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 "Unknown538"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2rB4/1pPk2p1/7p/P2KP3/6P1/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. e5+ Ke7 2. Kc4 ( { White can try: } 2. Kd5 Ra7 3. e6 Ra5+ 4. Kc4 Rxa4+ 5. Kb5 Ra1 6. Kxb6 Rb1+ 7. Kc5 Rc1+ 8. Kd5 Rd1+ 9. Ke5 Re1+ 10. Kf4 Kd8 11. Kg5 Re2 12. Kxg6 Rxh2 13. Kf6 Rf2+ 14. Kg5 Rf3 15. Kxh5 Rxg3 16. Kh4 { Draw. } ) 2... Ra7 3. Kb5 Ra5+ 4. Kxb6 Rxa4 5. e6 Rb4+ 6. Kc5 Rb2 7. c7 Rxh2 8. c8=Q Rc2+ 9. Kd5 Rxc8 10. Bxc8 g5 11. Ke5 h4 12. g4 Kd8 13. Bb7 Kc7 14. Bf3 Kd8 15. Kf6 Ke8 16. Kxg5 Ke7 17. Kf5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0