1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. h3?! This seems a bit pointless. 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. d4!? is a sacrifice which I was hoping my opponent wouldn't play 6... Bb7 7. Be3?! This doesn't look right to me. My (limited) understanding of these lines is that White should be trying to play d4, and that in order to achieve this he needs to defend his e-pawn by Re1 and Bf1. With the bishop on e3, the e-pawn is more difficult to defend, so White cannot achieve d4 and therefore lacks a decent plan. 7... e6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 With d4 not on the cards, White plays for f4. Unfortunately for him, his minor pieces are too passively placed to support such an advance. Unappealing, but better, was to shuffle around with 10.Re1 and Bf1 and see what Black does. 10... d5 11. Qa4 a6 12. f4 b5 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 c4 15. Rd1 Qc7 Black plans ...Nc5 or ... Bc5, attacking the e- and f-pawns and/or exploiting the weak dark squares in White's position. It is already difficult to find a decent move for White 16. e5 e.g. 16. Nef3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh2 Qe3 16... Nxe5! A very enjoyable move to play. Since move 5, Black's plan has been to attack the e4 pawn, and as soon as the pawn advances to e5, it gets hacked off. White finds the best (well, least bad) defence, but his weak dark squares still cause him insurmountable problems. 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Be5 Bc5+! 22. Kh2 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Kg1 Nf5 White cannot prevent a nasty fork on e3. 0-1