Fegatello nomenclature

When is the Fried Liver truly such?

I had thought that the name referred to a specific attack as employed (and refuted) in:

Saladin - Wulebgr [C57]
www.ChessWorld.net server game www.ChessWorld.net , 01.08.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Qf6 11.a3 Qf5 12.Bxd5+ Nxd5 13.Qxf5+ Kxf5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.dxe5 Kxe5 16.0–0 Bc5 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Rfe1+ Kf6 19.c3 Rhe8 20.b4 Bb6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rxe3 23.fxe3 Rc8 24.Rc1 Ke5 25.Kf2 Bd3 26.Kg3 Ke4 0–1

However, the excellent scholastic chess handouts produced by the King Chess Club in Rock Valley, Wisconsin includes this one http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/FriedLiver.pdf (ending with the knight fork of queen and rook).

Perhaps, the name Fried Liver applies properly to all systems proceeding from the position:

Originally posted by Wulebgr
When is the Fried Liver truly such?

I had thought that the name referred to a specific attack as employed (and refuted) in:

Saladin - Wulebgr [C57]
www.ChessWorld.net server game www.ChessWorld.net , 01.08.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Qf6 11.a3 Qf5 12.Bxd5+ Nxd5 13.Qxf5+ Kxf5 ...[text shortened]... he position:


[fen]r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p1N1/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 4[/fen]

It's an interesting opening.
1.e4...e5,
2.Nf3...Nc6
3.Bc4...Nc6
4.Ng5...d5
5.exd5...Nxd5
6.Nxf7...Kxf7
7.Qf3+...Ke6
8.Nc3
I think black's 8th move ...Nce7 is called [/i]the onion gravy defence[/i] but I require confirmation.

Originally posted by omulcusobolani
Why didn't your opponent capture your knight on move 12 restoring material balance?

Chess fans:

As web master for www.rockfordchess.org, I noted your worthwhile comments on our Fried Liver mini-lesson.

You are correct regarding the deficiencies and I have removed the hyperlink until it can be corrected.

Thank you for your comments. Any additional comments you may have will be welcome and passed onto the author.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
When is the Fried Liver truly such?

I had thought that the name referred to a specific attack as employed (and refuted) in:

Saladin - Wulebgr [C57]
www.ChessWorld.net server game www.ChessWorld.net , 01.08.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Qf6 11.a3 Qf5 12.Bxd5+ Nxd5 13.Qxf5+ Kxf5 ...[text shortened]... he position:


[fen]r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p1N1/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 4[/fen]

Although the fried liver is very spectaculare it isnt totally correct:
5..Nxd5 has been condemmed by todays theory to be inferior to 5...Na5! and although 6.Nxf7 is a lot of fun and has brought me a lot of wins in blitz, the correct way to obtain an advantage is 6.d4 which allows massive compications but they all seem to favor white.
Maarten de Zeeuw is one of the leading experts on thisd line and wrote about it in New in chess yearbooks regurarly, the analysis are to big to give here, but you can look em up and newinchess.com