Despite Steinitz's arguments to the contrary, the king doesn't usually fare well out in the open. A good example is the following game from the 2021 Online Chess Olympiad
2021 FIDE Online Olympiad Chess.com (3.1), 02.09.2021
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. dxc6 Bxc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. e3 a6 9. f3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qg5 12. Kf2 Bd6 13. f4 Qf6 14. e4 O-O-O 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bc5+ 17. Kf3 Rhe8 18. Ne4 Rxe4 19. Kxe4 Bxd5+ 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Kf3 Qxb2 22. Be2 f5 23. Rhb1 Rd3+ 24. Bxd3 Qf2# 0-1
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