Sometimes your chess game takes an unexpected, unfortunate turn, and you decide it's not worth continuing - especially when you are playing online and it's possible to start over with a new game, almost immediately.
At the end of the following game you can almost imagine someone saying "And that's that."
Dada0584 - viniciussgrande
10 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Bd6
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I can only guess the reasons that Black played this move.
First off, it is fun to attack the enemy Queen, and in a blitz game it is often attractive to find moves that "smite" (in the words of C.J.S. Purdy) the opponent. This "punishment" seems doubly appropriate in light of White's Queen's early, extravagant play.
Secondly, there are two defenses - Whistler's and Blackburne's - that give complicated chances after Black offers his Rook and White accepts. Why not this one?
8.Qxh8
Black resigns
Unfortunately, Black does not get the counterplay that arises in Whistler's or Blackburne's defense.
The Database has 125 games with this position, where White scores 86%.
Stockfish 15 rates White as almost a Rook better.
Well, then, that's that. Find another opponent and set the pieces up again.
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