How do you defend against the Alapin line in the Sicilian?
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smartykids
Feb 23, 2018
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I lose to Alapin a lot of time, any suggestions?
Possibly of interest:
Starting Out: The Sicilian, 2nd Edition
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Anti-Sicilians: Move by Move
Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9003.pdf
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Sveshnikov-vs-The-Anti-Sicilians-76p3890.htm
Grandmaster Repertoire 6A - Beating the Anti-Sicilians by Vassilios Kotronias
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/BeatingtheAnti-Sicilians-excerpt.pdf
This is what i like to do
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BobbyTalparov wrote:
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 White has a long pawn chain, but it is an illusion as it is difficult to defend. I have good results with this approach (it is also how I handle the Smith-Morra).
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e4 c5 c3 and move e6, your opponent will then usually go with d4 and you reply with d5, if your opponent moves e5, congratulations, you just changed Sicilian into French.
I try to transpose to the advance variation of the French Defense depending on the move order. I also like this gambit line:
BobbyTalparov wrote:
Vicariously-I wrote:
I try to transpose to the advance variation of the French Defense depending on the move order. I also like this gambit line:
I do not understand why a Sicilian player would want to make this transposition. If you wanted to play the French, why play 1. c5 to begin with?
I love playing against the advance variation of the French but I don't like starting with e6 as White can play the exchange variation. I like asymmetrical pawn structures to keep the game more dynamic.
FYI, as an Alapin player, I play 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 and find a lot of unprepared black players.
2 days ago
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#11
After c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 qxd5 can't white play c4 because the pawn is protected by the bishop.
