[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "my game "] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.O-O"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 { Now we've reached a position known as the "Ruy Lopez," or the "Spanish Game." } d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 O-O 9.h3 h6 {At this point, I sort of assumed my opponent wasn't that strong of a player. While h6 is an OK move, it's by no means the strongest one for Black right now and it allows me to just forge ahead with my plans without any real problem.} 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bb3 Nb4 { The first surprise from Black. Na5 is the standard move. White usually tries to hold onto his light-squared bishop in this position, but I was more interested in trying to achieve my goals, and one of them is to get the Knight on the d2 square to the kingside. } 13.Nf1 c5 14.d5 {I made this move because I wanted to gain space and limit the mobility of Black's bishop on e7. Black, for his part, is going to be able to get my light-squared bishop now, so he winds up achieving one goal, at least.} c4 15.Bc2 Nxc2 16.Qxc2 Rc8 17.Be3 { This bishop is now very nicely placed. } Qa5 { Black is trying to get something going on the queenside, but at this point, his plan looks dubious. } 18.Ng3 { The Knight has reached the kingside. I now have my sights on f5. If I can create an outpost for my Knight on f5, we're going to be in business! } Bd8 19.Bd4 { Effectively saying to my opponent: "If you try to trade bishops by moving your bishop to b6, I'm going to destroy your kingside pawn structure with Bxf3. } Re8 20.Nh4 { This is my proudest move of the game. As I have said, I want the f5 square for my Knight. Of course, I do see that by moving my Knight to h5, I'm inviting the discovered attack after the Black Knight moves. But if Black does get fresh by moving his Knight on f3, my Knight will still reach f5. } Nxd5 { Black does exactly what I thought he would do. On the face of it, Black's move looks OK. Black is now up a pawn and my Knight is being attacked. But the power of a Knight on f5 is undeniable. } 21.Nhf5! { I just ignore the Knight on d5 (Black would love me to take it with the pawn so he could get my Knight on h4 ) and set up shop on f5. } Bxf5 22.Nxf5 { Now the pawns on g7 and d6 are being attacked. Furthremore, I'm threatening to fork the rooks with Nxd6. } Bf6 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Nxd6 { My hard work has paid off. I regain the pawn I lost and I have forked the rooks. } Rcd8 25.Nxe8 Nxe8? 26.e5 Rd2 27.Qf5 Rxb2 28.e6 { Things are starting to get dangerous for Black. } Qxa2 { Black blunders, then immeditaely resigns the game. I like to think that all the pressure I had been exerting on him lead to the blunder. } {#r} 1-0