WH Cozens wrote "The King-Hunt" in 1970, which was updated by John Nunn in 1996. The book showed a number of historical games where the King was chased out of (or ran from) it's natural home on the back rank, and was driven up the board to be mated on the other side of the board.
A very modern example of this occurred at the 2025 NSW Open, where the tournament winner GM Jacek Stopa did this to IM Gary Lane. While most choices by Black were forced, there seemed to be a degree of willingness to run the king, in the hope that and unlikely sanctuary might be found. Alas there was none.
2025 NSW Open Sydney, Australia (6.1)
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