The Fried Liver Attack – Part 6

The next brilliant game is a very typical example of Fried Liver Attacking ideas.  
Morphy,P – NN [C55]  
New Orleans sim New Orleans, 1858  
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4   
There are two ideas behind 4.d4. One of them is obviously the attack over the center – to support active actions there. Another obvious idea is to open [...]

The Fried Liver Attack – Part 5

 
1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6  8. Nc3   
 
8…Nce7    
Another way to treat black’s position is the well known   
9.d4! 
This move was analyzed by Polerio about 400 years ago! It’s easy to discover the drawback of
A.)  9…exd4? 
After 10.Qe4+ Black King is overloaded and Nd5 is lost.  10…Kd7 11. Nxd5 White wins the piece back [...]

The Fried Liver Attack – Part 4

Today we will continue our course by looking at the second defense in the Fried Liver attack:  
1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6  8. Nc3  
8…Nce7    
The key difference is that white can’t eliminate that knight immediately with the rook sacrifice as after 8…. Ncb4 9. a3!  
Greco,G – NN [C57]
Europe 1620  
 9.0-0  
White [...]

The Fried Liver Attack – Part 3

At this second critical position, when black has to protect the hanging knight on d5, there are   only two possible continuations:  A.8…Ndb4 ; B.8…Nce7
 
 
A.) 8… Ndb4
Black not only defends Nd5 but also intends to capture the pawn on c2 with the check!  
So…. It looks like white has to forget about the d5 knight and [...]

The Fried Liver Attack – Part 2

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5
We start by analyzing the Classical 4…d5 move. 
 
4…d5 5.ed
This is the first critical position.The assessment of this line is far from obvious. It looks like black has to capture the pawn after
 5… Nd5
and now white has a temporary initiative which could be transformed into a strong attack. 
It’s easy to [...]

The Fried Liver Attack – Part 1

As you remember we’ve decided to start the game from the most aggressive first move 1. e4, but after
1… e5, many of you would prefer 2. Nf3, skipping the super aggressive Danish gambit after 2.d4.
Then the most logical continuation as we know will be 2…. Nc6 at once protecting the pawn e5 and increasing the [...]