The Fried Liver Attack:

31 chess puzzles in the

opening.
edited by Bill Harvey

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10,000 chess puzzles

11/5/2013

White offers a knight for a pawn in the Fried Liver Attack

with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5
6.Nxf7. This is no typical sacrifice and has delighted chess
players for generations. Here are 31 critical positions that
allow White to regain material and the game as well. Each
diagram highlights the position before the winning move.
Bill Harvey is the webmaster of wtharvey.com, where you
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1) Donika Shivacheva vs
Paula Eglite
Kemer, 11/19/2007

3) Horacio Fragola vs
Gonzalo Omar
Argentina (corr.), 1992

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Kd6
White mates in 3.

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.a3
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Nxd5 Bd6
White mates in 2.

9.Qxd5+ Ke7 10.Qf7+ Kd6 11.Ne4# 1-0

12.Nb6+ 1-0

2) Raphael Delivre vs
Florian Belli
France, 2001

4) Vittorio Vannelli vs
Arafat Abuhamdieh
Cecchina, 1997

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke8 8.Bxd5 Be7 9.Bf7+
Kd7
White mates in 2.

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.d4
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxd5+ Kd7
White mates in 3.

10.Qd5+ Bd6 11.Qe6# 1-0

12.Qf5+ Kd6 ( 12...Ke7 13.Qxe5+ ) 13.Qxe5+ 1-0

5) P Hricek vs
Karol Balyo
Slovakia, 1997

7) Marino Azzoni vs
Pierluca Cremonesi
Mantova, 1/18/2008

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.a3
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxd5+ Ke7
White mates in 2.

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 Ke7 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd5

12.Qf7+ 1-0

13.Bg5+ Nf6 14.dxe5 Kd7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rd1+

Kc7 17.Rxd8 Kxd8 18.exf6 Bxa3 19.O-O Bb2
20.Qe7# 1-0

6) Busra Arig vs
Hulya Pehlivanlar
Istanbul, 12/18/2005

8) Max Kanbier vs
Timo Joosten
Borne, 8/5/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4
Qd6 10.Bg5 c6 11.O-O-O e4 12.Nxe4 Qd8
White mates in 3.

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.a3
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxd5+ Kd7 12.Qd3 Bd6
White mates in 2.

13.Nc5+ Kd6 14.Bf4+ Nxf4 15.Qxf4# 1-0

13.Qf5+ Ke7 14.Qf7# 1-0

9) Doug Brown vs
D Troupe
Lansing, 1993

11) B Pettersen vs
I Renton
Internet (corr.), 1994

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4
Qd6 10.O-O c6 11.dxe5 Kxe5 12.Re1+ Kd4
13.Qd3+ Kc5
White mates in 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Qe4
c6 10.f4 Qd6 11.f5+ Kf6 12.Bxd5 Bxf5 13.Rf1 Kg6

14.Rxf5 Nxf5 15.Qg4+ Kf6 16.Ne4+ 1-0

14.Na4+ Kb4 15.Bd2+ Nc3 16.Qxc3+ Kxa4
17.Qa5# 1-0

10) Tobias Gorka vs

Meik Brueck
Bad Driburg, 1994

12) Sebastian Vazquez vs

Saeed Norville
Bento Goncalves, 2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.O-O
c6 10.d4 exd4 11.Re1+ Kd6 12.Bf4+ Kd7
13.Nxd5 cxd5
White mates in 2.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7
9.Qg4+ Kd6 10.Ne4+ Kc6 11.Qf3 Nf4 12.a4 Nf5
13.Bb5+ Kd5
White mates in 3.

14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.Qh3# 1-0

14.Qb3+ Kxe4 15.f3+ Kd4 16.Qc4# 1-0

13) Aleksandr Tikhnenko vs

Alexander Makhnev
Kimry, 1/22/2011

15) Nino Schiwarth vs

Felix Haense
Sebnitz, 1998

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.O-O
c6 10.d4 Nxc2 11.dxe5 Nxa1 12.Rd1 Kxe5
13.Nxd5 Bg4
White mates in 3.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.Qe4
c6 10.d4 Ng6 11.O-O Qh4 12.f4 Qd8 13.f5+ Kf7
14.fxg6+ Ke6 15.Qxe5+ Kd7
White mates in 5.

14.Qf4+ Ke6 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Qg5# 1-0

16.Nxd5 hxg6 ( 16...Qe7 17.Qc7+ Ke8 18.Nf6+ )

17.Rf7+ Be7 18.Rxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qxe7# 1-0

14) Michael Konik vs

Renate Niebling
Karl-Mala, 1997

16) Axel Capelle vs

Kambiz Skandar
Hengelo, 2003

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.O-O
c6 10.d4 Nxc2 11.Qe4 Nxd4 12.Re1 Kf7 13.Qxe5
Nc2 14.Nxd5 Bd6
White mates in 3.

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.O-O
b6 10.a3 Nxc2 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.Bd3 Nd4 13.Qg4+
Kd6 14.Ne4+ Kc6 15.b4 h5
White mates in 2.

15.Nf6+ Kf8 ( 15...Be6 16.Qxe6+ Kg6 17.Bd3# )

16.Qe8+ Qxe8 17.Rxe8# 1-0

16.b5+ Nxb5 17.Bxb5# 1-0

17) Stelios Lazaris vs

Christis Roussos
Limassol, 1/12/2009

19) Eva Kremere vs

Nathalie Brockmanns
Tallinn, 1997

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nd4
9.Bxd5+ Kd6 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.Be4 Bxe4 12.Nxe4+
Ke6 13.c3 Nc6 14.Qc4+ Kf5 15.O-O Na5
White mates in 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4
Qd6 10.Qe4 g6 11.f4 Bg7 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Bf4
Kd7 14.Bxe5 Qb4 15.Bxh8 Qxb2 16.O-O Nxc3
White mates in 3.

16.Qf7+ Qf6 17.Ng3+ Kg4 18.Qh5+ Kf4 19.d3#

1-0

17.Qe6+ 1-0

18) Marina Ramos vs

Berdnavek Sandra Cubas
Guarapuava, 1995

20) V Lunjaev vs
Evgeny Demchenko
Tula, 2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4
Qd6 10.O-O Kd7 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5
13.Nxd5 c6 14.Bf4 Qxb2 15.Nc7 Rb8 16.Rad1+
Ke7
White mates in 5.

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.a3
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxd5+ Kd6 12.Nb5+ Kc5
13.Bxb7 Bxb7 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.b4+ Kc4 16.Qc6+
Kd3
White mates in 2.

17.Bd6+ Kd8 ( 17...Kd7 18.Qf7+ ) 18.Be7+ Kxe7

19.Rfe1+ 1-0

17.Qc3+ Ke4 18.Qf3# 1-0

21) Daniel Guerra Arrocha vs

Jose Garcia Cruz
Las Palmas, 4/3/2012

23) Christian Rauch vs

Peter Lielacher
Stockerau, 2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke8 8.Bxd5 Qf6
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxf6 gxf6 11.d3 Rg8 12.g3 Bh3
13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Bd2 a5 15.a3 Bc5 16.O-O-O Bxf2

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O
c6 10.d4 Nxc2 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Qg4+ Nf5 13.Rd1
Qh4 14.Bxd5+ cxd5 15.Qf3 Ne7 16.Nxd5 Qc4
17.Nb6 axb6
White mates in 4.

17.Ne4 1-0
18.Rd6+ Kxe5 19.Qg3+ Kf5 20.Qg5+ Ke4 21.Qf4#
1-0

22) Ulrike Schimmel vs

Cornelia Nieberle
Lingen, 2002

24) Charlotte Lepintre vs

Maxime Leroy
Le Touquet, 1999

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4
Qd6 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qg4+ Kf7 12.Qf3+ Ke6 13.O-O
Ng6 14.Ne4 Qd7 15.g4 Qf7 16.Qe3 h6 17.Rad1
hxg5

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.O-O
c6 10.Qg4+ Kf7 11.Qe4 Be6 12.Qxe5 Be7 13.a3
Bf6 14.Qe4 Na6 15.d4 Nac7 16.Bf4 Ne8 17.Rae1
Rb8 18.Qxe6+ Kg6
White mates in 3.

18.Bxd5+ cxd5 ( 18...Kxd5 19.Qb3+ Kxe4

20.Rfe1+ Kf4 21.Qg3# ) 19.Nxg5+ 1-0

19.Bd3+ Kh5 20.Qf5+ Kh4 21.Qh3# 1-0

25) Colin Vieillot vs

Johan Sarfati
France, 2003

27) Jaroslav Stopatshinski vs

Kenneth Brzezinka
Ditzingen, 5/6/2005

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.O-O
g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.Bg5 c6 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Rae1
Rf8 14.Qe4 Rf5 15.Bf4 Qd6 16.Bg3 Kf6 17.Qh4+
Kg7 18.Bxe5+ Rxe5

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.Qe4
g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.Bg5 c6 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Bxd5
cxd5 14.Nxd5+ Kd6 15.dxe5+ Bxe5 16.O-O-O
Qg5+ 17.f4 Bxf4+ 18.Nxf4+ Kc7 19.h4 Qg4
White mates in 4.

19.Qd4 Nf5 ( 19...Kf6 20.Ne4+ ) 20.Qxe5+ 1-0

20.Qe5+ Kb6 21.Rd6+ Kc7 22.Nd5+ 1-0

26) Hannes Schirmbeck vs

Michael Freygner
Stockerau, 2003

28) Michael Budde vs

Dragan Muzdalo
Fredeburg, 1995

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.O-O
c6 10.Qe4 g6 11.d4 Bg7 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Rad1 b5
14.Bb3 b4 15.Na4 Qd6 16.f4 Kd7 17.dxe5 Qc7
18.Nc5+Kd8 19.Bxd5 cxd5
White mates in 3.

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 Qd6 11.a3 Na6 12.Bf4 Kd7 13.Bxe5
Qe7 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qxd5+ Ke8 16.Bb5+ Bd7
17.Qxb7 Nc7 18.O-O Bxb5 19.Rfe1 Ba6 20.Qc6+
Kd8
White mates in 4.

20.Qxd5+ Bd7 21.Qxa8+ Qc8 22.Ne6# 1-0

21.Bxc7+ 1-0

29) Prashant Mistry vs

C Wilson
Auckland, 1996
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.a3
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Nxd5 c6 12.Nb6+ Kd6
13.Nxa8 Qf6 14.Qe3 Qg6 15.d3 Qxg2 16.Re1
Bg4+ 17.Kd2 Qxh2 18.d4 Qh6 19.dxe5+ Ke7
20.f4 Qh2+ 21.Re2 Bxe2 22.Qc5+ Kd8
White mates in 3.

White mates in 3.

24.Bc2+ Kh8 25.Qh5+ 1-0

31) Elvia Gonzalez vs

Silvia Castro
Lalin, 2000

23.Qd4+ Ke7 ( 23...Kc8 24.Be6+ ) 24.Qd6+ 1-0

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5

Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4
c6 10.dxe5 Nf5 11.Qg4 Qh4 12.Qxh4 Nxh4 13.OO Bc5 14.Re1 Rf8 15.Be3 Bb4 16.Bd2 Nf5
17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bxb4 Rd8 19.Bd3 Nh4 20.Rad1
b6 21.f4 Bb7 22.Re3 d4 23.Rg3 g6 24.Bc4+ Kf5
White mates in 3.

30) P Moceri vs
J Swartz
Flint, 1992
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.a3
Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 c6 11.Kxc2 h5 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3
Be7 14.d4 Bf6 15.dxe5 Be7 16.Qh3+ Kf7 17.e6+
Kf8 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qf3+ Kg8 20.Qf7+ Kh7
21.Qxh5+ Kg8 22.Qf7+ Kh7 23.Kb1 Rf8

25.Rg5+ Kxf4 26.Bd2+ Ke4 27.Re1# 1-0