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 "Unknown06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1br2k1/ppp2pp1/4p2p/4P3/2P1B3/b7/1q1BQPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rab1 ( { White should not try: } 1. Bc3 Qxe2 2. Rxd8+ Bf8 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) ( { White should not try: } 1. Rxa3 Qxa3 2. Bb4 Rxd1+ 3. Qxd1 Qxb4 4. Qd8+ Qf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Qa2 2. Bb4 Qxb1 ( { Black can try: } 2... Rxd1+ 3. Rxd1 g6 4. Qxa2 Bxb4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Rxb1 Bxb4 4. Rxb4 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0