Opening Bomb Diary #31: Two Surprising Early King Moves

Aside from castling, what instances come to mind of early king moves in the opening? Specifically, where the king moves up? In the f3 Nimzo, the king often finds a hideout on f2.  In the Caro and Scandanavian-type structures, often Kd7 is a surprisingly safe move to connect the rooks. But what about Ke2/Ke7? It's probably the most rare and provocative move of all, often played as a joke these days.

Karpov's amazing novelty against Kamsky comes to mind:

Recently, I found a couple instances of my own to share. They're in completely unrelated openings, but oddly they share a common theme of 1) of course the shock factor, and 2) leaving the opposing pieces "dangling" or in awkward positions to be targeted. 

Alapin Sicilian

The Dragon has been my go-to opening since childhood. I took a break from it, but I recently was inspired by it again and revamped almost the entirety of my old notes, finding a hidden new idea in almost every mainline. I have lots to share, but first here is a surprising move against the Alapin I was shocked to see when prepping the Sicilian sidelines:

English Defense
Here is perhaps an even more shocking example. I was trying to find something interesting against 1.c4 as Black and ended up finding a completely unexpected move for White.

Hope you enjoyed the ideas. It's not every day you find a novelty before move 10, and it's definitely not every day you find a novelty before move 10 where the king moves up!