A Bust to the Sicilian Defense

I’m undecided on the delayed Alapin. It certainly has its merits, but I think white is probably better off immediately playing 2. c3

Then black loses in 15 moves instead of 5

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

As usual, you haven't refuted this line :

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

I am 2000 rated in blitz. That is the equivalent of about 2200 daily and 2100 OTB

LoL An awesome popularity (1640+ replies) for such a plain trolling in the OP.

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 

“... unbiased and analytical ...” ?

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How do you get them to lock thread? It's wasting electricity.

Yes please please close this thread!! The OP is clearly insane.

Black can always play differently, in which case he merely loses differently 

I hate to get off topic here, and trust me we’ll soon get back to analyzing how best to play the Alapin, but is anyone else stunned the General Motors Strike is still going on? It’s been 3 weeks!! I prefer Ford, but still GM and the UAW need to make a deal, it’s costing both the company and its workers hundreds of millions of dollars 

That is equivalent of about a 1400+ troll patzer

I often lose with all kinds of openings because I make stupid moves, but I win with the Alapin much more often than any other opening 

The Alapin either wins by force or it doesn’t, but no one on the planet knows with absolute certainty which  one is true. I am of the opinion that with best play the Sicilian defense loses to 2. c3. Most of you are of the opinion that black can hold on and draw. Maybe I’m right, maybe you’re right; no one knows. All I’m trying to do here is to have an intellectual discussion in the pursuit of truth to determine whether or not black can survive the Alapin. Is that so awful? Just because someone says something you don’t believe or agree with doesn’t mean they should be silienced. It doesn’t mean it’s not a discussion worth having 

I enjoy playing the Alapin, I enjoy analyzing the Alapin, and I enjoy sharing my knowledge of the Alapin,  that’s why I created this thread. 

That is fair. All right I will post one of my losses, and we’ll see if we can’t find a winning line for white instead