Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7
The Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C57, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7. It is a line of the Italian Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 8,400 times by this move order. White won 69%, 3% were drawn and Black won 28%. The most popular continuation is 6… Kxf7 (89% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.88 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 6… Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. O-O)
- ECO
- C57
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6,165 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2,155 | |
| 2000+ | 80 | |
| All | 8,400 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Kxf7 | 7,504 (89%) | |
| 6… Qf6 | 330 (4%) | |
| 6… Qd7 | 169 (2%) | |
| 6… Qh4 | 155 (2%) | |
| 6… Qe7 | 63 (1%) | |
| 6… Be6 | 28 (0%) | |
| 6… Qg5 | 25 (0%) | |
| 6… Rg8 | 17 (0%) |
Master games
209 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 77%, draw 4%, Black 19%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2767) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) 1-0 · SpeedChess Final 2024 · 2024-09-08
- GM Sergei Zhigalko (2671) – GM Simen Agdestein (2602) 1-0 · World Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-30
- GM Alexei Shirov (2709) – GM Sarunas Sulskis (2544) 1-0 · 41st Olympiad Open 2014 · 2014-08-03
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM Igrok_V_Proshlom (2566) – John1914 (2386) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
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Comes from
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Knight Attack, Normal Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5
Continuations
- Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fegatello Attack, Leonhardt Variation C57 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Qe4 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. d4 Nc7
More Italian Game lines (all)
- Italian Game C50
- Italian Game: Anti-Fried Liver Defense C50
- Italian Game: Blackburne-Kostić Gambit C50
- Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit C50
- Italian Game: Deutz Gambit C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (3… Bc5 4. d3) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (5… d6 6. d3) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (5. O-O O-O) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (5… O-O 6. d3) C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Canal Variation C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Dubois Variation C50
- Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation C50
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.