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I made two blunders, but my rival didn't see them and paid for it dearly.

Too many moves for the definition "miniature" but onyhow, three brilliant moves according to chess.com engine:

I agree, both Qc7 and Nd4 were dubious, but perhaps white's 4.b3? was even dubious-er. But after your much better 6.Nfd2! Bf5, white shouldn't follow up immediately with 7.f3? because of Ng3! However, white can just exchange knights first, and he's better.

BTW, nice game against the FM. Not surprised white didn't find 9.Ng5! I mean, that's a pretty lengthy sequence to find in a bullet game. I probably couldn't find it in a week.

The knight attack in the Italian Game. This move, 5...Nb4, is an interesting alternative to the usual 5...Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 line, which can be pretty drawish. It's definitely inferior, but it's certainly playable on the intermediate level, if a bit risky.

A discovered attack on Black's queen, leading to a resigned game on his part immediately after.

Triple Brilliant!

How to share my games? I really want to share games here

Rifle, there is a board button(First one to the left). Once you click that, you need to insert a URL or PGN of your game and load it in, then press the green button to upload the game, then post it.

I was looking back at a file of old games of mine from the 1990s, and found a game where I got to play the Fried Liver Attack! The only reference I knew of it was as a brief mention in a small book (Chess in a Nutshell) that I had read in the late 70s, and the name struck me as funny so I had learned that if Black recaptures the pawn, sack the Knight and worry Black for ages. I never got to play it very often, and this might be the only game of mine I have recorded, played on the old FICS chess server, back in the days of dial up modems and centuries of lag! Fun stuff.

I knew almost nothing about chess strategy until about three months ago, so I don't think I've played any particularly impressive games yet. This is a pretty typical kind of win for a London System player like myself, the most interesting thing about it is that I played what I think is my only brilliant move to date - one that gave me a guaranteed forced mate.

Yah, back then all I knew about was up to move 7 by White. Now, with so much information on-line, there's a lot more available (although I wish it didn't get referred to as the "Fried Liver" at 4. Ng5 as the "Fried Liver Attack" line really only begins at 6. Nxf7 ..., and at the time Black's 5. ... Nxd5 was considered a blunder, so the Fried Liver was considered something available if Black makes a mistake, which one could never count on. Anyway, that's just a pet-peeve of mine, and "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet", so I shouldn't really fret. And yes, the play gets very wild very quickly!

Oh, I've never heard of that. Cool, one can learn something new every day.

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I agree. 7...Qf6 just seems to give the piece back with interest. The only way to try and survive this for black is 7...Ke6, but it's a pretty harrowing fight. Besides the usual idea to avoid this stuff with 5...Na5, black can try the Ulvstad variation, 5...b5. Here's a game from a Titled Tuesday from last year:

https://www.chess.com/games/view/16911241

Another alternative line in the knight attack (other than 5...Na5) is 5...Nd4. It's pretty tricky, and can lead to some weird positions. I've only tried it a few times, and this is probably my best game, though I only managed a draw.

Nice find for the draw though. Well played.

A nice attack

My opponent is white, I am black.