Noi theoretical significance whatsoever, just a casual blitz game between two very strong players. After 8.Bxd7+?! white already has to think about achieving equality, and this has been demonstrated in hundreds of games.
I mean, Nf6 isn't baiting the Fried Liver, it's just a standard move top GMs like to play because it allows them to be more flexible with their Bishop placement and it avoids certain theory which is much more annoying to deal with than the Fried Liver.
Nice video except one small problem: This isn't the Fried Liver Attack. The Fried Liver Attack is predicated on Black's 5...Nxd5 whereby White launches the Attack with the sacrifice 6.Nxf7. If these two moves are not played, then there is no Fried Liver Attack, just the standard line of the Two Knights Defense.
True. Very often, the intent of the move Ng5 early is to enter the fried liver attack as soon as possible, so people often forget the final few moves that brings us officially into the fried liver attack.
@@mstalcup I play this a lot as white. My goal isn't Fried Liver. My intent is to give black a shit pawn structure with pawn down and sort out the issues with development and coordination later (I trade pawnstructure and a pawn for having shit development and problems coordinating). I'll play Fried Liver if forced to. 95% of players (That plays Two Knights defense) avoid Fried Liver... So if that would be my intent Im up for being disapointed.
@@ChessBlueprints You still have the words "Fried Liver" in the title, but this game is actually a Two Knights Defense, Italian Game: Normal Variation, Polerio. It's not a Fried Liver until and unless Black takes the pawn on d5 and White plays 6. Nxf7. If White opts for 6. d4 instead, that's the Lolli Attack.
Yes, this was a really nice video. He took some thing that everyone is familiar with, and then showed how Magnus handles it. Really interesting and you presented it in a way that I could understand. Thank you.
This isn’t the fried liver attack. The fried liver attack only happens after 5…Nxd5 6. Nxf7. For some reason people think that if you play Ng5 in any position it somehow becomes the fried liver attack. The name comes from the fact that the king is moving up the board, not after white’s king knight.
I'm speculating because I suspect Magnus is similar style to Capablanca. He would want to keep his knight and take his opponent knight with his bishop. Capablanca was another GM that loved endgame he preferred the knight to the bishop in endgame. He also believed in creating as many pass pawns as possible and preferably on both sides of the board following the two weaknesses rule to win endgame. Also if your really good at pawn play pawns just paralyze the opponent counter play what Nima called the tall pawns are worth more than a queen when they reach the 2nd or 7th rank.
What are you talking about? Fried liver is the white’s response (move deeper) to two knights defense. So the initial position with knight jumping to g5 is called the fried liver attack
0:48, "the only move", but what about bishop to c5, then if knight takes f7 pawn bishop to f2 check, if king takes the bishop the f6 knight takes the e4 pawn check, if the king goes back to e 1 the queen goes to h4 check, if he covers moving the g2 pawn to g3 then the knight takes it, if h2 takes the knight then you win material (the h1 rook) with a check, but lets say the king moves from e1 to e2 offering a queen trade after you toked the h1 rook instead of cover with the bishop, easy the knight from c6 goes to d4 check, the king must move and you win the queen. Now, if instead of cover the check with the g2 pawn, he moves his king to e2 its a forced check-mate in 3 moves, here are the options: 1) Queen to f2 check, the king is forced to move to d3 2) The knight from e4 moves to c5 check, king movers from d3 to c3, and queen to d4 check mate ......Another option is: 3)The c6 knight moves to b4, the king can only take the e4 knight and then queen to f4 check-mate. Hope someone likes this little advice ;).
4...Bc5 leads to a large advantage for white after 5.Bxf7+ or even 5.d4. Basically it is hoping for the lemon 5.Nxf7, which is analysed till the end (and to a draw). If Hope Chess is your thing, then feel free to play it.
@tobiasf.1302 Traxler is only good against people who doesn't know it. a GM with 3k blitz rating knows it. At that level its not seen as an resonable option any more then a6 is. So... No, its not the only move but the only resonable move at GM level.
@@prashantbits Yes. I would take the pawn if it wasn't going to cost me an bishop. I can always castle out of the "queen/king aligned" problem, next move or two. So... At the a "beginned level" they would hang a bishop. But the idea of picking of the pawn, had it been free, works at higher levels then begginers.
I have a question: 7...... Be7--- WHat is blacks response after 8.b4? It seems the knight can'0t go anywhere, and BxB 9. QxB doesn't do much to save it...?
4:25 Taking the b3 knight is really nonsense. White just voluntarily move a centralized knight to a bad square, it's not easy to get the knight into the game again. Also taking the knight will help white opens the a-file, and the a8 rook will be tied down defending it.simplr retreat the a4 knight to the c6 square and black will enjoy a very comfortable position
Why couldn't you flip the board so we see black pieces as if we were black. It's always annoying when videos like these try to teach and the color were focusing on is opposite to us.
Well... that isn't fried liver, is it? I call it "Two Knights Defence main line after Ng5" but I seem to remember its proper name is Polerio Defense in Two Knights Defence. Fried Liver is the exact version shown with 4. -- Nxd5 5. Nxf7. There is several other ways to respond to Ng5. But the most common, by far, is Polerios Defense... At least on my level (1800 ish Elo). I play this as white fairly often. Also Fried Liver.
1:58 Ba4? Thats a mistake in polerio defence. Does not look like you know the teory here but still a nice game rewiew. I understand its not advisable to enter the fried liver as black to people who dont study the lines there realy well. But i used to play fried liver as white. Now i stopped playing it as white and sometimes i have played it as black. I even played it over the board in classic game and i won that game. In freid liver white gives up a knight for a pawn and a exposed black king. And even the computer jumps forth and back in the lines. White realy has to know how to attack here if black knows about to handle it. Very risky i know. Easy for black to do a mistake. But it was realy funny to beat that guy. He took on f7 in the speed of a blitz game already showing he was thinking that he was already winning. Then few moves later showing that he did nkt know the variations that deep and that it was not that 3asy. Many players going for the fried liver are banking on the early mistakes. I started playing the lolli attack instead. I think the lolli is better. Delaying sacrificing the knight to a better moment.
Im confused,,you call this what Magnus played the Polerio Defense and what Hikaru played thePolerio Defense. I always seen what Hikaru played was the Chigorin counter attack.
4.Ng5 is not the Fried Liver. The Fried Liver only happens if it continues 4...d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! 6.Nxf7. Only *then* is it a Fried Liver. Also, in the line you gave, with 8.Ba4 is a mistake by White. Better is either 8.Bd3 or 8.Qf3 or 8.Be2
BTW, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! 6.d4! is the Lolli Attack which is at least as good as the Fried Liver. Set up that position just before 6.Nxf7 and let Stockfish run for a few minutes. It will eventually switch between favoring d4 or Nxf7 and vice versa.
4:24 Knite b3 is just stupid, I'd do Knite B5 menacing c7 fork and gain a tempo to get that bishop out, (and I'm a beginner so maybe I'm wrong but b3 looks stupid to me)
@@perkalov Yes just like the Najdorf is a variation of Sicilian defense. It's just as misleading for a title to read "Najdorf" when the "Sveshnikov" is shown.
@@ChessBlueprints I don't know about that, I win 90% of my games playing Nxd5 as Black, some in under 15 moves. I drew an IM in a simul, beat an expert in a tournament game, and of course hundreds of blitz games, both online and OTB. The play for Black is strategically simple: don't get mated. White often has to find the only move to continue the attack, they are almost always material down, and Black is always better prepared, because White mostly prepares for other lines, and all White knows is that Nxd5 is bad, you sac on f7, go Qf3+ and win, and then over the board realize that it's not that simple. I can't tell you how many people in slow time control OTB game would spend 10+ minutes after Nxd5 and then decide to play Qf3 instead of Nxf7, realizing they can't see the win after Nxf7.
I dont get it, people are scared of the Fried Liver, so stop playing Nf6 so fast, Bc5 or e7 and you wont have this problem, i see no advantage to play Nf6 before.
@@ChessBlueprints Maybe you can find an audience that likes background music. Judging from the most popular sites, though, music is not popular. I have the same problem with math sites that play music. It's just too distracting for intense thinking.
2 inaccuracies in the first minute of this video. 1. There's nothing wrong with the Traxler counter-gambit and 6.d4 is stronger than 6.Nxf7?! straight away...
0:49 He says "obviously, the only move here is pawn to e5", ignorant of the beautiful Traxler Counter-Attack. That's it for me... disliked, unsubscribed. Going to watch agadmator.
That's NOT the Fried Liver. It's a Two Knight's Defense. The Fried Liver is the line in which Black plays ...Nxd5 after exd5, and then White plays Nxf7. You say it's a lot of fun for White. It is also defensible by Black.
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shoutout the the gigachad playing fried liver against magnus
He did his best lol
Tell me if you find him. This isn't Fried Liver. Fried Liver is the opening quickly mentioned where White sac's a Knight on f7.
That game is of huge theoretical significance and you presented it beautifully.
Noi theoretical significance whatsoever, just a casual blitz game between two very strong players.
After 8.Bxd7+?! white already has to think about achieving equality, and this has been demonstrated in hundreds of games.
I mean, Nf6 isn't baiting the Fried Liver, it's just a standard move top GMs like to play because it allows them to be more flexible with their Bishop placement and it avoids certain theory which is much more annoying to deal with than the Fried Liver.
your videos not only inform but also inspire!
Nice video except one small problem: This isn't the Fried Liver Attack. The Fried Liver Attack is predicated on Black's 5...Nxd5 whereby White launches the Attack with the sacrifice 6.Nxf7. If these two moves are not played, then there is no Fried Liver Attack, just the standard line of the Two Knights Defense.
True. Very often, the intent of the move Ng5 early is to enter the fried liver attack as soon as possible, so people often forget the final few moves that brings us officially into the fried liver attack.
@@mstalcup
I play this a lot as white. My goal isn't Fried Liver. My intent is to give black a shit pawn structure with pawn down and sort out the issues with development and coordination later (I trade pawnstructure and a pawn for having shit development and problems coordinating).
I'll play Fried Liver if forced to.
95% of players (That plays Two Knights defense) avoid Fried Liver... So if that would be my intent Im up for being disapointed.
This is not the Fried Liver, but one way to play the 'Prussian Game', a pretty solid variation of the Italian Game.
Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the description to make it more clear :)
@@ChessBlueprints You still have the words "Fried Liver" in the title, but this game is actually a Two Knights Defense, Italian Game: Normal Variation, Polerio. It's not a Fried Liver until and unless Black takes the pawn on d5 and White plays 6. Nxf7. If White opts for 6. d4 instead, that's the Lolli Attack.
Solid? Perfectly good, maybe, but solid seems the wrong word.
Yes, this was a really nice video. He took some thing that everyone is familiar with, and then showed how Magnus handles it. Really interesting and you presented it in a way that I could understand. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment :)
Good, clear explanations, thanks mate.
Thanks for the comment :)
This isn’t the fried liver attack. The fried liver attack only happens after 5…Nxd5 6. Nxf7. For some reason people think that if you play Ng5 in any position it somehow becomes the fried liver attack. The name comes from the fact that the king is moving up the board, not after white’s king knight.
I'm speculating because I suspect Magnus is similar style to Capablanca. He would want to keep his knight and take his opponent knight with his bishop. Capablanca was another GM that loved endgame he preferred the knight to the bishop in endgame. He also believed in creating as many pass pawns as possible and preferably on both sides of the board following the two weaknesses rule to win endgame. Also if your really good at pawn play pawns just paralyze the opponent counter play what Nima called the tall pawns are worth more than a queen when they reach the 2nd or 7th rank.
This is just the Two Knights Defense, not the Fried Liver.
What are you talking about?
Fried liver is the white’s response (move deeper) to two knights defense.
So the initial position with knight jumping to g5 is called the fried liver attack
@@michalrehacek3462 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Liver_Attack
Fried liver is a variation in Italian games, where black put both his knight on the sixth column and white decided to play Ng5
@@Platimuth Not true. It's not a Fried Liver until Nxf7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Liver_Attack
@@michalrehacek3462 Not true. It's not a Fried Liver until Nxf7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Liver_Attack
I plan on teaching Magnus the Traxler counterattack to the fried liver.
Don't bother, he already knows how white is winning.
@@ΠαναγιώτηςΦρεντζάς
White isn't winning if Magnus plays black against classicsciencefictionhorror1665 :p
In my experience, you need a good grinder and some onions.
😂
playing magnus is like playing an engine - you think you have something, then magnus makes a move and nah you didn't have anything.
And it's all because of this long engine line he has calculated ahaha must be so lame
Thank you so much for sharing! Immensely helpful :) Wish you all the very best, man. :)
Still waiting for fried liver ...
This is not the Fried Liver... 5...Nxd5 is the Fried Liver.
Thanks I didn't actually know that. I barely ever get that line in my games :(
He is probably saying fried liver because he is going for the fried liver set up, but black did not play into it. Instead black played this
7:25 bishop does, in fact, not have to move. Backrank is still weak. Magnus missed this or didn't feel like playing the complications.
After the knight trade it stops being Fried Liver and becomes a normal tactical game.
The speed magnus played is 😮
Nice video man. Keep it up❤
Thanks ❤️
Nice review 👏🏽
Thank you :D
0:48, "the only move", but what about bishop to c5, then if knight takes f7 pawn bishop to f2 check, if king takes the bishop the f6 knight takes the e4 pawn check, if the king goes back to e 1 the queen goes to h4 check, if he covers moving the g2 pawn to g3 then the knight takes it, if h2 takes the knight then you win material (the h1 rook) with a check, but lets say the king moves from e1 to e2 offering a queen trade after you toked the h1 rook instead of cover with the bishop, easy the knight from c6 goes to d4 check, the king must move and you win the queen.
Now, if instead of cover the check with the g2 pawn, he moves his king to e2 its a forced check-mate in 3 moves, here are the options:
1) Queen to f2 check, the king is forced to move to d3
2) The knight from e4 moves to c5 check, king movers from d3 to c3, and queen to d4 check mate
......Another option is:
3)The c6 knight moves to b4, the king can only take the e4 knight and then queen to f4 check-mate.
Hope someone likes this little advice ;).
4...Bc5 leads to a large advantage for white after 5.Bxf7+ or even 5.d4.
Basically it is hoping for the lemon 5.Nxf7, which is analysed till the end (and to a draw).
If Hope Chess is your thing, then feel free to play it.
@tobiasf.1302
Traxler is only good against people who doesn't know it. a GM with 3k blitz rating knows it.
At that level its not seen as an resonable option any more then a6 is.
So... No, its not the only move but the only resonable move at GM level.
I play the fried liver for both sides as a 1600 and have a high winrate with it. If you know the structures and middlegames then you'll be fine.
Yeah it's a ton of fun 😁
How do you counter the Traxler?
I wonder if you could beat magnus with it given your vast experience using it
@@Mnil52 impossible. even though i’ve improved to 2000 since making this comment, he is a chess savant and GM. I would get clobbered.
I dont understand the consequesnces of taking Qxe5 @3:00 .. At a beginned level thats what players will do
Bxb5.. I think
@@prashantbits
Yes.
I would take the pawn if it wasn't going to cost me an bishop. I can always castle out of the "queen/king aligned" problem, next move or two.
So... At the a "beginned level" they would hang a bishop. But the idea of picking of the pawn, had it been free, works at higher levels then begginers.
After losing the exchange with the rook I will not recognize that this a winning end game and might resign 😁
Very nice and informative, thanks.
I have a question: 7...... Be7--- WHat is blacks response after 8.b4? It seems the knight can'0t go anywhere, and BxB 9. QxB doesn't do much to save it...?
4:25 Taking the b3 knight is really nonsense. White just voluntarily move a centralized knight to a bad square, it's not easy to get the knight into the game again. Also taking the knight will help white opens the a-file, and the a8 rook will be tied down defending it.simplr retreat the a4 knight to the c6 square and black will enjoy a very comfortable position
Great Game as well as great commentary. I just subscribed 🎉
I have the feeling at 7:30 you just ignored all the complications too quickly. Even your PC evaluation shows some interesting lines.
What if white had taken the pawn with his F Rook instead and then after some trades it looks like white is still up a Rook right?
Nevermind I see now the knight takes back with check and then black is up a Rook after that
Great one. From Barcelona, 1500 blitz
Why couldn't you flip the board so we see black pieces as if we were black. It's always annoying when videos like these try to teach and the color were focusing on is opposite to us.
At 7:28 why couldn't Magnus/Black have moved Rd7? Why did he accept trading a rook for a bishop?
Then Rxb2 and white wins the bishop for free
@ChessBlueprints When you at 08:34 say "just remember that Knight a4", you should have said "Knight a5", ref. 01:16 :)
Well... that isn't fried liver, is it?
I call it "Two Knights Defence main line after Ng5" but I seem to remember its proper name is Polerio Defense in Two Knights Defence.
Fried Liver is the exact version shown with 4. -- Nxd5 5. Nxf7.
There is several other ways to respond to Ng5. But the most common, by far, is Polerios Defense... At least on my level (1800 ish Elo).
I play this as white fairly often. Also Fried Liver.
traxler counterattack... for begginers?
deserves a follow!
Thanks :)
Thats how I tackle that game most of the time I'm on black pieces of chess game.
Yeah super solid hey
1:58 Ba4? Thats a mistake in polerio defence. Does not look like you know the teory here but still a nice game rewiew. I understand its not advisable to enter the fried liver as black to people who dont study the lines there realy well. But i used to play fried liver as white. Now i stopped playing it as white and sometimes i have played it as black. I even played it over the board in classic game and i won that game. In freid liver white gives up a knight for a pawn and a exposed black king. And even the computer jumps forth and back in the lines. White realy has to know how to attack here if black knows about to handle it. Very risky i know. Easy for black to do a mistake. But it was realy funny to beat that guy. He took on f7 in the speed of a blitz game already showing he was thinking that he was already winning. Then few moves later showing that he did nkt know the variations that deep and that it was not that 3asy. Many players going for the fried liver are banking on the early mistakes. I started playing the lolli attack instead. I think the lolli is better. Delaying sacrificing the knight to a better moment.
Yeah I've lost a few games as white after Nxf7. Nice job with your games
Im confused,,you call this what Magnus played the Polerio Defense and what Hikaru played thePolerio Defense. I always seen what Hikaru played was the Chigorin counter attack.
These were most popular on chess.com at the time I made the videos, could be different now :)
4.Ng5 is not the Fried Liver. The Fried Liver only happens if it continues 4...d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! 6.Nxf7. Only *then* is it a Fried Liver. Also, in the line you gave, with 8.Ba4 is a mistake by White. Better is either 8.Bd3 or 8.Qf3 or 8.Be2
BTW, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! 6.d4! is the Lolli Attack which is at least as good as the Fried Liver. Set up that position just before 6.Nxf7 and let Stockfish run for a few minutes. It will eventually switch between favoring d4 or Nxf7 and vice versa.
Another reason why he didn't take his knight because it would have opened up the white rook
4:24 Knite b3 is just stupid, I'd do Knite B5 menacing c7 fork and gain a tempo to get that bishop out, (and I'm a beginner so maybe I'm wrong but b3 looks stupid to me)
Yeah the dude was way too keen to just trade everything hey
Awesome
Good presentation
Thank you :D
Bro really put blunders on the thumbnail like if the fried liver is not a legit opening if not one of the best lines against nf6
Ahaha yeah I know Wesley actually recommends it in his e4 course
W. B.
P-K4 P-K4
N-KB3 B-Q3
P-Q4. N-QB3
I don't let it get to fried liver or Ruy Lopez.
It's easy to crush against fried liver. And I don't know why. For whatever reason I always end up better when someone gets cray cray
Fun video. I found the background music distracting and irritating. The presenter’s voice is sufficient.
Bad mistake. This is not the fried liver but the two knights defense. Fried liver is to 5...Nxd5 and then 6. Nxf7
This is basically click bait
But... Fried Liver is an variant of Two Knights Defense.
@@perkalov Yes just like the Najdorf is a variation of Sicilian defense. It's just as misleading for a title to read "Najdorf" when the "Sveshnikov" is shown.
'Easy end game ...' 😂😂😂 Yes... Magnus makes it look easy.
It's not really a Fried Liver unless Black retakes on d5.
Such a fun line for white :)
@@ChessBlueprints I don't know about that, I win 90% of my games playing Nxd5 as Black, some in under 15 moves. I drew an IM in a simul, beat an expert in a tournament game, and of course hundreds of blitz games, both online and OTB. The play for Black is strategically simple: don't get mated. White often has to find the only move to continue the attack, they are almost always material down, and Black is always better prepared, because White mostly prepares for other lines, and all White knows is that Nxd5 is bad, you sac on f7, go Qf3+ and win, and then over the board realize that it's not that simple. I can't tell you how many people in slow time control OTB game would spend 10+ minutes after Nxd5 and then decide to play Qf3 instead of Nxf7, realizing they can't see the win after Nxf7.
U need to anaylse it a bit more. Good effort though, maybe pause st certsin points too to let viewers guess the key move
Nice!
Thanks!
I dont get it, people are scared of the Fried Liver, so stop playing Nf6 so fast, Bc5 or e7 and you wont have this problem, i see no advantage to play Nf6 before.
Honestly that is great advice
Made it to 5:50, but the music was too annoying to continue. Pretty good video otherwise.
Hmmmm thanks for letting me know. I'll turn it down
@@ChessBlueprints Maybe you can find an audience that likes background music. Judging from the most popular sites, though, music is not popular. I have the same problem with math sites that play music. It's just too distracting for intense thinking.
Thanks that's a good point. I'll take a look like you're suggesting
If you think those two moves in the image are question mark moves I'll play you. 😏
and you'll probably win ahaha
I'm JakeRL123 if you want to :)
2 inaccuracies in the first minute of this video. 1. There's nothing wrong with the Traxler counter-gambit and 6.d4 is stronger than 6.Nxf7?! straight away...
Look like the game takes totally different form when these GM:s are playing. me playing, cant even get decent attack.
Uh lung castle
0:49 He says "obviously, the only move here is pawn to e5", ignorant of the beautiful Traxler Counter-Attack. That's it for me... disliked, unsubscribed. Going to watch agadmator.
not e5, but d5
and traxler sucks if your opponent has a brain
White never takes f7 pawn then u said its fried liver.. S2pd.
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Ng5 is NOT the Fried Liver. Only after black takes on d5 and white plays Nxf7 is it the Fried Liver! Jeeze!
Nah this is boring im gonna stick with my traxler
ikr hit their cheese with your own cheese
Ahaha fair
Yessssss
Veey dogwater opening tho
@@cocenjoyer85692 so is the fried liver lmao
Just use the Traxler - white has no chance!!
Bxf7 takes all the fun out of it :(
That's NOT the Fried Liver. It's a Two Knight's Defense. The Fried Liver is the line in which Black plays ...Nxd5 after exd5, and then White plays Nxf7. You say it's a lot of fun for White. It is also defensible by Black.
Imagine not playing Modern Defense as black. Couldn't be me!
You're saving yourself a lot of stress learning all this e4 e5 theory ahaha
You really have to be a novice to fall for this.
Lot's of beginner chess players out there :)
easy to win if you are M.C
Clickbait
Bit boring
Sorry Not so nice presentation
Sorry but a very disappointing video.