Chess Openings: Fried Liver Attack 

Everyone gangsta till opponent plays a weird move.

A fried liver attack is also what happens to alcoholics on Saturday night.

Dark square bishop: *Activates* I guess thats the plan but it sounds evil for some reason

i played that tactic many times without knowing its the fried liver attack. lol

This is absolutely dirty in 3 minute Blitz Chess against lesser opponents.

You didn't cover the 'such and such' variation

The creator of this move had a friend that got his liver fried

Every openings are Kevin's favourite opening

Best opening I ever played, this opening brings amazing development, sacrificed my queen and still won, 2 Knights and 2 Bishops plays beautifully if all of them play toghether

''Fried liver attack''. Whoever comes up with these names.

This is such a fun strategy. So many chances for your opponent to screw up I love it

Me- Using other chess openings - Just won 1 or 2 games then lost and then maybe again won in next game. Using fried liver attack - Won 11 games in a row in Dr Chess . Made a streak that I never even could imagine! This opening is dam awesome🤘. I am class D in Dr Chess. Now A

How they came up with the fried liver name is beyond me...

I played this opening and still lost, whenever I play aggressively I lose, but whenever I play slowly I usually win.

My opponents : Haha , kid of age 14 , I will do fried liver with him . Me : Waiting for them to do it so that I can use traxler counterattack 😂

This was very instructive for me, because if I start with e4, I usually proceed to a Ruy Lopez or Italian Game. If I play an Italian Game, I always try to give the Fried Liver Attack a shot. After watching this lecture again, to remind me of some key moves, I crushed a higher ranked oppenent with a savage Fried Liver Attack, until he resigned at move 17.

People have to understand this attack only works if black responds exactly like they show in this video.... which actually happens quite often in 1200-1500 games. Anything else turns the game into a piano/Evans gambit or black just gives white control of the center which is also pretty good. It's a good opening nontheless.

A cool trap I found out about 8:50 instead of moving the pawn forward, move the rook to e1. The best moves for black are bishop or queen to d7. From there take e5 with your rook. If the king decides to take your rook it is checkmate anywhere between 5-9 moves or something like that

was gunna comment on the audio but then realized it was filmed 12 years ago lol. Great video

Me:*plays this cool opening Traxler counter attack: I am about to ruin this man's entire carrier.

this works in maybe 1/10 of games. dude makes it sound invincible...

I've recently tried picking back up the game after playing it as a youth. I've never really had a plan going in so I've always been a defensive player and often get stuck in long drawn out battles or just give the game away all silly like. Tried this out and it's been working great. My recent losses have only come through my own poor choices and lack of foresight

Man I just love your voice "Some of the key concepts" always makes me smile, could listen to you forever :) And at least I learned the Italian game from you, which mean I am not as bad as I used to be lol

Coming back to this video after 10 years. thechesswebsite, I learnt chess by watching you back then. Thank you

Well Kevin you know we're forcing this knight to take our rook on a1

The realy crazy things start,if black respondes with the Traxler strat.😁

Great video, answered a lot of questions I had about this opening

It's great that he was able to make this video even while piloting a helicopter.

actually black rarely takes back on d5, it's generally seen as a mistake

After Whites fifth move 5:exd5 Nxd5 is a blunder.Black can play instead Na5 or Nd4 or b5 as can be found in many opening books in which case Black has the attack not white. Although theory holds the position equal after all three of these move white, not black, is on the defensive. It is a disservice to young players not to show these possibilities and will cause their quick defeat.

This 2 Knights attack is seen frequently. I have often FRIED the Black King using these awesome moves. Thanks so much!!!

Dude, I just played this opening without knowing in my most recent match, only to find this in my youtube recommendation..

Very nice review of this vicious opening! Thanks -- I'm going to share it with my chess students

*freaks out* KEVIN! YOU DIDN'T COVER SUCH AND SUCH!

You have shown everything in ur favour such that the viewers can keep watching

Good explanation !! well done, lots better than the other videos' i've watch thanks mister !!

I lost it at “throw everything in the kitchen sink at the black king.” Imma play this against my brother. I always play white against him.

7minutes in, still screaming "show me what next when he moves king a e7!!!!!"

Also at 2:25, black can play knight to a5 which negates this attack

Ten years later this is still effective...

You've got to have a very compliant opponent for this to work. I think that you'd have to have a whole lot of variations to play it. Bishop to C5 actually just shuts it down.

Just started playing chess. Played my first 3 games and loss. Decided to go study some openings and came across this fried liver attacked. Won my first game with it. Awesome 😄

really good video improved my game after looking at this video thanks KEVIN

One of the most useful traps I have ever used, because chance to play it occurs so often.

Hi Kev, Thanks for Improving my Chess. Keep up the good work!

After we do xd5. What if black doesn't take the pawn, and instead do, Na5?

This guy is the best thank you for teaching me so many moves

beautiful opening

This is my favorite opening!!!

nice but when i tried this fried liver attack :) he fried my liver with moving his pawn from H7 to H6 at the third move :(

Definitely trying this out my college wanted to play round.. I like agrassive plays too I often let them capture stuff I really don't need and they get greedy and leave their king open

(I know I'm ten years late but hey,)Kevin,dude,God bless your heart.I tried this attack and most of my opponents resigned on move 13.So thank you very much for this video.It helped me a lot. I usually play the London,then I got bored of it and I tried this and man oh man,this is an aggressive opening that can be subtle yet lethal.It skyrocketed my rating.Cheers buddy✌️

The moment you read the title...

"Outstanding move"

After bishop takes knight Qf6 is a quite formidable move I guess

I love the Even's gambet too

1:28. “Here is where the Fried Liver Attack really takes off”. Not if after 4...d5. 5.exd5 I play 5...Na5. Sorry Kevin.

after night to g5 in starting what if black playsil h6?

Could you cover this variation of the Fried Liver attack? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 Thanks for your videos, I've begun to study chess and they're really helpful. Greetings from Spain.

I won a tournament yesterday and used this opening in 3/5 games.

Well can anyone explain me the relation between Chess and a Fried Liver Attack?

This would maybe work on a sub level player 1500 and below.

this works very rarely for me but when it does its a banger

this trick worked so amazingly a quick win for me

but what happens after the pawn sacrifice? bishop c5 is the best move against fried liver

At 2:28 Nxd5 is a large mistake due to the temporary knight sack. A lot of responses to people experienced in being on the receiving end of the fried liver attack tend to be Na5 (Polerio variation), b5 (Ulvstead variation), and, my personal favorite, Nd4 (Fritz variation).

Super video liver attack thanks for your help with this chess

Great video sir.

I always face after e4 x d5, the go Na5. Why isn't this variation in this? I've played this opening 20-30 times now and that always seems to be the main line.

with 1mil views i just get caught doing this attack everytime lol

Thanks for sharing!

Love the video!

00:56 if I bring my pawn there he can take it with bishop and if I move with knight 5g he can take with queen....

Instead of capturing the pawn on f8 with the knight, would queen to f3 be an option?

Fabulous. Thanks for sharing

Hey Kevin ! Thank you so much

Thanks. I've already won a couple of games using this attack.

What if they play pawn to h6? It’s so frustrating because it seems like every player 950+ picks up on this right away and plays that, and then I have to freestyle with something else.

I looked this up only because of the fascinating name ”the friend lever attack” and realized my friend had been using this on me the whole time to win games. Not anymore. Thanks so much! Time for practice.

I have always been told that this is called the Giuoco Piano opening.

what the next step if bishop eat b4 in 0.55 ? really need help

By far my favorite and most used opening ! But be careful ! A skilled player can easily turn the tables if you are not paying attention to things,,,,, 😁🖒

My favorite openings ass well. Always catches my opponent of guard.

I was looking up recipes for cooking, and now I'm a Grandmaster in chess. Thanks, Kevin!

With all these damn views no wonder I’m The one who becomes fried liver when I try these move tactics smh

What if you got liver attack? Or even heart attacK?

Thank you

everyone gangster until your opponent fries your lungs

I mean, it's all very beautiful, but you're showing a line that starts with a blunder and you don't mention it. It's well known that taking with the knight on d5 is a bad move. And it's well known as well that if black plays knight to a5 it's a completly fine position

I actually tried it but my opponent castled 😭

In his "The Middle Game in Chess, Reuben Fine (considered one of the greatest players never to become World Champion in the 1930's ) demonstrates that moving the c6 Knight to b4 on move 8 for black, & leaving him there until he retakes white's light -squared bishop on c4 during a combination @ move 12 ....leads to a stronger position for black w/ black "castling by hand" queen's side !

The excitement in you voice gives a feeling that it's actually a war zone😁😁 awesome job

9:21 what about the king in c5😐

Bro this is literally my main opening and I dident even know it was a thing

Many thanks

BUT......WAIT!!!! what if the person/opponent, brings out his pawn to H6 after you bring out your bishop to C4???HMMMMMM..........???!!!🤨🤨🤨🤨

@2:23 pawn d5 knight a5 whats my next move?

I definitely have a question about the b2 pawn to b4 move when the opponent brings his dark space bishop out instead of the second knight. What keeps his bishop on c5 from taking my pawn at b4?

The thing that I really like about the Fried Liver attack is just how savage it is against players rated less than 2000 ELO. It really does an amazing job throwing players in that ELO range off of their game. When you take the pawn with the knight, you're sacrificing the knight and giving the other player an immediate two pawn advantage. HOWEVER -- with that sacrifice, you immediately and permanently destroy black's ability to ever castle in the game. Also, once black losses the ability to castle, their tempo is also thrown off and they must now play reactively instead of being proactive. The Fried Liver Attack puts black on the defensive and exposes the king in such a way that white can continue to develop pieces to force black's king to further dance around the board. This line of play sacrifices a knight for: - Loss of black tempo - Loss of black's ability to castle - Loss of black's ability to plan an offensive strategy - Loss of black's ability to more easily develop pieces without having to constantly respond to attacks Sure, you lose a knight during this attack -- but as you see above, you also gain a lot of different positives!

I just used this to demolish my friend on iMessage chess 😂