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Avatar of Palamed

Hello.

I am beginner at chess,and i need some adviceLaughing. Many times my opponent gives me a knight fork early in the game and take my rook.After we both opens with king pawns,he place his king bishop on c4, and then in three moves his king knight lands on f7, forking my queen and rook.I know i can take his knigh with my queen, when he is on g5, but what if there are other pieces around, so my queen could be taken?

What is the best defence against that? Thank you for any useful hint or advice.

Avatar of Politicalmusic

Sure.  This is commonly referred to as the Fried Liver Attack... you have to give away a pawn to defend against it.

Here is a line to use against it.

Avatar of Scarblac

As far as I can tell, you are talking about this sequence:

And here you say, "I know i can take his knigh with my queen, when he is on g5, but what if there are other pieces around, so my queen could be taken?"

IF there were other pieces around (say, he had played d2-d3 so the bishop on c1 guarded the knight), then your queen could be taken. But here, there aren't, so you should play Qxg5. What matters is what is on the board, not what could have been on the board :-)

If you play the knight first instead of the bishop, then Ng5 can be played. One solution to that is to always play the bishop first. Otherwise, you have to be prepared to give up a pawn, like Politicalmusic showed.

Avatar of Palamed

Thaks for your answer guys.Scarbiac you are right,it only matters what is on the board,i agree.Anyway, the board and position that i have posted was just for ilustration,i just wanted to say, for example,that before white would play knight on g5,he could placed his rook pawn on h4, so he prevent my defence with my queen.You were great help.Thanks

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In that case, you have time to castle, and then the threat on f7 doesn't matter so much anymore, and his h4 move would be a bit wasted.

Avatar of StrategicusRex

He can take the knight with the queen though.  The d pawn blocks the dark bishop.

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I hope that helped you!!!! Fried liver, this is what me and my opponents play when we play fried liver almost ALL THE TIME

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BTW when you play Kg8 bishop or queen takes knight almost checkmate

Avatar of Novocastrian4

What about when this happens and white opens with Queen-Pawn to D4? Then you block it like you suggested with your pawn but they take and push their pawn through. Here's my game just now. 

https://www.chess.com/live/game/9021460645

Also, do you think just pushing the rook-pawn to A6 is better for me on my third move? That way a pawn is saved

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wait wha

Avatar of Artem71y

Fork in 15 moves! 5 pieces!

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*I am playing black

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One easy way to avoid the Fried Liver Attack is to play the Hungarian Defense.