If you follow the thickest lines, you get into the fried liver or 5... Na5 lines...

chessroots · on Dec 1, 2019

You're very likely correct. The Lichess dataset that we have used contains almost all live games played on the site. As fast time controls seem to be more popular on Lichess generally, and take less time to play, we do see a lot more of these in the data. If you'd like to filter the dataset to different time controls or skill levels, you can click the graph button at the top of the page, then click dataset from the drop-down.

noxvilleza · on Dec 2, 2019

Also it's "Elo", not "ELO" (it's not an acronym).

erichmond · on Dec 1, 2019

Nice Finegold call-out btw.

Bostonian · on Dec 1, 2019

I am not suspicious :). I have taught my son to avoid the fried liver attack as black, but he has often walked into it and lost.

pickdenis · on Dec 1, 2019

The fried liver was the first opening I ever studied while learning chess as a 8 year old. I had so much fun with it until someone pulled out 5... Na5 on me. Then I cried.