It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.
The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (2010)
At various points in the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, the players would have done well to heed Einstein's advice.
Also, as time diminishes, chaos increases.
pclaudio - Mollet21
5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4....Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
A finesse, in order to capture the Bishop, with check, if Black's King retreats to e7.
He has tried the same idea with playing 8.Qf5+ first, e.g. 8...Kd6 9.Qd5+ (On revient toujours à ses premières amours) Ke7 10.Qxc5+ d6 11.Qg5+ Nf6 (11...Kd7 12.Qg4+ Ke8 13.f5 Ne5 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.O-O Nf6 16.Qe2 Qe8 17.d4 Nc6 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Qc4 Qd5 21.Qc3 Bxf5 22.Bg5 Kf7 23.Nd2 h6 24.Bh4 g5 25.Bg3 Qd4+ 26.Qxd4 Nxd4 27.c3 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Nxg3+ 29.hxg3 Bg6 30.Nc4 Rhe8 31.Rad1 Re7 32.Rd5 c6 33.Ne5+ Kg7 34.Rc5 Ne4 35.Nxg6 Kxg6 36.Rc4 Nxg3+ 37.Kg1 Nxf1 38.Kxf1 Rf8+ 39.Kg1 Re1+ 40.Kh2 Re2 41.Rb4 b6 42.Ra4 Rf7 43.Rb4 c5 44.Rb5 Rff2 45.a4 Rxg2+ 46.Kh3 h5 47.c4 g4+ 48.Kh4 Rh2+ 49.Kg3 Ref2 50.b4 Kg5 51.bxc5 h4 checkmate, pclaudio - Aquariano, 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2025) 12.f5 (12.O-O Kf7 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Qd5 15.Rxf6+ gxf6 16.Qxf6+ Kg8 17.Nc3 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Bg4 19.h3 Rf8 20.Qg5 Rf1+ 21.Kh2 Qg1+ 22.Kg3 Rf3+ 23.Kxg4 Qxg2+ 24.Kh5 Rxh3+ 25.Qh4 Rxh4 checkmate, pclaudio - Koshey07, 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2025) 12...Ne5 13.d3 Rg8 14.O-O Qe8 15.Nc3 Qh5 16.Nd5+ Kd7 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Qxh5 Kc6 Black resigned, pclaudio - FranMaroto, 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2025)
Of course, there was also nothing wrong with capturing the Bishop directly, with 8.Qxc5.
8...Kf6
Necessary was 8...Ke7, even if that allowed White to capture the Bishop with check.
9.f5
White reasons: why not kick the Knight, then capture the Bishop?
In doing so, he overlooks the skewer 9.Qg5+, followed by the capture of the enemy Queen.
9...Bf2+
Black puts forth: If the Bishop is going to be captured, why not at least get a pawn for it?
There was also the simpler choice of defending the Bishop with 9...d6, when 10.fxg6 Kxg6!? would hold for Black, and 10.Rf1 would be met by 10...Qe7.
pclaudio has also faced 9...Nf4, although a rowdy game went wrong for him 10.Qxc5 Nxg2+ 11.Kf2 Nf4 12.d3 Nh5 13.Rg1 Nh6 14.Bg5+ Kf7 15.Bxd8 Rxd8 16.Nc3 d6 17.Qd5+ Kf8 18.Rg5 Nf4 19.Qd4 Nh3+ 20.Ke3 Nxg5 21.h4 Ngf7 22.Rg1 Ne5 23.Nd5 Nhg4+ 24.Rxg4 Nxg4+ 25.Kd2 c6 26.Nc7 Rb8 27.Ne6+ Bxe6 28.fxe6 Ne5 29.Qxa7 Ke7 30.a3 Kxe6 31.Qg1 Nf3+ White resigned, pclaudio - wren77, 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2025
10.Kxf2 Ne5 11.d4
11...Ng4+
Instead, 11...Nf7 seems simpler.
12.Kf1
Later, upon examination, he might choose 12.Kg1.
12...Ne7
So many decisions, so little time! Stockfish 16.1 recommends placing the Knight on that square, with 12...Ke7.
Now, there is a forced checkmate.
13.e5+ Nxe5
Less "simple" was 13...Kxf5 14.Qf7+ Nf6 15.g4+ Ke4 16.Nd2+ Kf4 17.Nb3+ Kxg4 18.Rg1+ Kh3 19.Qxg7 Nf5 20.Qg2+ Kh4 21.Qf2+ Ng3+ 22.Qxg3+ Kh5 23.Qh3 checkmate
14.dxe5+ Kxf5
The chess clock strikes!
The finish, instead: 15.Qf7+ Kxe5 16.Bf4+ Kd4 17.Na3 Qg8 18.Rd1+ Kc5 19.Qxe7+ d6 20.Qxc7+ Kb4 21.Rd4+ Qc4+ 22.Rxc4 checkmate
15...Kg6
The chess clock strikes again!
Black wins with 15...Nxd5
16.Qg5 checkmate
As the old nursery rhyme did not go
Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
But the other one got away...
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