Openings / B22
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
1. e4 c5 2. c3
- Evaluation
- +0.22 (White's view)
- Black to move, best
- g8f6
- Main line
- g8f6 e4e5 f6d5 d2d4 c5d4
- Depth
- 24, Stockfish 17
- FEN
- rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2p5/4P3/2P5/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2
White prepares d4 without allowing ...cxd4 Nxd4. Black's most reliable replies are 2...Nf6 and 2...d5, both aiming at the e4/d4 centre immediately.
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curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"fen":"rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2p5/4P3/2P5/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2","depth":24,"multipv":3}'const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"fen": "rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2p5/4P3/2P5/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2",
"depth": 24,
"multipv": 3
}),
});
const data = await res.json();import os, requests
r = requests.post(
"https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
json={
"fen": "rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2p5/4P3/2P5/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2",
"depth": 24,
"multipv": 3
},
)
data = r.json()Related openings
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