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 "Unknown615"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "rnb1qr1k/1p3Bp1/2pp3p/p5bQ/P3PN2/3P3P/1PP3P1/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rxf7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxf7 2. Ng6+ Kg8 3. Bxg5 Be6 4. Rxf7 Bxf7 5. Bxh6 gxh6 6. Qxh6 Bxg6 7. Qxg6+ Kh8 8. Qxd6 Na6 9. Qh6+ Kg8 10. Qg6+ Kh8 11. d4 Rad8 12. Ra3 Rxd4 13. Rg3 Rd7 14. Qh6+ Rh7 15. Qxf8# ) 2. Ng6+ Kh7 ( { Black can try: } 2... Kg8 3. Bxg5 Nd7 4. Rxf7 Qxf7 5. Ne7+ Kf8 6. Rf1 Nf6 7. Ng6+ Kg8 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxh6 Qg7 10. Qh4 Qxg6 11. Rxf6 Qg7 12. Rf3 Bd7 13. Rg3 Rf8 14. Rxg7+ Kxg7 15. Qg3+ Kh8 16. Qxd6 Rf7 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 3. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 4. Rxf1 Qxg6 5. Qxg6+ Kxg6 6. Bf4 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1