It's a perfectly sound variation. So it's pretty hard to "beat" it. The Traxler is definitely not the way to play against it. It is almost losing by force.
5..Nd5: is just bad. You "beat" the Fried Liver by avoiding it via 5. ..Na5.
Not sure thats true #3. Nxd5 seems to be perfectly playable these days. Sure it is risky and hard to play. But it is no longer refuted (as people used to think).
In many lines the computers enhanced the attacking potential, many gambits are much more alive than ever.
In the case of fried liver it seems to me that they strengthened the defense. 30 years ago we all thought that it is 1:0 in numerous ways, the most precise probably 6.d4...
In the case of fried liver it seems to me that they strengthened the defense. 30 years ago we all thought that it is 1:0 in numerous ways, the most precise probably 6.d4...
I don't know how Your experiences guys, but I almost never reply to e4 with e5 pawn... I used to get positions which I really didn't enjoy, probably Fried Liver as well... To avoid those I started playing Pirc and French defence, I guess it is refuting Fried Liver at the very beginning can help not to get confused :)
And very interesting video, thank You ;)
And very interesting video, thank You ;)
5 ... Na5! =
5 ... Nxd5?! 6 Nxf7?! =
5 ... Nxd5?! 6 d4! +=
5 ... Nxd5?! 6 Nxf7?! =
5 ... Nxd5?! 6 d4! +=
@krantico The best solution to avoid the Fried Liver Attack completely is to play 3...Bc5 instead of 3...Nf6. That way your queen is controlling the g5 square. Only now can you either play h6 or Nf6 and 0-0, where your rook will protect the f7 pawn.
@lovlas so you think the Fried Liver is playable as black and the Traxler is not? To me it seems the other way around, as several top GM have played the Traxler, but none has ventured the Fried Liver.
The Lolli attack 5...Nxd5 6 d4? Bb4+! 7 c3 Be7 8 Nxf7 leads to an inferior version for white of the Fried Liver attack, as square c3 is inaccessible to the white knight.
5...Na5, 5...Nd4, 5...b5 are all preferred over 5...Nxd5.
Today top grandmasters avoid the whole mess. As black they prefer 3...Bc5 over 3...Nf6 and as white they prefer 4 d3 over 4 Ng5. This is remarkable, as Steinitz, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Anand have all played 4 Ng5.
The Lolli attack 5...Nxd5 6 d4? Bb4+! 7 c3 Be7 8 Nxf7 leads to an inferior version for white of the Fried Liver attack, as square c3 is inaccessible to the white knight.
5...Na5, 5...Nd4, 5...b5 are all preferred over 5...Nxd5.
Today top grandmasters avoid the whole mess. As black they prefer 3...Bc5 over 3...Nf6 and as white they prefer 4 d3 over 4 Ng5. This is remarkable, as Steinitz, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Anand have all played 4 Ng5.
After 3. Bc4, I avoid the fried liver attack by playing Be7, going into the Hungarian Defense. This prepares 4. Nf6 and even if white threatens 5. Ng5, O-O stops the threat. Some beginners think that a rook and a pawn in exchange for a knight and bishop works but they are awfully wrong.
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