1. e4 e6 Bfeore the game I'd planned to change my method against this. I have been playing the Steinitz variation (2e5), but lost the last two. Read in Blackburne's book that he gave up playing the French because the exchange variation went out of fashion, so will try that, because it 'leads to much pretty play with the minor pieces'. 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 OK, I'm out of my 'book' knowledge now. Just develop. 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 h6 I'd normally go Bh4, but Bf4 looks better today. 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. O-O-O From now on, I keep looking at saccing the bishop on h6, but it never seems quite the right time. 9... Bb4 10. Nf3 Bg4 I've just seen that he can take on c3, and then Ne4 forces another exchange, but it looks ok. 11. h3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. hxg4 exf3 15. gxf3 Ha! I won a pawn, and my attack still looks good. 15... Re6 16. g5 Qf8 He must be getting desperate! I wonder if I should play Rd1-g1 first? No, go for the throat! 17. gxh6 Qa3+ I had to laugh out loud when he made this move. Forced mate in 2 more! Afterwards my opponent said that he'd played Qf8 instead of e7 to make me think it was a defensive move, and deliberately kept looking at the k-side so he didn't give the game away. A man after my own heart! I played on to give him the satisfaction of a mate. He deserved it. 18. Kb1 Rb6+ 19. Ka1 Qb2# If only I'd played Rd1-g1, like I thought. Black mates 0-1