I always play the Alapin and I don't consider it annoying. Black can get an easy position out of it, not wining as in any decent variation of the Sicilian but an easy to play position.
Also, I don't think he is trolling, he's just delusional.
Delayed Alapin as Black
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Oct 6, 2019
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#23
Optimissed escribió:
As for the Delayed Alapin, when I started my chess career I used the Alapin. This is well before I changed to 1. c4 and then finally to 1.d4. I read a good chess book which had at least a chapter devoted to the Delayed variations. It was thought back then, in the late 1980s, that the only one with much independent significance was 2. ...d6. This put a lot of people off, at least at the time, until the 3. ...Nf6 lines were thoroughly explored and it was then thought that white could maintain some kind of an edge in that variation ... at least enough to make white's game viable and interesting. It wasn't enough to interest me and I stuck to 2. c3.
When I was an improving chess player, and I had to struggle because I was older than many beginners and slower to learn, and my grade went from 0 (yes, I truly had an ECF or BCF grade of zero!!) to 89, to 106, 132, 149 and so on, I was finding that with the Alapin I could at least get a draw with players who outgraded me by 25 points or more, so at 106 I was drawing with people around 135 but losing to 145s. As I improved though, my percentage of wins stayed the same. With 1. c4, later on, when I was at my rather paltry best, I fully expected to win against anyone lower than about 155, and obviously hoped to win against stronger players. I could not do this with the Alapin because anyone with a grade of about 140 or above in Northern England, which corresponds to a grade of 150 now after the deliberate inflation, or about 1800 FIDE, knew how to handle 2.c3 as black. But they could not handle the English or, quite often, 1. d4.
All in all, I would say play 2. c3. The Delayed Alapin requires a lot of transpositional knowledge to play perfectly, rather like 1. c4 does.
I also think that 2.c3 is better 
Here is a recent game where me, playing white, made a youngster happy.
Chess-wise, there is not much to talk about- white got a winning advantage as early as move 12, and lost on time in a very easy position (I was planning 39.Rxd6 which is the most effective move out of several).
@pfren I couldn't help but notice that you are performing rather poorly at this tournament. I don't mean to be disrespectful or anyhthing like that, but you've got only draws or loses against opponents rated in the 1500-1880 range. How is that even possible for a player of your calibre?
neveraskmeforadraw έγραψε:
@pfren I couldn't help but notice that you are performing rather poorly at this tournament. I don't mean to be disrespectful or anyhthing like that, but you've got only draws or loses against opponents rated in the 1500-1880 range. How is that even possible for a player of your calibre?
Two losses- one is this, out of a completely winning position, and the second one against a GM in the first round (played poorly, again under time trouble). Oh, and one win, but this game was rather "help chess"- the opponent was virtually self-destroyed.
There is nothing strange here, I always played several moves with seconds left on the clock. But it is rather obvious that you handle such situations way more efficiently when you are 20-something years old, compared to your play when you have hit 60.
Yeah, I guess age plays an important role when it comes to performance. Thanks for your answer.
Oct 10, 2019
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#29
Optimissed wrote:
<<<<<i think I’ve lost every other game I’ve ever played against a titled player that wasn’t an Alapin except for one time against a WIM, but I am undefeated against titled players with the Alapin. They haven’t even managed a draw against me. The Alapin is unstoppable>>>>>
Good job for you then that I'm not a titled player as you resigned against me and you were definitely going to lose.
No my position was completely winning you stalker troll. As you and everyone else know I abandoned the game because you kept spewing racial slurs at me because I wasn’t playing fast enough to suit you. I do not associate myself with people who behave as inappropriately as you do. Your constant bullying is getting old. I guess it makes you feel better to harass people online though
Good lord
Oct 10, 2019
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#31
RupertRhine wrote:
@staples... the position was flat Even when you resigned in shame. Given that most sicilians lose early or win late, @Optimissed would likely have got the win. And well you know.
Maybe he’d have won, maybe I’d have won, the world will never know because he decided he’d rather spew his racist rhetoric than play chess
This display of poor sportsmanship saddens me. gentleman who play chess should not behave this way.
Oct 10, 2019
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#33
Optimissed wrote:
people simply cannot resist goading the poor fellow into yet another vainglorious exclamation of the wondrous power of the Alapin.
This is quite funny coming from an obsessed stalker. You took a quote where I posted a game where I crushed a NM with the Alapin, on a different thread,that you are banned from due to your racist rhetoric and constant bullying, and posted it here on this thread so you could try to get my attention. I find it hilarious that you complain about others engaging in a legitimate analysis of the Alapin with me, while at the same time you obsessively stalk everything I say or do, and constantly try to harass and bully me
Oct 10, 2019
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#34
Optimissed wrote:
I mean, you could say that HE's stalking US: such is the effect of the interminable nonsense he's belabouring us all with. I genuinely think trolling is a kind of stalking.
This post is hilarious. You literally just complained 5 minutes ago about me having blocked you, so you can’t speak to me on any of my threads or profile and now you accuse me of stalking you hahahahahaha. You can’t even keep your lies straight you stalker troll. At least try to go 5 minutes without contradicting yourself. Anyhow I have better things to do than engage a racist stalker in discussion, but I’m sure when I log back in tomorrow or the day after I’ll see another dozen harassing posts from my obsessed stalker
Oct 10, 2019
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#35
RupertRhine wrote:
Dear @staples... racial abuse means different things to different people? If you were referred to as a dumb yank or something... I would say no. Some would say yes? And this NM you Crushed with the Alapin? Can we assume a 3min blitz game?!
2 NM’s actually and they were both 1 minute games
staples, optipuss, and rhine. perhaps the grand game of checkers suits you better. idiots the three.
Oct 11, 2019
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#37
SunTzu_56 wrote:
staples, optipuss, and rhine. perhaps the grand game of checkers suits you better. idiots the three.
Yes, you are right, I apologize. I should not have responded to Optimissed’s attacks and bullying. There is no need to respond to bullies, as that only only encourages them to continue to behave horrendously.
Oct 11, 2019
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#38
SunTzu_56 wrote:
Mashed potatoes are proven to cause severe ingrown toenails.
Oct 11, 2019
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#39
CoolChess01 wrote:
SunTzu_56 wrote:
Mashed potatoes are proven to cause severe ingrown toenails.
What? Do you make up random gibberish and then put it as a quote and pretend like someone said that.
Thats definitely a new one
More dishonesty from you, you mean. Just give it a rest. Stop being you for a few days and try to be something better. See how it goes.
Why would you lose any time on this staples13 guy?