A Bust to the Sicilian Defense - Chess Forums - Page 59

staples13 · 2018-08-27T00:56:48-07:00

In my opinion the Sicilian Defense is busted. It loses by force. The opening move of the Sicilian Defense violates just about every opening principle. It fails to develop a piece, fails to put a pawn in the center, and fails to open up a bishop for development. It allows white to immediately open up

kindaspongey

Aug 27, 2019

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#1161

IM poucin wrote (September 26, 2018):

staples13 a écrit :

Now that we’ve spent the past month learning and analyzing the Alapin, I’ve decided to create a daily tournament where ...

I don't think anybody learnt anything.

U showed your own analysis, with some nonsense and bad moves from black which don't prove anything.

U just proved u lack some objectivity and skill to assess moves/positions.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/a-bust-to-the-sicilian-defense?page=12

ChessProMasterGZ

Aug 27, 2019

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#1162

poucin wrote:

staples13 a écrit :

Now that we’ve spent the past month learning and analyzing the Alapin, I’ve decided to create a daily tournament where we can test our newfound knowledge.

I encourage you all to join. The link is below.

https://www.chess.com/tournament/sicilian-alapin-open-1

I don't think anybody learnt anything.

U showed your own analysis, with some nonsense and bad moves from black which don't prove anything.

U just proved u lack some objectivity and skill to assess moves/positions.

I mean, seriously, an IM sided against you!

staples13

Aug 27, 2019

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#1163

ChessProMasterGZ wrote:

I mean, seriously, an IM sided against you!

So what?

ChessProMasterGZ

Aug 27, 2019

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#1164

So, he is higher rated than you! Plus, if you ask any GM, they will say that the Sicilian is not refuted

ChessProMasterGZ

Aug 27, 2019

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#1165

And only like 3 people support you in your notes but 10+ side against you

snacktime10101

Aug 27, 2019

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#1166

who cares if your score is high! my score playing black with the Sicilian in OTB is 70%. plus I played a buncha GMs and IMs in it! so t=does that mean e4 is busted? no because I play e4 too and against the Sicilian I win 70% of the time! so I say both openings are busted!

ChessProMasterGZ

Aug 27, 2019

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#1167

I say none of them are busted!

IM pfren

Aug 28, 2019

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#1168

staples13 έγραψε:

Where have you been the last 1257 posts? It was proven well over a thousand posts ago

The only thing that was proven in the vast majority of the previous posts is that you are an idiot who cannot even troll properly.

Reuben_Sammitch

Aug 28, 2019

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#1169

staples13 wrote:

Reuben_Sammitch wrote:

https://www.chess.com/tournament/rs4-sicilian-alapin

Try out both sides of the Alapin, the white side of which championed by the OP, in this tournament...Hope to see you there!

Let's see those who claim the Sicilian is dead, or that it loses by force, prove it!

Where have you been the last 1257 posts? It was proven well over a thousand posts ago

Playing the tournament and crushing all opposition with white would be more convincing than all this armchair argument.

Personally, I think after 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5, black is okay.

robertjames_perez

Aug 28, 2019

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#1170

This is highly unnoticed. This is the best way to fidht the Alapin Variation. Sadly this is less popular than many other moves.

robertjames_perez

Aug 28, 2019

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#1171

Actually 5...Bf5! has a negative score for white if I'm not mistaken.

ChessProMasterGZ

Aug 28, 2019

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#1172

robertjames_perez wrote:

This is highly unnoticed. This is the best way to fidht the Alapin Variation. Sadly this is less popular than many other moves.

I’ll try that

robertjames_perez

Aug 28, 2019

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#1173

42.75% winning percentage for white, so it's(5...Bf5) certainly better than the most common reply, 5...Bg4, which has 55% winning percentage for white.

robertjames_perez

Aug 28, 2019

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#1174

And LOL! Chess isn't even solved, so how can you say a certain opening is busted? Prove to me that the Sicilian is busted by Alapin by showing a mathematical solution to that! And actually statistics doesn't say a certain opening is busted. An example is the Sodium Attack, which has very high percentage(about 76%) but bad opening.

snacktime10101

Aug 28, 2019

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#1175

Bf5? thats interesting I might take up the d5 line again after seeing that

ChessBoy513

Aug 28, 2019

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#1176

@staples13 2 IMs are against you and I have a high rate with both KP and Sicilian they're not refuted.

For your information see my ongoing game against some 1200 in daily he has only a king left and I have a rook and pawn.

Here's a good line against Alapin:

HolographWars

Aug 28, 2019

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#1177

pfren wrote:

staples13 έγραψε:

Where have you been the last 1257 posts? It was proven well over a thousand posts ago

The only thing that was proven in the vast majority of the previous posts is that you are an idiot who cannot even troll properly.

The only thing proven here is that you cannot defend your thesis of the Sicilian is not refuted, and therefore, this guy isn’t relevant to the argument.

HolographWars

Aug 28, 2019

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#1178

Just to say:

In a recent tournament I was pretty much lost in the opening when I faced the Alapin. Didn’t have much chance, was facing an 1850, and I just couldn’t defend.

HolographWars

Aug 28, 2019

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#1179

robertjames_perez wrote:

This is highly unnoticed. This is the best way to fidht the Alapin Variation. Sadly this is less popular than many other moves.

Because it gives White +0.7 on FishStock, unless I can’t read properly.

ChessBoy513

Aug 28, 2019

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#1180

HolographWars님이 썼습니다:

robertjames_perez wrote:

This is highly unnoticed. This is the best way to fidht the Alapin Variation. Sadly this is less popular than many other moves.

Because it gives White +0.7 on FishStock, unless I can’t read properly.

You don't even know it's called Stockfish.