In the realm of fond memories lies a remarkable game that was long forgotten until I recently stumbled upon a notation sheet safely tucked inside of a book. Apparently, at the Fremont Summer Chess Camp in 2013 I played an instructive game against a young student in which I spotted a rook handicap and employed the Fried Liver Attack. The excitement of rediscovering this chess game brought back many fond memories and has rekindled my passion for The Fried Liver Attack. I hope you enjoy the chess game below and be sure to check out my extensive YouTube lesson on the Italian: Two Knights Defense and the Fried Liver Attack entitled “Think This is Kid’s Stuff?”
The Game in GIF format:
Move by move analysis of White’s play:
1. e4 is “Best by test” and especially so when you are playing without a Rook on h1.“Knights before Bishops.“In the Italian structure, the Bishop targets f7 right away.4. Ng5, attacking f7 a second time, is a move quite popular with kids and those who are young at heart.Capturing with our pawn instead of exchanging our Italian Bishop.The start of The Fried Liver Attack!Our Queen places the Black King in check while adding more pressure to the pinned Knight on d5.Our Knight adds a third attacker on d5.The White Queen moves to the same file as the Black King and also defends c2.Go away Mr. Knight.11. d4 overwhelms the pinned e5 pawn.After 11… Qf6?, 12. Nxd5! punishes Black’s mistake. Our Queen says “Hello” to the Black King.And now our pawn says “Hello” to the Black Queen.15. Bg5+ deserves two exclams!Our Rook forms a battery with the Queen creating unstoppable checkmating threats.Checkmate
The original game in pgn format:
[Event “No Rook on h1”]
[Site “Fremont, Ca”]
[Date “2013.06.26”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Chris Torres”]
[WhiteElo “”]
[Black “Zeki Xu”]
[BlackElo “”]
[Result “1-0”]
[FEN “rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBN1 w Qkq -“]
Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California. Chris Torres served as the President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy from 2005-2020 and currently is recognized as a correspondence chess master with the United States Chess Federation. Since 1998 Chris Torres has taught 6 individual national champions as well as led multiple school teams to win national championship titles. In addition, Chris Torres has directed and taught at 10 different schools which have been California State Champions at chess. In 2011 and 2012, several former and current students of Chris Torres have been selected to represent the United States at the World Youth Chess Championships. Mr. Torres’ hobbies include playing classical guitar and getting his students to appear on the national top 100 chess rating lists.
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