Chess Openings·Italian Game, Fried Liver Attack

Open Game

Italian Game, Fried Liver Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7

Step through

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Pieces, not pawns, are the ones that take the open squares. One of the oldest and most trodden paths in the game. Of the four central squares, pawns stand on e5. 3 pieces have left the board. Neither side has castled yet.

The position

Length
11 moves
To move
Black
Legal replies
42
Minor pieces out
White 2 · Black 2
Material
38 · 37
Castling rights left
KQkq
FEN
r1bqkb1r/ppp2Npp/2n5/3np3/2B5/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 6

Move by move

Each move spelled out: which piece went from where to where.

  1. 1.e4White: Pawn e2→e4
  2. 1…e5Black: Pawn e7→e5
  3. 2.Nf3White: Knight g1→f3
  4. 2…Nc6Black: Knight b8→c6
  5. 3.Bc4White: Bishop f1→c4
  6. 3…Nf6Black: Knight g8→f6
  7. 4.Ng5White: Knight f3→g5
  8. 4…d5Black: Pawn d7→d5
  9. 5.exd5White: Pawn e4→d5 (capture)
  10. 5…Nxd5Black: Knight f6→d5 (capture)
  11. 6.Nxf7White: Knight g5→f7 (capture)

Nearby lines

first 7 moves shared

Italian Game, Traxler Variation…Bc5Italian Game, Two Knights Defence…Nc6 Bc4 Nf6Italian Game…Nf3 Nc6 Bc4Italian Game, Hungarian Defence…Be7Blackburne Shilling Gambit…Nd4Italian Game, Evans Gambit…Bc5 b4

Common questions

Q. What are the moves of Italian Game, Fried Liver Attack?

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7

Q. Which family does it belong to?

Open Game — Everything that starts 1.e4 e5.

Q. Who is to move next?

After 11 moves it is Black to move.