pfren wrote:
Both 2...Nf6 and 2...d5 are fine against the Alapin, and some players may also like 2...e6 or 2...g6.
For me, 2...g6 is good.
A Bust to the Sicilian Defense
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I dislike Sicilian defence
i used sicilian defence for a while and won 1:3 ratio
not great
Sep 4, 2018
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#106
There's nothing wrong with that as long as 1/3 of your games were draws 
Sep 4, 2018
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#107
Here's another 3 minute no increment blitz game that I played a couple minutes ago where I transposed from a French Defense into an Alapin. Notice, like with all Alapin games, how white's control of the center and superior piece development is what wins the game
6.....Nc6
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Event "Vs. Computer"]
[Round "1"]
[White "TheRealDante"]
[Black "Computer Level 10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[CurrentPosition "8/3k4/p6p/P2P2pq/4Qp2/5K2/6PP/8 w - - 6 47"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.a4 e6 11.O-O a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bf4 O-O 16.Rc1 Bf6 17.Be3 Be7 18.b3 Ba3 19.Rc2 Nd5 20.Qf3 Qb6 21.Rb1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 c5 23.Ne2 Rad8 24.a5 Qd6 25.Rc4 Rb8 26.Qe4 Rb5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.Nd4 f5 29.Qd3 e5 30.b4 exd4 31.Rxc5 Rxb4 32.Rbc1 Qe6 33.exd4 f4 34.Re5 Qd6 35.Rd1 h6 36.Qc3 Rfb8 37.d5 Rb3 38.Qe1 Rb1 39.Re8+ Kf7 40.Rxb1 Rxb1 41.Qxb1 Kxe8 42.Qe4+ Kd8 43.Qd4 g5 44.Kf2 Kd7 45.Kf3 Qg6 46.Qe4 Qh5+ 47.Kf2 Qd1 48.Qe5 Qc2+ 49.Kf3 Qd1+ 50.Kf2 Qc2+ 51.Kf3 Qd1+ 52.Kf2 1/2-1/2
(I pressed the hint button for every move and didn't actually play)
Sep 5, 2018
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#112
2. c3 equalizes for black, as Uri65 notes above. As a Sicilian player, I am prepared against it.
Is staples13 actually trying to beat stockfish?
What am I doing with my life, I just read this whole thread 
I really was on the edge of my seat, wondering if this is a troll post or not but unfortunatly
"Admittedly I couldn’t figure out how to download stockfish so I had to guess as to what moves stockfish would have played, but I think I probably got it right"
gave it away 
Btw, 7. ...dxe5 might be more challenging than Nb6. Stockfish initially thinks that 8.Bxd5 is a problem, but after some time realizes that the black queen sits comfortably on d6 after 8. ...Qxd5 Nc3. Although going for 7. ...Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5, where black might even hope for a sizeable advantage, at least with engine assistance, is propably the best try vs staples13 
Sep 9, 2018
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#118
This is not a troll thread. It has been a legitimate analysis of the merits of playing the Alapin against the Sicilian Defense, my inability to download stockfish notwithstanding.
Anyhow I’m glad you read the whole thing. Hope you learned something from it. I certainly have!
Don't you realize c3 violates "Basic Opening Principles"? So, if we're looking on a principle basis, c3? is also bad. c3 tries to control the center, c5 tries to control the center. c3 doesn't develop a piece, c5 doesn't develop a piece. So...
Both 2...Nf6 and 2...d5 are fine against the Alapin, and some players may also like 2...e6 or 2...g6.