staples13

Oct 22, 2018

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#441

I’ve explained why 2. d5 loses in very detailed terms and with games to demonstrate, but I would like to state the reason here in the most simple and eloquent way possible

2. d5 immediately opens the center and since black lags behind in kingside development he can not survive white’s attack. 1-0

kindaspongey

Oct 22, 2018

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#442

staples13 wrote (~3 hours ago):

I’ve explained why 2. d5 loses in very detailed terms and with games to demonstrate, …

"... [Na3!] needs to be played and it needs to be played earlier than move 9. Otherwise white’s development isn’t rapid enough and black can catch up and draw. If white plays [Na3] earlier his position would’ve been crushing, but since he waited he only comes out with a small advantage" - staples13 (~1 day ago)

"... Black is better after [9...cxd4 10 Nb5 Qf5] in the above game, and it seems to me that white has to play 11.Bg3, as after 11.Nc7+ Kf8 12.Bg3 I do see a stupidly placed piece: The knight at c7, while the rook at h8 is doing just great after a quick ...h5. Oh, and white is a pawn down, with no obvious way to create some play. '[Na3] Needs to be played earlier than move 9' -when? …" - IM pfren (~1 day ago)

Are we going to see staples13 identify a specific pre-move-9 "crushing" improvement for White?

drmrboss

Oct 23, 2018

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#443

staples13 wrote:

I’ve explained why 2. d5 loses in very detailed terms and with games to demonstrate, but I would like to state the reason here in the most simple and eloquent way possible

2. d5 immediately opens the center and since black lags behind in kingside development he can not survive white’s attack. 1-0

A bust to Sicilian is a shocking opening repertoire in chess. This should be highlighted in chessbase magazine or similar prestigious news.

staples13

Oct 23, 2018

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#444

Here is a 1 minute no increment bullet game I played. Another unstoppable mating attack in the Alapin.

sibi_90

Oct 23, 2018

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#445

staples13 wrote:

Here is a 1 minute no increment bullet game I played. Another unstoppable mating attack in the Alapin.

Another mating attack in alapin with d5 as key move.

staples13

Oct 23, 2018

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#446

It was a superb 1 minute game

staples13

Oct 23, 2018

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#447

But not as good as Sibi's game. Beautiful mating attack. You seem to like to sacrifice your queen a lot Sibi! Well done!

sibi_90

Oct 23, 2018

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#448

staples13 wrote:

But not as good as Sibi's game. Beautiful mating attack. You seem to like to sacrifice your queen a lot Sibi! Well done!

I am trying to prepare some sacrifice lines in the openings I play so that I can use them on OTB rated Tournaments.

nasbiii

Oct 23, 2018

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#449

Yes, my rating's not much to look at and this also was a bullet but it's a pretty good example of how I ideally like to handle the Alapin with the black pieces. It's valid until white's blunder at 15.

pokoflo

Oct 23, 2018

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#450

Ok

staples13

Oct 23, 2018

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#451

sibi_90 wrote:

staples13 wrote:

But not as good as Sibi's game. Beautiful mating attack. You seem to like to sacrifice your queen a lot Sibi! Well done!

I am trying to prepare some sacrifice lines in the openings I play so that I can use them on OTB rated Tournaments.

Nice. That’s one of the many good things about the Alapin you’ll probably catch your opponent off guard

staples13

Oct 23, 2018

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#452

nasbiii wrote:

Yes, my rating's not much to look at and this also was a bullet but it's a pretty good example of how I ideally like to handle the Alapin with the black pieces. It's valid until white's blunder at 15.

Good game nasbiii.

I actually very much like the way you played that. If you’re going to play 2. d5 to open the center you better develop your kingside and castle quickly otherwise you will get mated. So I very much think you playing e6 and Nf3 early on were absolutely the correct moves.

nasbiii

Oct 23, 2018

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#453

staples13 wrote:

Good game nasbiii.

I actually very much like the way you played that. If you’re going to play 2. d5 to open the center you better develop your kingside and castle quickly otherwise you will get mated. So I very much think you playing e6 and Nf3 early on were absolutely the correct moves."

Thank you for the feedback - high praise coming from chess.com's "ranking expert on the Alapin" and I'm encouraged! I read your post "I Am the Worst 2000 Player of All Time": absolutely hysterical as well as brutally self-aware. Great stuff.

Doyouknowtheeway

Oct 23, 2018

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#454

Hmm I just played a similar one earlier I just played nf6 and dominated the whole game.

staples13

Oct 23, 2018

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#455

I just had an important realization!!

Now I think we all know 2. e6 still loses to the Alapin, but unfortunately none of us can prove it, as it’s difficult to stop it from being transposed into the French Defense. So instead of spending more time finding the refutation to 2. e6, that surely must exist, I came to the realization that the second black transposes into the French Defense it is no longer an Alapin. It is now a French opening, so it can’t possibly draw against the Alapin because it is no longer an Alapin!

kindaspongey

Oct 23, 2018

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#456

staples13 wrote (~1 hour ago):

I just had an important realization!!

Now I think we all know 2. e6 still loses to the Alapin, but unfortunately none of us can prove it, as it’s difficult to stop it from being transposed into the French Defense. So instead of spending more time finding the refutation to 2. e6, that surely must exist, I came to the realization that the second black transposes into the French Defense it is no longer an Alapin. It is now a French opening, so it can’t possibly draw against the Alapin because it is no longer an Alapin!

So you no longer want to claim that White has a forced win after 1 e4 c5 2 c3 ?

kindaspongey

Oct 23, 2018

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#457

sibi_90 wrote (~9 hors ago):

… Another mating attack in alapin with d5 as key move.

Another game:

Are we going to see staples13 identify a winning improvement for White?

ZiYaBi

Oct 23, 2018

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#458

Um... it’s almost Halloween, not April fools my friend. Either wait a few months or grow some brain cells. Please.

SpiritoftheVictory

Oct 24, 2018

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#459

A Bust to the Sicilian Defense.

!!!LOL!!!

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TwoMove

Oct 24, 2018

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#460

nasbiii wrote:

Yes, my rating's not much to look at and this also was a bullet but it's a pretty good example of how I ideally like to handle the Alapin with the black pieces. It's valid until white's blunder at 15.

There isn't anything wrong with 5...e6, or 5...Bg4. What you played was quite reasonable,. After 6Be2 since the bishop isn't very active there in an IQP position, can also play 6 ...pxp 7.pxp Nc6 then after something like 70.0 Be7 8Nc3 Qd6 9Nb5 Qd8 10Bf4 Nd5 don't think white has even the slightest advantage.