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Fond Memories of Fried Liver

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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 -“]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3

Nb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.a3 Na6 11.d4 Qf6 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qxd5+ Ke7 14.dxe5 Qg6 15.Bg5+

Qxg5 16.Rd1 Bg4 17.Qf7#

1-0

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