King in the Center: Tartakover-Frentz, Paris, 1933

"If once a player delays castling and their king remains in the center, files will open up against them, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens."--Irving Chernev.

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1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 d5
4. cxd5 exd5
5. e5 d4
6. exf6 dxc3
7. fxg7 cxd2+
8. Bxd2 Bxg7
9. Qc2 Nc6
10. Nf3 Bg4
11. O-O-O Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nd4
13. Qe4+ Qe7
14. Qxe7+ Kxe7
15. Bb4+ Ke8
16. Bb5+ c6
17. Rhe1+ Ne6
18. Bc4 Rd8
19. Bxe6 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 fxe6
21. Rxe6+ Kd8
22. Re7 Bxb2
23. Rxb7 Bd4
24. Bc5 Kc8
25. Rxa7 Kb8
26. Bxd4 Rd8
27. Rxh7 Rxd4+
28. Ke2 Ra4
29. h4 Rxa2+
30. Ke3 Kc8
31. h5 Kd8
32. h6 Ke8
33. Rb7 Kf8
34. h7 Ra3+
35. Kf4
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