If you are playing blitz, and you get into a lost position, do you want to play on - and on, and on - with the hope of salvaging a half point, or do you conserve time, resign, and start another?
The following game sparked some consideration.
10 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
7.Qf5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Kf8 9. Qxc5+ d6 Black resigned
Another way of looking at it is that Black has sacrificed two pawns, for negative compensation - his King cannot castle.
Komodo 12.1.1 rates White 2 1/2 pawns ahead.
The Database has 604 games with this position, with White scoring 67%.
If you are playing Black, do you hang in there, or do you surrender and start another game?
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