pxp 8pxp Be7 instead 9Nc3 Qd6 10Nb5 Qd8 11Bf4 Nd5 etc black's ok in the IQP position.
Is this a joke?
One can only hope it is.
I find this works well for shutting down Sicilian
Players of all ratings are encouraged to give their opinions on this thread
This thread is stupid, everybody knows that the refutation of he Sicilian is the Rossolimo
I find this works well for shutting down Sicilian
Hey Bro, I am pretty sure that your opening is pretty bad. Even 1 in 1000 of 1600+ OTB won't play such a terrible opening.
1. After B4 e5 , the idea is to develop bishop by playing 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 (not to block your own diagonal with 2. c3. If you want to save your "b" pawn, you have to play 2. a3)
P.S, Even 1. B4 is rare in OTB, cos it is not a strong opening, it is a trash opening for bullet/blitz.
I actually think the Delayed Alapin (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3) is more challenging to face than the Alapin, because, at least for me, it tends to be more of a surprise. I just checked it out and the Delayed Alapin (38 percent wins for white; 29 percent draws; 33 percent wins for black) scores better than the 2. c3 Alapin (33-34-33).
Excellent post. The delayed Alapin is a very strong opening as well. Same idea that you refuse to allow black to trade his c pawn for your d pawn.
Especially because black usually plays something like 2.d6 which is more or less useless against the Alapin.
for me the perfect response to the Sicilian defense is the Morphy gambit
for me the perfect response to the Sicilian defense is the Morphy gambit
I looked at it. It looks like a pretty good response. It’s slightly inaccurate though because it gives black drawing chances.
for me the perfect response to the Sicilian defense is the Morphy gambit
What is the Morphy gambit?
2...e6 black should never play this second move especially if he is the stronger player, unless he want a draw.
As far as lower rateds playing 'drawish' lines, that favors the higher rated. All that does is allow the higher rated to equalize faster and then draw on having more grasp of the game than the lower rated.