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David Paulowich wrote on Tue, Mar 7, 2006 03:00 PM UTC:
In Sam Trenholme's 'Schoolbook' variant: 1.e4 g6 2.f4 Kg7 3.Bf2 Kh6
4.Bi5 is a Fool's Mate in more than one sense, as in French the bishop is
called a fool.  This looks like the shortest possible mate by one of the
lesser pieces.