Win in 9 Moves Against the Fried Liver Attack [TRAPS Included]

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you a tricky chess opening variation for Black against 1.e4. It happens in the Two Knights Defense after the following moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6.

One of the main variations for White is 4.Ng5, targeting the f7-pawn, which leads to the Fried Liver Attack. You will learn how to counter it by playing 5…b5, which is known as the Ulvestad Variation.

This variation is so tricky that Black gets a lot of active pieces and a strong attack against the White’s king. The most commonly played moves by White lose the game.

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00:00 Tricky Opening Variation in Two Knights Defense
00:54 Countering the Fried Liver Attack as Black
02:30 1) If White plays f3 to cover the diagonal
04:33 2) if White plays Nf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate
06:31 Can you find the winning moves for Black?
06:39 3) If White plays Qf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate
08:23 If White plays dxc6 instead of Bxb5
10:18 White’s strongest response after b5
13:43 Beautiful finish to win the game

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37 Comments

  1. ► Chapters

    00:00 Tricky Opening Variation in Two Knights Defense

    00:54 Countering the Fried Liver Attack as Black

    02:30 1) If White plays f3 to cover the diagonal

    04:33 2) if White plays Nf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate

    06:31 Can you find the winning moves for Black?

    06:39 3) If White plays Qf3 to prevent Qxg2 checkmate

    08:23 If White plays dxc6 instead of Bxb5

    10:18 White's strongest response after b5

    13:43 Beautiful finish to win the game

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  3. rg2 if king takes rg2 then rg8 and bf3, if not then next move bf3

  4. C'mon, nobody above 1000 nowadays plays fried liver, this is useless.

  5. Puzzle at 6:34 best move is Rg2.

    If white plays Rg1, then trade rooks and move your other rook over to Rg8 to continue the attack
    If white takes with Kxg2, then still Rg8 and it's mate in 2
    If white plays h3 to get some breathing room, then Qf4

  6. 6:37 Rxg2 if Kxg2 Rg8+ if king back to H8 Bxf3+ followed by Qxf3# and if Kh3 We play Qf5+ so Kh4 is forced and Qg4# wins the game and if the king dont take our rook and play a random move we can take the knight treding a discovered attack and if he moves the knight instead Rg3+ just wins the game

  7. As always great content. Your style became a lot better over the years.

  8. Rook takes g2 than rook g8 check Tham bishop takes f3

  9. @6:37 first thought (no additional thinking) Rxg2 with the idea that if white takes we bring the other rook with check and we just jemoved the defender of the knight without losing out on tempo. A fork is threatened and stuff happens. But I'm not sure whether it's "efficient" to sac a rook. Depending on your understanding of efficiency it may or may not be.

  10. This is my new favourite gambit against Fried liver. Say goodbye to Traxler

  11. Regarding the puzzle, …Rxg2 is crushing I think…
    In the case of KxR, …Rg8+ (second Rook)
    If Kh1, that's …QxN followed with …BxQ#.
    If Kh3, then …Qf5+ followed with …Qg4#.
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's the solution.

  12. 0:00 why not take on f7 with knight forking queen and rook? if king takes, pawn takes discovered check and then bishop takes pawn and its a fine position?

  13. Great video still my favorite chess teacher online. Thank you for all your videos.

  14. 2:00 Why not just play Kc3 instead of Bc6? Attacking the the queen, protecting the bishop and forking the knight?

  15. Amaizing strategy, for black!🙂👍🏻

  16. Enjoyed your information that you shared here. This time it was understandable… It is true that Stockfish doesn't deal with human decisions. I'm sad also.

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