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| Aug-04-09 | | pulsar: <kackhander> I can imagine some people, including myself, having fun from that position if it leads to a win. I must have missed out a lot because I thought Black will have considerable difficulties fighting for a draw, not win, in the diagram above. :( |
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| Aug-04-09 | | blacksburg: well, if i'm playing that position as black, i'm fighting for a draw, or rather, fighting to avoid blundering horribly. if Rybka is playing that position as black, it will probably win. |
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| Aug-04-09 | | kackhander: quite, i'll play this all day every day as white. |
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| Aug-04-09 | | blacksburg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hISv... |
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| Sep-02-09 | | whiteshark: <The Fried Liver Attack> on wiki with some additional good sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_... |
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| Apr-15-10 | | rapidcitychess: <<<< Every Person who is talking about the Fried Liver>>> <1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5> r1bqkb1r/ppp2ppp/3Pp1N1/2B5/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R/
Why we do not play 5…Nxd5
The real reason is the Lolli, 6.d4! I do not comprehend it but answers would be helpful. (I do not have MCO) The Main Topic: Three main lines.
First: The Classical
The Classical begins 5…Na5(!) 6.Bb5+( The only way to try and punish black)6…c6(!)(6…Bd7 doesn’t hurt white at all, and is far too tame.) 7 dxc6 bxc6(!) (7…Nxc6? Is better for white, quite obviously.) 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ng1 With complicated play. Black has ample compensation, possibly an advantage. Second:Ulvestad.
5…b5!? What is Black thinking?! He leaves his knight en prise! Ah but, he will quickly recover the pawn with the two bishops. The main line runs 6.Bxb5 Qxd5 7.Ba4 (Not 7.Bf1? h6! 8. Nf3 e4! 9. Ng1 With a large advantage to black.) 7…Qxg2 8.Qf3! Qxf3 9.Nxf3 with a likely draw. Hans Berliner is an expert on this, and going to Estrin vs Berliner, 1965 Last: 5...Nd4
I know nothing about this.
Thanks all for listening to me, hope to see you later.
Critics and answers are welcome
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| May-21-10 | | rapidcitychess: As you can see they're is a problem.
I tend to use the Max Lange as the solution.
Here is a great 500 point upset of mine in this variation.
White:RCC
(Place:ICC)
(Time Control:45 45)
(May 21,2010)
Black ELO: 1976
White ELO: 1425
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4(!) exd4 5.O-O Nxe4!? 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qc5? 9.Nxe4! The idea, not the move. 9...Qh5? Easily losing but 9...Qb6! is still losing because of White's initiative 10.Ng3+ 1-0
Cute, eh? |
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| May-21-10 | | Marmot PFL: <1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4(!) exd4 5.O-O Nxe4!? 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5> This is a tricky line, and even if black knows it white can vary with 7 Nc3!?. Either way black can lose quickly if he isn't prepared. At top level they are, so 4 d3 is more popular. |
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| May-24-10 | | rapidcitychess: I know that. The reason behind <4.d4(!)> is that you don't play the Italian without looking for a fight. My previous post explained why I think 4.Ng5 is dubious. I'm not one for 4.d3. But could you please, while you are here, tell me what do you think of my essay? |
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| Jun-10-10 | | rapidcitychess: Oops, ...Qb6 fails to Nf6+ followed Re8 mate! |
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| Aug-19-10 | | rapidcitychess: In my quest to find a sharp line to everything, I might even go back to 1...e5 just to play the Traxler gambit. If I remember correctly, <An Englishman> said there was a refutation. But I don't know of that line. What is it? |
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| Aug-19-10 | | rapidcitychess: Aha!
<The Wilkes-Barre Variation 4...Bc5!? looks crazy--Black ignores White's threat to f7--yet there is no known refutation of it. In Europe, it is known as the Traxler Variation.> ---Nick DeFirmian
So there is no refutation. Hmm, study time. |
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| Aug-22-10 | | rapidcitychess: So, now I'm on the Traxler case, though I have proved that 4...d5 is an effective antidote. In the OE, my lines on 5.Nxf7 have led me to a game [Event "Rijeka IM-2"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vinko Malada"]
[Black "Nenad Doric"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kf1
Qe7 7. Nxh8 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. c3 Bg4 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Kxf2
Qh4+ 12. g3 Qf6+ 13. Ke1 Qf3 14. Rf1 Qe4+ 15. Kf2 O-O-O
16. cxd4 Rf8+ 17. Kg1 Qxd4+ 18. Kg2 Qe4+ 19. Kg1 Rxf1+
20. Bxf1 Qxa4 21. Nc3 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 e4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2
Qd3 25. Nf4 Qf3+ 26. Kh3 g5 27. Ne6 h5 0-1
It would seem that 5.Nxf7 loses. Does anyone have a take on this? |
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| Sep-30-10 | | GamerMan: I don't like the <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kf1 Qe7 7. Nxh8 d5 8. exd5 Nd4> line, seems to give black back all his material with a much better position for the attacks ahead. i think <6. Kxf2 Ne4+ 7. Kg1 Qh4 8. g3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qxg3+ 11. Kf1 Rf8 12. Nc3 Qf4 13. Kg2 Qxc4 14. Ng5> appears much better as white gets to keep some of the extra material to help make up for the lack of king safety. however, i agree that 5. Bxf7 Ke7 6. Bd5 is the superior line for white. |
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| Oct-19-10 | | rapidcitychess: <GamerMan>
If you have an ICC account, look at Boris Alterman's Traxler videos. He maybe a bit leaning towards the Traxler, but he shows most the lines to destroy 5.Nxf7 I do agree that 5.Bxf7 is better than 5.Nxf7, but certainly not better for white. The Traxler still kills in that line, less beautifully, but a win is a win. |
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| Feb-25-11 | | Amarande: Any Black tricks against 5 d3 in the Traxler?
It seems like this is peaceful and more than good enough, and still leaves White with real chances, e.g. - 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 Bc5 5 d3 O-O 6 O-O Na5 7 Bb3 Nxb3 8 axb3 d6 9 Nc3 Bg4 10 Qd2 h6 11 Nf3 Bxf3 12 gxf3 Qd7 13 Kh1 Nh5 14 Rg1 Nf4 15 Nd5! Nxd5 16 Qxh6! g6 17 exd5 Bxf2 18 Rg2 Bb6 19 Bg5! reaching the position 
click for larger viewwhere things seem quite won for White; if 19 ... f5 20 Qxg6+ Kh8 21 Qh6+! Kg8 <If Qh7, White mates in 3> 22 Bd8+! Kf7 23 Rg7+  ; if 19 ... f6 20 Qxg6+ Kh8 21 Qh6+ Kg8 22 Bxf6+ etc.; if 19 ... Qf5 <the only other good way to prevent Bf6> 20 Rg3 and there is no good defense against the h-file attack. |
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Feb-25-11
 | | Phony Benoni: <Amarande> The problem with 5.d3 against the Traxler is that it stamps 4.Ng5 as a wasted move. The whole point of that move is the threat to f7. Once Black castles, the threat to f7 is gone and the knight on g5 serves no purpose. Look at it another way. After <1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5> would you play <5.Ng5>? That's essentially what you're doing with 5.d3 against the Traxler. This assumes, of course, that you're not going to trade N+B for R+P on f7. That sort of transactions is generally considered good for Black, but it's probably best if you convince yourself of that fact. Of course, playing 5.d3 will definitely take your opponent out of the comfort zone. People who play the Traxler are generally booked to the gills, so it can't be bad to force them to think on their own. But it's important to realize that your opening moves have to work together instead of being a mishmash of "playable" but inconsistent moves. |
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| Feb-25-11 | | Akavall: <Amarande> If you are asking what black should do against 5. d3, then => Black should just play chess! Their position is certainly good, it is almost a dream to get that as black out of the opening. From the white player's point of view I don't get 5. d3, for reasons that <Phony Benoni> pointed out. It appears that white side is willing to make great concessions to avoid complications, not even going for safer 5.Bxf7. This bags a question, why to play 4. Ng5 at all? After 4. Ng5 in all standard continuations black sacrifices material, and has the initiative, positions are complex and white has to do some careful defending, which it seems is exactly what white is trying to avoid with 5. d3. Why not just play 4. d3, this leads to less complicated game and white has a better position, since no time is wasted on Ng5. |
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Dec-09-11
 | | Penguincw: Opening of the Day
Two Knights Defense, Traxler Variation
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 ♗c5
click for larger viewSeems a little unusual to me. |
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| Dec-09-11 | | kackhander: White needs to be careful in this line. I believe Nxf7 is losing with correct play and Bxf7 (retreating to d5) is still hairy but retains some advantage. |
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Mar-14-12
| | Penguincw: Opening of the Day
The Fried Liver Attack
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.♘g5 d5 5. exd5 ♘xd5 6.♘xf7 
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| Jul-21-12 | | Amarande: As we just had a Trax yesterday in which White got slaughtered, and it is very easy for White to end up in traps in it, there is perhaps more to be said for revisiting 5 d3 than <Phony Benoni> and <Akavall> dismiss it as. True, as <Phony Benoni> says, 5 Ng5 *seems* largely a wasted move then. However, is it entirely without benefit to play 5 d3? Not really. There's indeed concrete benefits to it. I would certainly label it sound. Let us see - * Subjectively, Black is thrown off his rocker. He expected a wild tactical contest, and now there is no chance of that, not for the immediate future, and not really for Black, either. It produces discomfort. If Black is an attacking style player (and he probably is if he's playing the Two Knights at all these days, let alone the Traxler!), he's probably going to end up very unhappy indeed. This psychological matter can be a huge advantage (consider Rashid Nezhmetdinov's career, where his attacking style led to sparkling victories against even World Champions, whereas against the solid defensive Yuri Averbakh he was lucky to get draws because he would keep spoiling his position trying to get an attack). * Objectively, let's see. 4 Ng5 now produces no immediate benefit, so it could be seen as semi-wasted, but what of its more long-term behaviour? Unless Black goes in for 5 ... d5 (which is likely to simply lead into a more mainstream Two Knights, and while I have not gone into full analysis of yet I am guessing that 6 exd5 Nxd5 is more dangerous than the normal Fegatello due to White's DSB being able to get into the action more quickly now; indeed, most of the "Fegatello-like" variations where additional developing moves intervene before the sacrifice seem to be even tougher for Black than the Fried Liver already is), he doesn't really have any reasonable option right now besides O-O, as now he has no choice but to protect f7. While after O-O it's generally a bad trade to exchange N+B for R+P on f7, what is more significant is the latent threat. As long as White has Bc4 and Ng5 posted where they are, Black suffers from some uncomfortable pressure. The f7 pawn is pinned, so the aggressive ... f5 (another incidence of the Traxler player's natural inclination to aggression being frustrated!) is forbidden. Double pressure on f7 means Black can't move his KR, nor can he play Kh8 to unpin the pawn. This will take time for Black to unravel (it will be simple, of course, either Na5xc4 to do away with the Bishop or h6 to push away the Knight, but in either case, it comes out good for White: in the former case, White has perhaps wasted a single tempo - that with the Knight - while Black will have moved his Knight three times to exchange a Bishop that only moved once; in the latter case, White has provoked a weakness in Black's castled position, and if Black does it early enough - i.e. while White still has the choice of O-O-O - it can really bite him hard). |
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| Oct-01-13 | | Kikoman: <Opening of the Day> The Fried Liver Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7
click for larger viewOpening Explorer |
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Nov-10-17
 | | Joshka: Any Two Knights experts here? Someone played a move that I was not prepared for, any help appreciated. I'm white. 1.) e4 e5 2.) Nf3 Nf6 3.) Bc4 Nf6 4.) Ng5 d5 5.) ed5 Nd5 6.) Nf7 Kf7 7.) Qf3+ Ke6 8.) Nc3 Nd4 9.) Bd5+ my opponent played then 9...Kd6!? Is this a computer move? Have never had it played against me. Any help appreciated. Thanks |
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| Jan-30-25 | | FM David H. Levin: With apologies to The Beatles...
Winston Pendergast
Quite the chess enthusiast
Studies like a fiend
He would hardly mind being quaranti-i-i-ined
In his rather dense
Prep for the Two Knights Defense
Havoc he would wreak
The black monarch soon would be up the cree-ee-ee-eek But when he brought his knight to gee five
A bolt came from the blue
Wham! The Traxler Two Knights Counterat-
tack has real sting
Check! The Traxler Two Knights Counterat-
tack exposed White's king |
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