Elixir v1.0 loses quickly in tricky opening

[tissatussa]

i just let Elixir play a 7m3s game in CuteChess and it lost quickly .. i'm surprised by this, but it's understandable when no opening book is used, because it was a tricky opening : the Lolli Attack, closely related to the Fried Liver Attack, info here.

I don't know how you could solve this, but somehow you should avoid this from happening. The attack is well-known and obvious. The move 5...Nxd5 is a mistake, Black should play 5...Na5 or even 5...b5!

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[Event "engine vs engine"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "2024.06.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "KnightX v4.0"]
[Black "Elixir v1.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[GameDuration "00:16:28"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[TimeControl "420+3"]
[Variation "Lolli attack"]

1. e4 {+0.25/21 17s} e5 {-0.20/25 26s} 2. Nf3 {+0.42/21 24s} Nc6 {-0.19/25 29s}
3. Bc4 {+0.32/20 16s} Nf6 {-0.20/26 18s} 4. Ng5 {+0.50/22 23s} d5 {0.00/29 25s}
5. exd5 {+0.40/22 15s} Nxd5 {-0.13/25 16s} 6. d4 {+0.95/20 16s}
h6 {-0.16/25 20s} 7. Nxf7 {+1.72/18 14s} Kxf7 {-0.04/25 15s}
8. Qf3+ {+2.07/19 14s} Ke6 {0.00/28 14s} 9. Nc3 {+1.95/18 13s} Nb4 {0.00/29 43s}
10. Qe4 {+3.47/18 15s} c6 {-1.43/23 14s} 11. a3 {+3.55/18 12s}
Nxc2+ {-1.47/24 17s} 12. Qxc2 {+3.55/18 12s} exd4 {-1.55/24 13s}
13. Qe4+ {+4.01/18 12s} Kd7 {-1.75/24 12s} 14. Nxd5 {+4.25/19 12s}
cxd5 {-1.78/25 16s} 15. Qxd4 {+3.95/18 11s} Kc6 {-1.87/24 18s}
16. Be3 {+4.10/19 11s} Be6 {-1.86/23 17s} 17. Bd3 {+4.68/18 14s}
b6 {-2.35/20 9.7s} 18. Ba6 {+4.15/19 12s} Qf6 {-2.37/22 11s}
19. Rc1+ {+9.42/19 11s} Kd6 {-4.21/24 22s} 20. Qb4+ {+8.67/20 9.8s}
Kd7 {-5.28/23 8.5s} 21. Qa4+ {+9.78/21 11s} Ke7 {-5.72/24 11s}
22. Rc7+ {+9.27/21 9.4s} Kd8 {0.00/24 20s} 23. Qc6 {+10.27/20 9.1s}
Bg4 {-5.16/19 6.7s} 24. Qxa8+ {+16.97/19 9.1s} Kxc7 {-5.97/22 6.4s}
25. Qxa7+ {+17.75/21 11s} Kc6 {0.00/23 17s} 26. Qxb6+ {+19.21/20 8.7s}
Kd7 {-12.78/22 4.9s} 27. Qa7+ {+19.87/21 9.9s} Kd6 {0.00/24 14s}
28. Bf4+ {+21.78/22 16s} Qxf4 {0.00/25 13s} 29. Qb8+ {+22.95/22 15s}
Ke7 {-13.69/20 8.2s} 30. Qxf4 {+24.25/21 7.2s} h5 {-16.08/23 4.0s}
31. O-O {+27.88/23 14s} Rh6 {-16.97/24 7.6s} 32. Qc7+ {+32.92/21 12s}
Kf6 {0.00/24 10s} 33. Re1 {+38.65/21 8.9s} Be6 {-20.14/22 3.4s}
34. Rxe6+ {+79.34/21 12s} Kxe6 {-22.00/27 6.6s} 35. Bc8+ {+M29/18 6.0s}
Kf6 {-31.44/28 3.0s} 36. Qd8+ {+M25/19 5.7s} Ke5 {-M34/29 2.7s}
37. Qxf8 {+M23/18 5.6s} d4 {-M20/30 3.0s} 38. Qxg7+ {+M15/17 5.6s}
Rf6 {-M14/34 3.2s} 39. Qe7+ {+M13/18 5.6s} Kd5 {-M12/35 2.7s}
40. Qxf6 {+M11/22 5.5s} Kc4 {-M10/55 2.6s} 41. Qc6+ {+M9/42 5.4s}
Kd3 {-M8/64 0.29s} 42. Bf5+ {+M7/59 0.46s} Ke2 {-M6/64 0.026s}
43. Qc2+ {+M5/59 0.005s} Ke1 {-M4/64 0.012s} 44. Bd3 {+M3/59 0.001s}
h4 {-M2/64 0.004s} 45. Qc1# {+M1/59 0.001s, White mates} 1-0