Mmmmm... really interesting...I used to play Ruy Lopez before, but never did 4. Ng5!!!

In the game between Prins and Medina-Garcia, couldn't White have checkmated in three moves already on move 23? The move Rae1 seems pointless to me since Bh7+ on move 23 results in the very same checkmate all the same. Or does it?

in the first game, (the first one that works) after 11. 0-0 h6 12. Nge4 ECO only gives 12.  ... Nd5.  the line continues 13. Be4 Be6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. d4!  ed4 16. Nd5! with advantage to white.  in the game note, after 12. ... Nxe4 13. Be4 seems solid for white since 13. ...f5 can be met with 14. Nd5.  what is black's best line after 13. Be4 here?  thanks.

According to the Wikipedia article Fegatello is an Italian idiom which means "dead as a piece of liver."  If this is correct maybe the literal translation is Fried Liver and we've been relying on a literal translation, and ignoring the idiom meaning of the word

an Italian chess master played the attack for the first time while eating fried liver is what I heard.

Just wondering, does anybody know the story behind the name of "the Fried Liver" opening?

Very sharp opening, a good antidote to the monotony of the guico piano. However, better have your tactical vision turned on because it is not for the faint of heart. Black sacs a pawn for attacking chances and initiative, and in the main line of the Ng5 variation for white, white must patiently hold the position until the black initiative runs out, hopefully without getting mated first! 

Thanks for posting

Used to by my favorite opening, til I switched to King's Gambit. Then I realized that was more of a luck opening than a serious opening, so I'm off to the sturdy, though old, Ruy Lopez

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Nice article

That is pretty neat, didn't realized Two Knights Defence Still lived. Wasn't there some kind of a Ponciani Gambit within Two Knights also? And in general, any interesting gambit possibilities with Two Knights? Lots of questions because it is so fascinating to see something so old in a different way. Thanks for shwoing us the games.

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vry gud game. i lyk it

first game does not play for me

What am I missing? Why in the third game does white never play b4?

As black, I prefer the fritz variation. 

Fried Liver is 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5? 6.Nxf7!? but 6.d is stronger, as we will see nexst time.

I never heard of the "Fried Liver Attack" before.  thanks for the lesson.

Amazing opening. Always hearing about the Fried Liver, now I know what it is!

Thanks for sharing :)