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 "Unknown152"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/8/5k2/8/pppP2P1/4K3/PP6/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... c3 ( { Black can try: } 1... b3 2. axb3 c3 3. Kd3 cxb2 4. Kc2 a3 5. b4 Ke6 6. b5 Kd7 7. g5 Kd6 8. g6 Ke6 9. b6 Kf6 10. b7 Kxg6 11. b8=Q { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 2. bxc3 b3 3. axb3 a3 4. Kd3 a2 5. Kc4 a1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1