A Bust to the Sicilian Defense - Chess Forums - Page 87

staples13

Dec 8, 2019

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#1721

pfren wrote:
You are a dissapointment, dude. Such a great theoretician and analyst, and you cannot even use Google search?

probably true, and yet you still are too afraid to play me

kindaspongey

Dec 8, 2019

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#1722

staples13 wrote:

IM pfren wrote:

staples13 έγραψε:

kindaspongey wrote:

staples13 wrote:

staples13 (1662) vs. 061973 (1503) … 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nc3 e6 ... 1-0 Here’s my most recent game. A one minute no increment bullet game. ...

https://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=3099254

Is that game a joke KindaSpongey? First off his name is Evgeny Sveshnikov and he’s a grandmaster rated like 2600 not 2000

You are a dissapointment, dude. Such a great theoretician and analyst, and you cannot even use Google search?

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4175832

probably true, and yet you still are too afraid to play me

Referring to your notion of "one 3 minute no increment blitz game"? Nothing more to say about Evgeniy Svechnikov? Anything to say about possible improvements over 2...Nc6, 4...g6, or 6...e6 ?

kindaspongey

Dec 8, 2019

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#1723

deaf_blue_bottles wrote:

Spongey, ... you're bugging him to play ...

Have a quote of a specific sentence?

kindaspongey

Dec 8, 2019

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#1724

"... Anything to say about possible improvements over 2...Nc6, 4...g6, or 6...e6 ?" - kindaspongey (to staples13)

deaf_blue_bottles wrote:

Spongey, you're the guy with nothing to say, who talks solely through other people's quotes. You don't play games either yet you're bugging him to ... post improvements? ...

If someone is claiming "A Bust to the Sicilian Defense", does that person perhaps have an obligation to consider possible improvements?

staples13

Dec 8, 2019

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#1725

deaf_blue_bottles wrote:

You want to talk about fear of playing, why haven't you played a blitz game in 3-4 months?

Because I’ve played like a thousand bullet games instead

kindaspongey

Dec 8, 2019

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#1726

kindaspongey wrote (October 14, 2019):

"... with best play in my opinion black loses to the Alapin." - staples13 (August 27, 2018)

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/a-bust-to-the-sicilian-defense?page=2

staples13 wrote … :

... the time control a game is played at doesn’t affect whether or not a position is winning. ...

Does it affect whether or not the moves are very close to "best play"?

"... You don't have to answer. ..." - Laura Branigan (1982)

staples13

Dec 14, 2019

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#1727

The Sicilian Alapin open has finally ended. Congratulations to Kng53 he is now an Alapin legend. One of the finest Alapin practitioners this game has ever seen. Thank you to all who participated, I hope you enjoyed playing this fantastic opening.

The floor is yours Kng530, it’s time for your well-deserved victory speech.

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

tlay80

Dec 14, 2019

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#1728

Even in the thread above, there's a real gem, the bit where a 1900 player (on chess.com's rather inflated daily chess scale) is "one of the finest Alapin practitioners this game has ever seen." (That's no criticism of kng53, who, I suspect would also be equally amused by the characerization. And winning a 100-player tournament is indeed to be congratulated -- so congratulations!)

Every time I think this thread's about to jump the shark, staples has a way of eliciting a new guffaw.

Vasilis_64

Dec 15, 2019

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#1729

Congratulations to Kng53 and to my friend Staples13 of course. By the way, I've lost a game using the Alapin against 2...g6 in a 3 days/move.

ChessieSystem101

Dec 15, 2019

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#1730

But its unbeatable!!!!! HOW?!?! Has Staples been lying to us!?!?!

tlay80

Dec 15, 2019

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#1731

Oh, and the record of "one of the finest Alapin practitioners this game has ever seen” in that tournament? 12-5 as white; 13-3-1 as black.

congrandolor

Dec 15, 2019

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#1732

Woow, I had never heard about that player, congrats!

neveraskmeforadraw

Dec 17, 2019

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#1733

It might be interesting to know that Magnus Carlsen has a slightly negative score against the c3 sicilian, if one take into account the games he has played since he became a grandmaster, in other words since 2004. A few wins he had back in 2002 were against some 2100 expert players. He has in fact a negative overall score against 2400+ opposition.

staples13

Dec 17, 2019

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#1734

neveraskmeforadraw wrote:

It might be interesting to know that Magnus Carlsen has a slightly negative score against the c3 sicilian, if one take into account the games he has played since he became a grandmaster, in other words since 2004. A few wins he had back in 2002 were against some 2100 expert players. He has in fact a negative overall score against 2400+ opposition.

Yes great post. I posted a game earlier in the thread of Carlsen getting absolutely destroyed by GM Smerdons Alapin. So the strongest player on the planet can’t beat opponents much weaker than him who play the Alapin. That says all you need to know about the dominance of the Alapin

kindaspongey

Dec 17, 2019

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#1735

kindaspongey wrote (September 11, 2018):

"... It was a bit of a strange one. I got a pretty comfortable position, and then I had the chance to swap queens and go for an endgame which was just equal, which I was really tempted to do, but then I thought, you know, I'm not going to get this opportunity again. I better be a little bit more aggressive, make myself proud, so I actually went for a king-side attack. We had opposite-side castling, and I rejected the queen swap, put all my pieces towards his king, gave up the bishop-pair, gave up some structural advantages to try and attack and I played some really ugly chess, as I am sure that my team-mates will say, really anti-positional, but the tactics all sort-of worked in my favor. Then I ended up sacrificing a pawn. He played all the critical stuff. I think he played all the best moves, and then I had this huge attack for the pawn. I couldn't quite see a way to break through, and so I just forced a draw. ..." - GM David Smerdon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmoNHljCKk

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1831469

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-VpVTJVnkU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gVKTdi2-io

staples13

Dec 17, 2019

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#1736

That’s only part of the interview kindaspongey. He also said that he would not have taken the perpetual against anyone under 2800. He had the much better pos it ion. Completely winning

kindaspongey

Dec 17, 2019

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#1737

staples13 wrote:

That’s only part of the interview kindaspongey. He also said that he would not have taken the perpetual against anyone under 2800. He had the much better pos it ion. Completely winning

Anyone can look for themselves and see if "completely winning" was said. In any event, 7...Be7 does not appear to be the only possibility.

kindaspongey

Dec 17, 2019

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#1738

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1904666

Vasilis_64

Dec 18, 2019

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#1739

That's how I've lost against 2...g6

[Event "TMCL 2019 D4 R4 - Board 8"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilis_64"]
[Black "DarkLink182"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[EndDate "2019.07.05"]
[Termination "DarkLink182 won by resignation"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
d6 O-O 9. O-O exd6 10. Re1 a6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nbd5 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. Nc3 Rc8 16. h4 Bg4 17. Qc1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Kh7 19. Kg2 Nh5 20. Re4 f5 21. Re6
Qxh4 22. Rxd6 Ndf4+ 23. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Kg1 Qg5+ 25. Kf1 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Nxd3+ 27.
Kd2 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 0-1

ChessProMasterGZ

Dec 19, 2019

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#1740

staples13 wrote:

Here’s my most recent game. A one minute no increment bullet game. This game is particularly instructive as it features the Staples13 variation of the Alapin where white castles queenside and launches an unstoppable attack on blacks kingside. Enjoy!!

Why you only post games you play against weaker opponents?