Is the Fried Liver +-?

sloughterchess · 2010-07-07T10:53:40-07:00

The Fried Liver in the Two Knights' Defense has a checkered past. While seemingly busted according to ECO, it now has been analyzed deeply by Jon Edwards and Dan Heisman in recent issues of Chess Life. Jon thought that White might have a slight endgame plus. Dan, on the other hand came up

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sloughterchess

Feb 19, 2013

#21

HOT and the Fried Liver. While the innovation 9.Bb3 has been examined elsewhere, this is the first analysis that suggests it may lead to advantage White in the main line of the Fried Liver.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5

6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3ch Ke6 8.Nc3 Nb4

9.Bb3! c6

10.a3 Na6

11.Nxd5 cxd5

12.d4 Kd7 (Be7 13.Be3 [c4?!, O-O?!] Rf8 14.Qe4 Nc7 15.dxe5 Kf7 16.Qxh7 Rh8 17.Qd3 Rh5 [Be6 18.O-O-O +/-] 18.Qd4 Kg8 19.O-O-O Rh4 20.Qd3 Bg5 21.Kb1 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 +/=)

13.dxe5 Kc7

14.O-O Bc5 (Be6 15.Rd1 Bc5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Rf8 18.Rxd8 Rxf3 19.Rxa8 Rxf2 20.b4 Bb6 21.Bf4 Rxf4ch 22.Kh1 Nb8 23.Re1 +/-)

15.Bxd5 Rf8

16.Qd3 Kb8

17.c4 +/-