The English and the Alapin are Busted

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HorribleTomato

Ah... but staples, to beat the sicilian it must be a sound game.

And if you're playing against stockfish, who CAN'T see that the Alapin is winning, you should win.

Let's see you two play 15|10, or just 10 min. blitz.

HorribleTomato
congrandolor wrote:

You can´t compare, Lyudmil is a well known theoretician, this guy stpales is a clown.

I agree... but unless Lyudmil is willing to EXPOSE himself he will technically win here.

staples13

Haha obviously not look at the games. The second game I had an average pawn loss of 1.6 according to chess.com and you had 1.8. Now I realize these were bullet games but that’s not a good game for our level even under bullet time controls. 

The first game we were better but according to chess.coms analysis I only played the best move 40% of the time and you 35 %, so I’m pretty sure we can do better

HorribleTomato

 

HorribleTomato
staples13 wrote:

Haha obviously not look at the games. The second game I had an average pawn loss of 1.6 according to chess.com and you had 1.8. Now I realize these were bullet games but that’s not a good game for our level even under bullet time controls. 

The first game we were better but according to chess.coms analysis I only played the best move 40% of the time and you 35 %, so I’m pretty sure we can do better

For a guy that refuted opening books, you rely on engines a lot.

staples13

No I just used chess.coms quick 1 minute analysis. I almost never use chess.coms analysis to analyze my games afterwards I only do so when I’m going to post a game. 

HorribleTomato

oh, I see. But how can you trust it if it doesn't like the alapin?

staples13

 

hitthepin

Well, staples proved his point somewhat. Lyudmil, your turn!

HorribleTomato

Don't think that was the opening, but okay. Lyudmil gets ready... or just downright doesn't care.

hitthepin

Most likely the latter

staples13
HorribleTomato wrote:

oh, I see. But how can you trust it if it doesn't like the alapin?

engines love the Alapin. The first time an engine ever beat a reigning world champion it was Deep Blue beating Kasparov using the Alapin!

HorribleTomato

That was... 1900s, staples. Use up to date data please.

hitthepin

Let’s not have a TSOC debate, guys. Tomato, you already have TOGOT, you don’t need another argument and another giant thread. wink.png

HorribleTomato

I like giant threads! I have... two of them.

hitthepin

TOGOT and KOTL?

hitthepin

WHAT IS THE SECRET TO SUCH POPULARITY?!

HorribleTomato

TOGOT I used LFOG to wrench out my regulars...

and KOTL I was bored so I did something stupid.

staples13
HorribleTomato wrote:

 

Let's see you two play 15|10, or just 10 min. blitz.

I dont want to play anyone at blitz.

I finally finally finally reached my goal of getting my blitz rating over 2000, and I want to enjoy it for the time being so I don't want to risk losing and having it drop under 2000.

2 minute 1 second  increment bullet is essentially equivalent to a 3 minute no increment blitz game timewise, so thats why i chose that time control as I do not care about my bullet rating

HorribleTomato

Hey, wanna play a round, staples?