Weekly Challenge 60 King In The Middle

Win a game of Standard Chess vs Stockfish Level 2 with your King in one of the middle four squares (d4, d5, e4, e5). This is the same condition as the additional rule in the variant King of the Hill.

Adjudication Criteria:
1. Fewest moves (plies)
2. Earliest Entry

Additional Clarification:
- You must win your game by checkmate (winning by timeout is not valid, and shouldn't happen vs Stockfish, but it could)
- You cannot use takebacks

Closing Date: Monday 3rd June 1200 UTC+0

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playstrategy.org/rPfc7b19Odds

88 ply on e4

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playstrategy.org/KzKxb7iF
79 ply

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playstrategy.org/VHiw03PIGsFB so sad lol

I was definitely on pace to beat 79...

also funny the takebacks are not allowed for a completely different reason than what I could've done here lol

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Entries for Weekly Challenge 60 has closed. Thanks to all users who participated.

The winner is @e-pluszak who won a game of Chess against Stockfish level 2 with their King on one of the four middle squares in 79 ply in the following game: playstrategy.org/KzKxb7iF

Users are still welcome to attempt this challenge and post answers here, but the winner has been fixed. The next challenge can be found here: playstrategy.org/forum/weekly-challenges/weekly-challenge-61-go-capture-the-most