Simon Alapin

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Semyon Zinovievich Alapin (1856–1923), was a Lithuanian^[1] chess player, openings analyst and puzzle composer.

Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, he was a Jewish^[1] Russian citizen and one of the strongest players in Russia in the late 19th century. Today he is best known for his creation of opening systems in almost all major openings.

[edit] List of openings named after Alapin

• Alapin's Variation of the Sicilian Defence: 1. e4 c5 2. c3.
• Alapin's Opening in the Open Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Ne2!?.
• Alapin's Gambit of the French Defence: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3!?.
• Alapin's Defense of the Ruy Lopez: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4.
• Alapin's Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence: 1. e4 c6 2. c3.
• Alapin's Variation of the Dutch Defense (also known as the "Manhattan Variation"): 1. d4 f5 2. Qd3.
• Alapin's Variation of the Queen's Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6.
• Alapin Steinitz Variation of the Evans Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Bg4
• Sanders Alapin Variation of the Evans Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Bd7

[edit] References

• Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld (1996). The Oxford Companion To Chess. Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. 

1. ^ ^{a b} Chess and Jews by Edward Winter

[edit] External links

• Simon Alapin at ChessGames.com