The Fried Liver attack is a very nice opening for beginners. It enables a lot of opportunities and is a decent opening unlike the Scholar’s mate attempts that a lot of beginners are playing.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 The two Knights Defence
4.Ng5 This is an immediate attack at Black’s weakest square f7, but White is also moving a piece in the opening twice. Still it is a rather nice attack and Black has only the move 4...d5 to avoid losing the pawn on f7.
( But a lot of beginners won’t see the threat and play something like 4...Bc5? after which White can continue with 5.Nxf7! attacking both the Queen and the Rook 5...Qe7 6.Nxh8 )
5.exd5 Nxd5 I can’t recommend this for Black, but most players will take this pawn.
( 5… Na5 a Knight on the rim is usually dim, but this time I should say it is the right move. )
6.Nxf7 The main idea of the Fried Liver attack. It seems that White is giving a piece for free.
( The move 6.d4 will be better. This is the Lolli attack and I will add a lesson about this opening in the future. )
6… Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Now look at this postion, before reading further, and decide how Black should continue.
7… Ke6! The right move, but how many players will move their King to the center?
( 7… Kg8?? 8.Bxd5+ Be6 ( 8… Qxd5 is hardly better 9.Qxd5+ Be6 10.Qxe6# ) 9.Bxe6# )
( 7… Ke8? 8.Bxd5 Qf6 9.Bxc6+ Qxc6 10.Qxc6+ bxc6 and White is fine )
8.Nc3 Nd4?
( Black has to play 8...Ne7 which enables the move c6 to defend the Knight, or 8... Nb4 that is probably even better, because now White has to play 9.Qe4 or Bb3 to prevent the Knight fork on c2. )
9.Bxd5+ Kd6 10.Qf7 threathening 11.Ne4# 10...Be6 ( Better is 10... Qe7 11.Ne4+ Kd7 ) 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nb5+ Kc5 13.Qxe6 Kxb5
OK, let’s stop here. Black is moving further into trouble, and after 14.a4+ Ka5 15.Qxe5+ White is also two pawns ahead.
You may continue by trying to solve some of the chess exercises or by reading the next chess lesson about attacking a pinned piece .
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