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Final position — White delivers mate

Two Knights Defence

Fried Liver Attack- Variation 2

White wins in 24 moves by checkmate. (Chess traps - Fried Liver Attack- Variation 2 - C57 - https://lichess.org/@/AbhiCricket)

The moves

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.Bb3 c6 10.a3 Qa5 11.axb4 Qxa1 12.Bxd5+ cxd5 13.Qxd5+ Kf5 14.g4+ Kf4 15.Ne2+ Kxg4 16.Rg1+ Kf5 17.Qf3+ Ke6 18.Qg4+ Kd5 19.c4+ Kd6 20.c5+ Kc6 21.Qe4+ Kb5 22.Nc3+ Ka6 23.Qc4+ b5 24.Qxb5#
1.e4e5
2.Nf3Nc6
3.Bc4Nf6
4.Ng5d5
5.exd5Nxd5
6.Nxf7Kxf7
7.Qf3+Ke6
8.Nc3Nb4
9.Bb3c6
10.a3Qa5
11.axb4Qxa1
12.Bxd5+cxd5
13.Qxd5+Kf5
14.g4+Kf4
15.Ne2+Kxg4
16.Rg1+Kf5
17.Qf3+Ke6
18.Qg4+Kd5
19.c4+Kd6
20.c5+Kc6
21.Qe4+Kb5
22.Nc3+Ka6
23.Qc4+b5
24.Qxb5#

How the Fried Liver Attack- Variation 2 works

The Fried Liver Attack- Variation 2 is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Two Knights Defence. In this line White delivers checkmate on move 24, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from Black.

The full sequence runs 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.Bb3 c6 10.a3 Qa5 11.axb4 Qxa1 12.Bxd5+ cxd5 13.Qxd5+ Kf5 14.g4+ Kf4 15.Ne2+ Kxg4 16.Rg1+ Kf5 17.Qf3+ Ke6 18.Qg4+ Kd5 19.c4+ Kd6 20.c5+ Kc6 21.Qe4+ Kb5 22.Nc3+ Ka6 23.Qc4+ b5 24.Qxb5#. Each move looks reasonable, which is exactly why the trap is so effective over the board — Black walks into it while trying to play "normal" developing moves.

This pattern is well known from master and correspondence play (Chess traps - Fried Liver Attack- Variation 2 - C57 - https://lichess.org/@/AbhiCricket). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as White or sidestep it as Black.

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