Fried Liver Attack: Win Rate by Lichess Rating

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 · CC0 name list

At 1500–1799 (Lichess rating), White scored 66.4% in 844 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack games (±3.1; games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026).

White won 64.7% of them, Black won 32.0%, and 3.3% were drawn.

White scores above 50% at this level (outside the margin)

In games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026, White scored 66.4% (±3.1) with the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack in sampled Lichess games at the 1500–1799 Lichess rating level (844 games). Observed results, not causation.

Data period: games from 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026 (sample of the Lichess open database) · Page updated: 9 Oct 2026

0.1%

of rated games at Lichess rating 1200–1499 reached the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack · 1,379 of 1,195,994 games, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 sample

At 1500–1799: 0.1%. At 1200–1499: 0.1%. 2.2× as common at 1200–1499 as at 1500–1799.

Position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7. 3,514 games in this sample reached it — 576 of them by a different move order.

At a glance

In this sample, White's score ranged from 66.4% (1500–1799) to 73.9% (Under 1200).
Treat this spread with caution: the margins are approximate (see How it works).
It appeared most often in the Under 1200 group (0.1% of that group's games).
Draws were most common in the 1500–1799 group (3.3%).

These are observed results for the selected games (rated, players within 200 rating points of each other). They describe what happened — they do not prove the opening caused the result.

Results by Lichess rating level

Each row shows how the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack games at one rating level ended: White wins, draws and Black wins, across all time controls combined. Rating level is the average Lichess rating of both players.

White won drawn Black won. Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack — results by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined (minimum 300 games per row).

Under 12001,024 games

White wins 72.8% · draws 2.3% · Black wins 24.9% · White's score 73.9% ±2.6 · how common 0.1%
1200–14991,379 gamesIn the headline

White wins 68.7% · draws 1.9% · Black wins 29.4% · White's score 69.7% ±2.4 · how common 0.1%
1500–1799844 gamesCompared with

White wins 64.7% · draws 3.3% · Black wins 32.0% · White's score 66.4% ±3.1 · how common 0.1%
1800–2099235 games

Not enough games in this sample
2100+32 games

Not enough games in this sample

"White's score" = wins + half of draws. "±" is an approximate 95% margin based only on the number of games. It does not cover sampling bias or related games (the same players appear many times), so real uncertainty is larger. "How common" = share of all sampled games at that level that reached this position. Ratings are Lichess ratings; they are not interchangeable with Chess.com or FIDE ratings.

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Results by time control

Each row shows how the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack games ended in one Lichess time control, across all rating levels combined.

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack — results by time control, all rating levels combined (minimum 300 games per row)
Time control	Games	White wins	Draws	Black wins	White's score
Bullet	670	66.1%	1.9%	31.9%	67.1%
Blitz	1,648	67.4%	2.9%	29.7%	68.9%
Rapid	1,148	69.9%	2.0%	28.1%	70.9%
Classical	48	Not enough games in this sample

This table and the rating rows are separate summaries: rating levels are not split by time control here, and time controls are not split by rating. Observed results only; approximate uncertainty applies as above.

Most played replies for Black at each level

Top replies with at least 150 games. "Score" is Black's score after that reply (wins + half of draws). These comparisons alone can't show that one reply is reliably better — the margins are approximate and stronger or weaker players may prefer different replies.

Replies to 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined
Rating level	Reply · share · games · score
Under 1200	6...Kxf7 ·89.6% · 909 · 25.8% ±2.8
1200–1499	6...Kxf7 ·88.4% · 1,217 · 30.4% ±2.6
1500–1799	6...Kxf7 ·91.9% · 775 · 33.9% ±3.3
1800–2099	6...Kxf7 ·96.2% · 226 · 44.0% ±6.3
2100+	Not enough games in this sample

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Earlier position: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Italian Game)
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 (Italian Game: Evans Gambit)
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 (Scotch Game)

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