The Fried Liver Attack: 31 chess puzzles in the opening.

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 will find 10,000 chess puzzles from historic and modern games.

1) Donika Shivacheva vs Paula Eglite Kemer, 11/19/2007

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.

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

2) Raphael Delivre vs Florian Belli France, 2001

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.

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

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 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Nxd5 Bd6 White mates in 2.

12.Nb6+ 1-0

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+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.d4 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxd5+ Kd7 White mates in 3.

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

5) P Hricek vs Karol Balyo Slovakia, 1997

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.

12.Qf7+ 1-0

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

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.d4 Qd6 10.Bg5 c6 11.O-O-O e4 12.Nxe4 Qd8 White mates in 3.

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

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.Qe4 c6 10.d4 Ke7 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd5

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

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 Ncb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Bxd5+ Kd7 12.Qd3 Bd6 White mates in 2.

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

9) Doug Brown vs D Troupe Lansing, 1993

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.

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

10) Tobias Gorka vs Meik Brueck Bad Driburg, 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.O-O c6 10.d4 exd4 11.Re1+ Kd6 12.Bf4+ Kd7 13.Nxd5 cxd5 White mates in 2.

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

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 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

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.Qg4+ Kd6 10.Ne4+ Kc6 11.Qf3 Nf4 12.a4 Nf5 13.Bb5+ Kd5 White mates in 3.

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

13) Aleksandr Tikhnenko vs Alexander Makhnev Kimry, 1/22/2011

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.

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

14) Michael Konik vs Renate Niebling Karl-Mala, 1997

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.

15.Nf6+ Kf8 ( 15...Be6 16.Qxe6+ Kg6 17.Bd3# ) 16.Qe8+ Qxe8 17.Rxe8# 1-0

15) Nino Schiwarth vs Felix Haense Sebnitz, 1998

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.

16.Nxd5 hxg6 ( 16...Qe7 17.Qc7+ Ke8 18.Nf6+ ) 17.Rf7+ Be7 18.Rxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qxe7# 1-0

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

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

17) Stelios Lazaris vs Christis Roussos Limassol, 1/12/2009

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.

16.Qf7+ Qf6 17.Ng3+ Kg4 18.Qh5+ Kf4 19.d3# 1-0

18) Marina Ramos vs Berdnavek Sandra Cubas Guarapuava, 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.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.

17.Bd6+ Kd8 ( 17...Kd7 18.Qf7+ ) 18.Be7+ Kxe7 19.Rfe1+ 1-0

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 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.

17.Qe6+ 1-0

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 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.Qc3+ Ke4 18.Qf3# 1-0

21) Daniel Guerra Arrocha vs Jose Garcia Cruz Las Palmas, 4/3/2012

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

17.Ne4 1-0

22) Ulrike Schimmel vs Cornelia Nieberle Lingen, 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.Bg5 c6 11.Qg4+ Kf7 12.Qf3+ Ke6 13.O-O Ng6 14.Ne4 Qd7 15.g4 Qf7 16.Qe3 h6 17.Rad1 hxg5

18.Bxd5+ cxd5 ( 18...Kxd5 19.Qb3+ Kxe4 20.Rfe1+ Kf4 21.Qg3# ) 19.Nxg5+ 1-0

23) Christian Rauch vs Peter Lielacher Stockerau, 2003

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 axb6White mates in 4.

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

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 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.

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

25) Colin Vieillot vs Johan Sarfati France, 2003

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

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

26) Hannes Schirmbeck vs Michael Freygner Stockerau, 2003

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.

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

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.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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

White mates in 3.

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

31) Elvia Gonzalez vs Silvia Castro Lalin, 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.d4 c6 10.dxe5 Nf5 11.Qg4 Qh4 12.Qxh4 Nxh4 13.O-O 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.

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