Carlsen Teaches How To Counter The Fried-Liver Attack

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[@thesingingfly]

Ayyyy! The Ulvestad Defense is a really sick line, it can be really nice for Black. However, there is one line that a super-aggressive WFM taught me that is pretty tricky and that I think should be covered at some point--after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5, there is the shocking counterattack 6. Nc3!?, which she used to win a really nice game.

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[@iamtheboxer]

I'll be honest.... the only way I would make ANY of those moves is if they were MISTAKES.... did not see anyyyyyy of them....

[@cameronmiller6240]

Super GMs are playing 4D chess compared to the rest of us.

[@assaqwwq]

​@@cameronmiller6240no, they are playing chess, we're just the monkeys holding a stick and poking ourselves in the eyes. And it's not just about chess, any expert in any field knows more than we can imagine

[@poega123]

LOL that Kramnik reference. Just process the process

[@harishkhan2445]

I will block him and report him

[@sitanshupanda2363]

ha ha when I lose a game in 15 moves..I unleash my inner kramnik

[@mattivirolainen6102]

0:46 White doesn’t in fact win because black plays Ke6 and it gets really messy and difficult for both. 😅 But when you gain rating black eventually stops playing Fried Liver and does that Na5 instead.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Magnus Carlsen's Brutal Counter Against The Fried-Liver Attack 00:05 Gukesh vs Carlsen 00:48 Ulvestad Variation, 5...b5 01:51 If White plays 6.Bxb5 03:45 6.Bf1 played by Gukesh 05:16 Black's attacking ideas 07:35 Rook sacrifice alert! 08:44 Gukesh sets a trap for Carlsen 11:00 Final moments of the game

[@NJDJ1986]

thanks for the timestamps!

[@fredgalvin9098]

This is not the Fried Liver Attack. The Fried Liver Attack is 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7.

[@SubuNomo]

Happy birthday and Happy Diwali, Igor. Cheers from India and Thank you, as always, for all the strong pointers and coaching. You are definitely one of the best chess teachers on youtube... And yes, one of the best players on the planet (you are a GM, of course).

[@wonderwind2716]

Thank you for bringing this up! I'm always playing Ng5 in two knights defense so I know the theory of Bc1 retreat when b4 is played, and I think this is end of the line and I just have an extra pawn. However this video shows black still have a strong attack and I still need to defend carefully even if I know Bc1.

[@blazeblue7988]

Hi Igor I was wondering if you could please make a video on how to pick up on the opponents drawing moves and how to counter it ...I always bottled my advantage because my opponent found a drawing move by repitition

[@sircosm]

I absolutely love how you pronounce diagonal as "the-yaa-gonal" and not "die-yaa-gonal", as is the usual case. It's quite refreshing to hear (atleast for me) so Please don't change ! ❤

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[@sred5856]

Great analysis on a tense game

[@billyrodriguez9499]

Happy birthday Igor Smirnoff!!!

[@AshishF-dx9ci]

Happy Diwali...and Birthday!

[@develop3628]

I cannot stop me from seeing your videos, you’re always amazing and have something new and useful.. I can’t wait to face fried liver attack to try this Thank you

[@SurajSingh-mo7ok]

Gukesh is a beast! 😈

[@NJDJ1986]

Absolute Magness indeed even the game end with the draw!

[@IgorYagolnitser]

I still maintain this is not Fried Liver unless Black takes 5...Nxd5 and White plays 6.Nxf7. If White goes 6.d4, that's Lolly Attack.

[@chinmayaprakash]

You are right. 5…b5 is a theoretical branch of the two knights defence in the Italian game opening theory called the Ulvestad variation. While not as infamous as the Fried liver attack, it is still fairly well known and the best response by White 6. Bf1 is common knowledge to most intermediate level players and beyond.

[@perkalov]

Thats just one of the "normal" lines. Ulvestad (a norwegian surname btw) I think its called? Fritz would also be an fairly "normal" way to countyer 2 knights defense. If you play 2 knights defence with Ng5 as white, then Ulvestads and Fritz are two variants that you need to know. They are relatively uncommon (compaired to the mainline) but you will encounter them from time to time. I know I do. Also play Fritz occationally as black (to throw white of).

[@Eliot_Unknown]

I wonder why Magnus didn't go for the standard Traxler these usually counter the fried liver attacks. Pls can someone explain.

[@djconnel]

This video shows nice tricks but there's several lines where white remains even or with a slight advantage so I think it takes considerably more study to be able to play this with confidence.

[@MysterEarl]

Magnus described Gukesh as constantly calculating, calculating lines he didn't even consider.

[@modolief]

Great game and explanation!

[@ashokdesai2663]

Happy birthday and Happy Diwali, Igor. Cheers from India. Wish you "A very happy created future life" 😊

[@tabby7189]

I remember watching this game. Sensational defense by Gukesh

[@Kernel_King-]

Thanks for the video! I’ve been trying to get a handle on the Fried Liver Attack, but I feel a bit overwhelmed with all the different gambits and strategies, like the Blackburne Shilling Gambit, then Rousseau Gambit *And now this ONE.* Isn't there is one straightforward opening you would recommend to effectively counter the Fried Liver? I really appreciate your help!

[@renee1326]

bringing out the bishop before the second knight avoids it all together no?

[@JBfromFL]

Videos are great, thank you

[@tim9497]

Nice video thanks

[@SmKChess]

Many Happy Returns of the Day, Igor! 🎂

[@prasuncdas]

These lines have been covered in earlier videos by GM Igor.

[@John-g6x1h]

Just a bit differently.

[@slartiste]

At 7:16 did Carlson have a tactic playing nb4?

[@stankorzilius]

Would be nice to see some analysis of what Magnus had better played at 10.18 min.

[@HoangPhuc2901]

Domain expansion: Inner Kramnnik Awakening *Opponent proceeds to bye-bye the world because he’s banned from the world*

[@atharva0789]

Sir can you start a course on sicilian kan

[@WintrNiptur]

kramnik would have hit the report button about 100 times by the time the bishop went back to f1, if this was an online game being played

[@Shaan_SG]

I already have played this move many times, but it works so well!

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Thanks for the complete game already in the form of reel😅.

[@96annihilator]

8:50 why dont you just capture the knight right away? my initial idea as I saw the position. its dangerous not to capture with the pawn, and its dangerous to not to aw well. black has brutal attacks in either outcomes.

[@ShuptahNeelakandan-cg4tn]

❤It was a brilliant game, loved it 😊

[@Planetery_Dragon]

feel free to unleash your inner kramnik was so funny

[@ismailabdelirada9073]

To clarify: Carlsen's way to "counter" the Fegatello (Fried Liver) Attack is actually to avoid it by playing the Ulvestad instead.

[@241hnd]

At 1:50 what would happen if white took the knight, opening up the threat for the knight fork on f7?

[@lehmamoo2627]

bxc4, we capture the other f7-attacker and that knight doesn't have support anymore if it goes to f7

[@Cats83747]

Lmao i remmeber makng a study about the ulvestad like a year ago this opening is 🔥

[@VictorWang-k1v]

What if pawn takes?

[@NooberTheGooober]

ULVESTAD MENTIONED 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@adarsh_UK20]

happy birthday

[@blacksnowman8106]

Happy birthday :)

[@leost152]

A very long castling is perfect for those who likes to enjoy very Long Island ice tea.

[@williamh694]

Bf1 is a known response to b5. If your opponent plays that, there's no need to be suspicious.

[@PassedPawn]

Is there a chess title below beginner? Asking for a friend who keeps getting checkmated in four moves

[@prithwishguha309]

I don't know why but I saw each one this moves while following the video even though I'm just a 1800 And I think c3 by gukesh was a critical mistake as it wasted time, maybe not so much of a mistake from engine perspective but from human perspective I think it's a huge mistake, Anyone Correct me if I'm wrong

[@prplt]

Igor farming Magnus like Gotham lol 😂

[@yaxou9457]

😂

[@ytmndman]

I play against a guy who knows all the lines in this opening and plays Bf1. But I know all the lines too.

[@prithwishguha309]

btw you posted this line 1 year ago Seems like magnus following your video😂

[@jaccocornelisschutter8895]

B5 is a old rare move , Magnus did not invent that move

[@dalitsongandu6750]

I've destroyed so many players with this variation. Thanks Igor

[@ProgrammingLinguist]

bait thumbnail, bait title. I expected to see carlsen actually teaching something.

[@jessegarciaiv5380]

Unleash your inner kramnik.. lol

[@userac-xpg]

Getting a draw is not countering an opening.

[@BennyKleykens]

Ulvestad's genius, not Magnus'

[@AmolP1111]

It's a draw, a really nice game

[@paulhan3314]

Fried liver is not a sure win for white.

[@prithwishguha309]

btw we got clickbaited black didn't win it was a draw

[@TheKennyonTOP]

That's y he's the modern Bobby Fischer and Gary Kasparov

[@Najeem2.O]

❤

[@ShogiDojoLyon]

😃

[@hylen26]

Ulvestad.

[@paulhan3314]

Check your opening names, GM Igor. This is not fried liver. 👎

[@sbosboniso7036]

you are the one who should check the opening names dude, this is fried liver

[@jpk7788]

@@sbosboniso7036 Actually, officially it is not. In fried liver blacks knight takes the pawn. It's the trap he showed at the beginning.