I am playing a daily game with the Alapin against someone who challenged me. I’ll post it here once it’s done
A Bust to the Sicilian Defense
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Oct 2, 2019
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#1444
February 10, 1996: the day the Sicilian died. Deep Blue crushes Kasparov with the Alapin, and the chess world mourns
Oct 2, 2019
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#1445
DigitalStrike wrote:
If 2. c3 busted the Sicilian, everyone would play it and there would be no more masters playing the Sicilian.
Who cares what grandmasters play. The strongest chess player of all time is Deep Blue and it exclusively played the Alapin against the Sicilian. That should be all the proof you need
staples13 wrote:
... 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 dxc3 ... 1-0 No one is even surviving 10 moves against the Alapin.
What if Black had played 5...Nc6 ?
staples13 wrote:
DigitalStrike wrote:
If 2. c3 busted the Sicilian, everyone would play it and there would be no more masters playing the Sicilian.
Who cares what grandmasters play. The strongest chess player of all time is Deep Blue and it exclusively played the Alapin against the Sicilian. That should be all the proof you need
Not true!
Deep blue program was extremely ancient and inefficient software. Deep blue reach max search depth max 18 -22 only. And rated 2900. ( Marginally beat 2800 rated Kasparov).
Current Stockfish is extremely powerful and can reach depth beyond 30+ within a few seconds .
Current Stockfish on common smartphone is 3400+ and desktop is 3500+.
Stockfish on current PC will kill Deepblue by 95-5 in 100 games match.
Q draw does not mean bust. You could not draw against either of these two neither could IM xxxx
I probably shouldn't ask this, and it may have been covered in this thread already, but is the delayed Alapin also impossible to beat?
Oct 3, 2019
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#1451
Chicken_Monster wrote:
I probably shouldn't ask this, and it may have been covered in this thread already, but is the delayed Alapin also impossible to beat?
I’m undecided on the delayed Alapin. It certainly has its merits, but I think white is probably better off immediately playing 2. c3
Oct 3, 2019
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#1452
kindaspongey wrote:
staples13 wrote:
... 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 dxc3 ... 1-0 No one is even surviving 10 moves against the Alapin.
What if Black had played 5...Nc6 ?
Then black loses in 15 moves instead of 5
Oct 4, 2019
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#1453
staples13 wrote:
No one is even surviving 10 moves against the Alapin.
You might want to post better evidence here. Your opponent blundering a piece on move 5 shows that this game doesn't deserve to be posted
staples13 you are a 1400+ player at turn based how do you figure you know your back side from a hole in the ground? you have two games going challenge somebody
Oct 4, 2019
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#1456
I am 2000 rated in blitz. That is the equivalent of about 2200 daily and 2100 OTB
Oct 4, 2019
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#1457
LoL An awesome popularity (1640+ replies) for such a plain trolling in the OP. 
Oct 4, 2019
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#1458
I’m a little sad when I get called a troll. I’ve worked very hard to try to present an unbiased and analytical representation of how to combat the Sicilian with the Alapin
“I’m a little sad when I get called a troll. I’ve worked very hard to try to present an unbiased and analytical representation of how to combat the Sicilian with the Alapin” - staples13 (~10 minutes ago)
staples13 wrote (~1 day ago):
kindaspongey wrote:
staples13 wrote:
... 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 dxc3 ... 1-0 No one is even surviving 10 moves against the Alapin.
What if Black had played 5...Nc6 ?
Then black loses in 15 moves instead of 5
“... unbiased and analytical ...” ?
@staples13, show more of your standard rapid games, since they are a lot more credible than random blitz and bullet games.
“... I only play blitz and bullet so that’s all I can post. I’d be very willing to post my rapid games if I played any, which I don’t” - staples13 (August 31, 2019)
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/a-bust-to-the-sicilian-defense?quote_id=43948480&page=69
Thank you!