By the way the Sicilian Alapin Open is into round 2! Congrats to all of those who survived round 1.
A Bust to the Sicilian Defense
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Jan 6, 2019
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#743
The Idea behind Nf3 is good. Basically white is saying that if black is going to waste a move to accomplish nothing then I’m going to immediately open the center. The only problem with 2. Nf3 is that it is inaccurate because it gives black drawing chances.
The moron that startes this thread is a complete idiot. The Sicilian is the most popular and definitely the best opening for Black.
Jan 7, 2019
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#745
BeastBoy06 wrote:
The moron that startes this thread is a complete idiot. The Sicilian is the most popular and definitely the best opening for Black.
That’s a rude and inaccurate comment
c3 d5
exd5 Nf6
Bb5+ Bd7
Bc4 b5
be2 Nxd5!!! -- brilliant move by black and the defining move of the Alapin variation forever, cementing Black's control of the center
Now
Now black can develop very quickly
staples13 wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
My game with Staples has been going on for a few weeks now and we've reached move 15. Staples is using all his allotted time, which is sensible, and I have to say that this game has given me the chance to really look hard at one of the main lines in the 2. ...d5 Alapin, maybe for the first time in my life. I've never used a book since the early days 30 years ago and I've generally found, playing black over the board in club chess, that I do fine when I take care to fully complete development, choosing the right squares for the rooks to suit the position, and I lose when I try to cut corners and decentralise too early. Except when I'm playing people over 2200 FIDE when I lose in any case. But for the first time, I've really tried to catalogue all of white's and black's possible breaks. I think black is fine and black's losses all come from blunders.
My apologies. Yes it’s true I’m playing very slowly. Too slowly. I have been very busy and have not spent much time on chess.com, but I will move faster going forward!
Yeah same. Youve so far spammed vacation thrice now, like you move, then activate vacation. is everything alright?
caro cann
sorry guys mistake
Where I Play e4, they are playing c5. I Play Nf3. e6 c3 Nc6 d4
yeah THAT is the Sicilian, and nf3 is the open. this guy (inexplicably) hates it
Kgotsomojakhomo wrote:
sorry guys mistake You realise you can DELETE comments
I don’t like sicilian. I like e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 O-O Nf6 d3 h6 Nc3 d6 Be3 Bb6 Na4 Bxe3
fullbasket wrote:
Where I Play e4, they are playing c5. I Play Nf3. e6 c3 Nc6 d4
Feb 3, 2019
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#755
No offense or anything but the alapin is no bust to the sicilian. In the worse case scenario, black plays e6 d4 d5.
Feb 3, 2019
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#756
and by the way, the games are OK but your opponents (no offense or anything) both played a really bad counter to the alapin. And by the way, you can still try to refute e4 c5 c3 Nf6 for black and all the other variation mentionned b4
Feb 3, 2019
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#757
I found an attacking variation in the Closed Sicilian,thanks to my chess tutor.
1.e4 c5
2.Nc3 Nc6
3.g3 g6
4.Bg2 Bg7
5.d3 d6
6.Be3 e6
7.Qd2 Nge7
8.Bh6 O-O
9.h4 Bxh6
10.Qxh6
"... This is my recent game with staples13, where he played a c3 Sicilian (Alapin). He blocked me from the thread, which was very hospitable of him, so I can't post it there. At the point where he resigns, I think black is better. It seems difficult for white to formulate a plan." - Optimissed
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/staples13-and-the-alapin-our-game
My game with Staples has been going on for a few weeks now and we've reached move 15. Staples is using all his allotted time, which is sensible, and I have to say that this game has given me the chance to really look hard at one of the main lines in the 2. ...d5 Alapin, maybe for the first time in my life. I've never used a book since the early days 30 years ago and I've generally found, playing black over the board in club chess, that I do fine when I take care to fully complete development, choosing the right squares for the rooks to suit the position, and I lose when I try to cut corners and decentralise too early. Except when I'm playing people over 2200 FIDE when I lose in any case. But for the first time, I've really tried to catalogue all of white's and black's possible breaks. I think black is fine and black's losses all come from blunders.
My apologies. Yes it’s true I’m playing very slowly. Too slowly. I have been very busy and have not spent much time on chess.com, but I will move faster going forward!