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Hey! I need someone to analyze this opening for me, it's called the Italian Game Two Knights Defense Fried Liver Attack

Smile Thanx!
Avatar of Wou_Rem

I analyse that stronger players will play this.
Avatar of bresando

Yes, B usually sac a pawn like you showed in the second diagram, getting good play.

In the first variation 6. d4! first is considered more accurate and leading to some advantage (it's not a refutation as believed some years ago). The basic idea is to delay the knight sac to a more favourable moment, when W can get out the queen bishop immediatly. With very precise play W emerges only += according to current theory, but B has to find a very precise continuation among tons of lines which lead to a quick loss.

The immediate sac (fegatello or fried liver attack) is probably less accurate but very fun to play, unfortunately i have only a vague knowledge of it.

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The fried liver is fun to play but I have a problem with all the "anti fried livers" that just pack out horrible for white if you don't know how to play it. Like in diagram I showed.

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Calling the second line an anti-fried liver is a bit strange, that is a main line 2KD while the fried liver is a sideline Wink the third line is known as the Traxler attack. Theoretically it goes up and down from "refuted" to "good enough with very precise play". In practice it is a tought beast to handle, very tactical and full of traps. I vaguely remember that is simpler for W to play Bxf7+ instead of Nxf7. B gets a less evident compensation, even if in practice the two moves are of similar strenght.

Overall Ng5 is a sharp move which requires to be backed up with lot of study. At sub 1400 level it's ofter worth to try Ng5 hoping for B to enter the variation in the first diagram, but if B knows his theory you have to be aware that in the 2KD its usually B who attacks and W the one defending. If you want open lines and piece play, maybe you should swich to 4.d4, the max lange attack.

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If you want analysis on the traxler, you can search a long thread in the e4e5 section at chesspub.

However i don't think it's worth to learn by heart tons of complicated lines, better to learn sidelines on the field according to me.

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bresando wrote:

Calling the second line an anti-fried liver is a bit strange


That´s why I put it in brackets :D.
I mean anti as anything else your oppenent can do that drags you out of your fried liver lines.

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Sorry my fault i didn't noticed the bracketsSmile