fried liver attack

Yep, I play the Sicilian to avoid *all* of this horrible nonsense.....because the Sicilian - famous for inviting insane attacking lines - is less crazy than this stuff. I feel like fried liver is very immature chess: Move pieces onto aggressive squares and see if black falls apart. Basically, black cracks or white gets swept under........I find this very uninspiring for both sides. Like - why would you even play chess if you try to force the game to a decisive conclusion before move 10!? Clearly you don't want to play for very long :P

Anyone else notice that the lower the rating the more confident sounding someone is about their analysis?

I once posted a thread on how I thought the King's Gambit was trash. IM pfren might remember; he posted in it. It was basically what you said. I felt most ashamed following it. But I have improved since then 

There is nothing wrong with being wrong. There is something horrbily wrong with persisting in being wrong despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

A fact which is often ignored by the majority of people in this world.

If black defends correctly he will still be lost. The fried liver is a forced win for white.

Then why doesn't everybody play 3.Bc4?

Because 3.Bc4 doesn't force the Fried Liver Attack.

This is what I think of when I hear fried liver.

Not really. I love the fried liver attack, it used to be my favorite opening when I was a 500-700 because my opponent always fell for it. Not any more though...

But then why des everybody play 3..Nf6?

To further the point, why do some people still play Nxd5?

Shirov-Sulskis Tromso 2014 comes to mind.

I don't get it. Camberfoil does not know how the pieces move?

No, I just messed around with the pieces to get a 1282 rating.

prfen is pointing out that after Camberfoil's 4th move

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 Nc6

3. Bc4 Bc5

4. Ng5

That any 800 rated player would have simply played Qxg5 and white's best move is to resign.

Most people who play Nxd5 don't know any better.

GM Sulskis played it

The Traxler Counterattack is a pretty neat way to deal with the Fried Liver. After white plays Ng5, go with Bc5

One plays d4.