Castle Your King Early

Get your King to safety early in a chess game.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown108"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[FEN "r5k1/3bq2p/4p1pQ/1pp2pP1/8/1B1P4/1PP2PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... c4 2. dxc4 bxc4 3. Bxc4 Qb4 4. Bxe6+ Bxe6 5. Rxe6 ( { White can try: } 5. c3 Qd6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 5... Ra1+ 6. Kh2 Qf4+ 7. g3 Qxf2+ 8. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1