Festina Lente. Make haste, slowly.
selim_han - Sharonluver
10 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.Nc3 a6
At first glance it seems odd that Black would "waste" a move like this in the middle of defending against an attack, but the move does prevent Nb5+, and even provides a place of safety for his King, if need be, at a7.
Of the 23 games in The Database with this position, Black has won 15.
9.O-O
Apparently White is not in a hurry, either. He might have tried the more challnging 9.f4 instead.
9...Nh6 10.Qf4
The first player leaves himself open to a series of exchanges that dissolve his attack and provide the defender with a strong endgame.
10...Rf8
At this point White left the game, which is tandamount to resigning.
There are many possible explanations - including intrusion by the outside-the-game "real world" - but perhaps he looked at this likely line of play, and decided he could better spend his energies elsewhere: 11.Qg3 Rxf2 12.Rxf2 Nhg4 13.Nd1 Qf6 14.b3 (or 14.d3) Nxf2 15.Nxf2 Qxf2+ 16.Qxf2 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Ke6 and Black's extra piece outweighs White's extra pawn.
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