How to CRUSH Aman's New Fried Liver Trap (And a message to him)

Recently, Aman made a youtube video about a new variation of the Fries Liver that revolves around the move 4. Qe2. I will say, throughout my analysis, keep in mind that I'm only 1550 elo here so I might constantly misinterpret Stockfish's evaluation lol. I've copy and pasted this from Aman's club, where I also posted this guide,

Basically, for those that don't wanna watch the video, the purpose of the opening is for your opponent to stumble into a fork of the king and the bishop. Which is resignable at Aman's level.

Some goofy Grandmasters have ignored the move that obliterates this, because they weren't subscribed to Chessbrah's Youtube channel and didn't know to prepare against the trap. So they stopped it by castling and playing qe7 instead of taking the knight, and losing a boatload of time finding just an equalizing move.

So, the move to have a big advantage against this trap is 5. Nd4 instead of 0-0. Here's the main line for this variation.

Here, not only has the nice in-between move bg4 stopped white from castling for the foreseeable future, but this position is ridiculous for a human to play as white: Your own pawn prevents any nxf5 ideas, and you can play h6 to kick the knight to the dim rim of the board. Additionally, you're gonna get a bishop for a knight, you have huge pawn expansion on the queenside. Even though you're down a pawn, you have a ridiculous amount of control over the board and Stockfish generously evaluates this at -1.2 because of this.

I am baffled is to why this is one of the more recommended Stockfish lines. Bxf7+ is greedy and you eventually have to give up either the bishop or the knight due to h6. Stockfish suggest dancing around before giving the piece up, but the reality is that you can't protect those minor pieces because the knight on d5 forces you to move your queen out of danger after snatching up the pawn.

The fact that Stockfish suggests this line as one of the stronger ones for white here really shows how dire of a situation this opening can lead to if played properly by black. And that this line is only -1.7 shows how trash Stockfish is at properly evaluating the position from this gambit and the difficulties a non-genius human would face playing with the white pieces here.

This wacky variation actually leads to white's knight being trapped and their pawn being threatened. This pretty much means that if both sides are experts, white's completely doomed.

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Dear Aman,

It's a really neat trap, but not for the GM level. Even in the most fortunate lines here after nd5, the position's still terrible. Given your advertising for the trap and usage of it, top players will eventually study these lines and not only ruin your chances of using it effectively, but might cause losses in the process.

It's like a more confusing and double-edged version of the Englund Gambit: It's nasty if played wrong and is hard to play properly, but you're way worse even nd5 and the following moves have been prepared against you for this.

So to bad players (like me) I'd say go ahead and play it. But the only way an opening survives at top levels is by being acceptable if it's refuted, and I don't think this one is. With Stockfish and how rapidly info on this trap has spread, the modern day and tech stuff makes it even easier to counter.

If this is still utilized a lot in the far future, I bet'll just be seen as a more advanced trap that you gotta learn how to block at certain levels, and thusly can't really use it there.

Peace,

And goodnight all,

Nathaniel

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Name reveal haha caught in 4k

So real!

Bruh I had already name revealed elsewhere. 💀💀💀

Only one and I stopped using it ages ago. The place where I said my first name before was in my club, Me Like Blogging.

h6 or be7 are also simple refutations, don't know why he has made two videos on this without mentioning refutations, nd5 if you do play be5 was the move suggested in the comments section in the first video.