@Holographwars and @staples13 see my current ongoing game against @viruschidai.
A Bust to the Sicilian Defense

@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:
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Computers always show that in the opening because of white's first-move advantage.
That sign won’t be a good for a serious player.
Are you saying chess is a forced win for white?
No, I am not claiming an immediate win for White in the Alapin, but that it gives a solid advantage to White, and GMs would consider that to be a refutation.
@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:
+=
Computers always show that in the opening because of white's first-move advantage.
That sign won’t be a good for a serious player.
Are you saying chess is a forced win for white?
No, I am not claiming an immediate win for White in the Alapin, but that it gives a solid advantage to White, and GMs would consider that to be a refutation.
A little advantage, but I consider these stuff as refutations!!!!:

@staples13 and @holographwars
VS
@kindaspongey, @snacktime10101, @ChessBoy513, @ChessProMasterGZ, @pfren, etc.
You guys are outnumbered.
Don’t forget Dawson
And the rebels were very outnumbered (1000 to 1) yet they defeated the Empire.
Numbers are irrelevant. If the argument is correct, it is correct regardless of how many or few support it.
@staples13 and @holographwars
VS
@kindaspongey, @snacktime10101, @ChessBoy513, @ChessProMasterGZ, @pfren, etc.
You guys are outnumbered.
Don’t forget Dawson
And the rebels were very outnumbered (1000 to 1) yet they defeated the Empire.
Numbers are irrelevant. If the argument is correct, it is correct regardless of how many or few support it.
Yes, but it's not correct.
Besides, the most of the time, the side with more support is usually right.

@staples13 and @holographwars
VS
@kindaspongey, @snacktime10101, @ChessBoy513, @ChessProMasterGZ, @pfren, etc.
You guys are outnumbered.
Don’t forget Dawson
And the rebels were very outnumbered (1000 to 1) yet they defeated the Empire.
Numbers are irrelevant. If the argument is correct, it is correct regardless of how many or few support it.
Yes, but it's not correct.
Besides, the most of the time, the side with more support is usually right.
Most of the time...
@staples13 and @holographwars
VS
@kindaspongey, @snacktime10101, @ChessBoy513, @ChessProMasterGZ, @pfren, etc.
You guys are outnumbered.
Don’t forget Dawson
And the rebels were very outnumbered (1000 to 1) yet they defeated the Empire.
Numbers are irrelevant. If the argument is correct, it is correct regardless of how many or few support it.
Yes, but it's not correct.
Besides, the most of the time, the side with more support is usually right.
Most of the time...
and this is one of those times.
Kim Jong Un should be ruling North Korea since the majority of its people supposedly think so.
1. Are we supposed to talk about politics?
2.That's not one of those times.
… You guys are outnumbered.
... the rebels were very outnumbered (1000 to 1) yet they defeated the Empire.
which empire? There were a bunch of empires in history. ...
The one that struck back?
... I am not claiming an immediate win for White in the Alapin, but that it gives a solid advantage to White, and GMs would consider that to be a refutation.
"Objectively, the Alapin System is not that dangerous for Black. ..." - GM Mikhail Golubev (2017)

Look, people, this whole argument is silly. If the Alapin or any other anti-Sicilian was as effective as claimed, every GM in the world would know and would never play 1...c5 in response to 1.e4, for fear of meeting 2.c3 or whatever.
Yet MVL (2775), as black, defeated Danov (2700) in the Sicilian (closed) in Paris this year. Why would MVL play the Sicilian against a super GM if he knew it was busted? And how could he win?

Look, people, this whole argument is silly. If the Alapin or any other anti-Sicilian was as effective as claimed, every GM in the world would know and would never play 1...c5 in response to 1.e4, for fear of meeting 2.c3 or whatever.
Yet MVL (2775), as black, defeated Danov (2700) in the Sicilian (closed) in Paris this year. Why would MVL play the Sicilian against a super GM if he knew it was busted? And how could he win?
As staples says...
(insert his quote here)

Look, people, this whole argument is silly. If the Alapin or any other anti-Sicilian was as effective as claimed, every GM in the world would know and would never play 1...c5 in response to 1.e4, for fear of meeting 2.c3 or whatever.
Yet MVL (2775), as black, defeated Danov (2700) in the Sicilian (closed) in Paris this year. Why would MVL play the Sicilian against a super GM if he knew it was busted? And how could he win?
As staples says...
(insert his quote here)
What proves staples facts even more is now, he has ChessBoy513 and his 1253 rating backing up his claims. Them there is some facts!
I mean who are you going to trust in al of this. Staples and chessboi, or 2700 GM's?
It appears there are still a few holdouts who refuse to believe the Sicilian is busted despite the overwhelming evidence.
Would you agree that the Sicilian is a poor opening and that the Alapin gives white a significant advantage that may or may not be winning?

It appears there are still a few holdouts who refuse to believe the Sicilian is busted despite the overwhelming evidence.
Would you agree that the Sicilian is a poor opening and that the Alapin gives white a significant advantage that may or may not be winning?
Considering the few times i have faced that abortion of an opening in OTB tournaments and never lost. I gonna go out on a limb and say the Sicilian is safe.
Look, people, this whole argument is silly. If the Alapin or any other anti-Sicilian was as effective as claimed, every GM in the world would know and would never play 1...c5 in response to 1.e4, for fear of meeting 2.c3 or whatever.
Yet MVL (2775), as black, defeated Danov (2700) in the Sicilian (closed) in Paris this year. Why would MVL play the Sicilian against a super GM if he knew it was busted? And how could he win?
As staples says...
(insert his quote here)
What proves staples facts even more is now, he has ChessBoy513 and his 1253 rating backing up his claims. Them there is some facts!
I mean who are you going to trust in al of this. Staples and chessboi, or 2700 GM's?
You mean my record with c5 and the ongoing game against @viruschidai.

Look, people, this whole argument is silly. If the Alapin or any other anti-Sicilian was as effective as claimed, every GM in the world would know and would never play 1...c5 in response to 1.e4, for fear of meeting 2.c3 or whatever.
Yet MVL (2775), as black, defeated Danov (2700) in the Sicilian (closed) in Paris this year. Why would MVL play the Sicilian against a super GM if he knew it was busted? And how could he win?
As staples says...
(insert his quote here)
What proves staples facts even more is now, he has ChessBoy513 and his 1253 rating backing up his claims. Them there is some facts!
I mean who are you going to trust in al of this. Staples and chessboi, or 2700 GM's?
You mean my record with c5 and the ongoing game against @viruschidai.
I mean who are you going to trust in al of this. Staples and chessboi, or 2700 GM's?
@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:
+=
Computers always show that in the opening because of white's first-move advantage.
That sign won’t be a good for a serious player.
Are you saying chess is a forced win for white?