Fried Liver exercises

The Italian knight sacrifice on f7 that drags the king into the open. Play the winning move on the board below. Each position is verified: the solution is the strongest move, and the write-up tells you exactly what it wins. Read the full fried liver guide first if the pattern is new to you.

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1. Exercise 1: White to play: win material.

   Position (FEN): r1bqkb1r/ppp2ppp/2n5/3np1N1/2B5/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w kq - 0 6

   8

   7

   6

   5

   4

   3

   2

   1a

   b

   c

   d

   e

   f

   g

   h

   White to play: win material.

   easy · wins ~1 pawns

   Hint 1Show solution
   Written solution

   Nxf7 — Nxf7 wins about 1.0 pawns of material by force: the knight hits d8, h8 and Black cannot cover everything. The next best try, Nxd5, leaves the position roughly level.